The Vaughan Williams Foundation was established in 2022, exactly 150 years after the birth of the celebrated composer Ralph Vaughan Williams.

We aim to honour RVW’s desire to support his fellow composers, and we also aim to make his work accessible to wider audiences.

Happy 29th Birthday of the term User Experience!

The term User Experience was probably first heard in public at the CHI '95 Conference Companion on Human Factors in Computing Systems held on May 7-11, 1995 in Denver.

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#WebDesignHistory

Good thing Oxford has a BA in computer science and philosophy 😊 'If you want to pursue a career in engineering, you should focus on learning #philosophy in addition to traditional engineering coursework. It will improve your code.'

#AIEthics

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Have a read of my latest piece with SEISMA Magazine where I’m in conversation with Taline Temizian about memory, trauma and art
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#Neuroaesthetics #SciArt

'We’re running out of both space & time right now. That’s one of the big problems of contemporary capitalism' @TribuneMagazine

The multi-dimensional axis of 🌌 x⏳are fundamental to capitalism & hitting degrowth button 🔽 #WorldPressFreedomDay #PLACEBO #MarxMatters #SpatialFixes

“It would seem that artists, of all media, respond soonest to the challenges of new pressures. I would like to suggest that they also show us ways of living with new technology without destruction of earlier achievement and form.”

Marshall McLuhan
‘Forum’ magazine
1960

MozFest House Amsterdam
Your proposal: Experimental Worldbuilding: for large Image Data Sets and the question of Interpretability, a Roblox Installation has been accepted at MozFest House: Amsterdam! So pleased for this, thank you Mozilla Festival #TylerMunuya

On June 5th, Anandala, my virtual reality world of intelligent artificial-life, will be released for home use on Steam! If you have a PC VR rig , I hope you’ll take the opportunity to get to know the friendly, curious, and expressive inhabitants of Anandala!

TOMORROW!....Get your free tickets for our online launch of the 'Digital Identities Over Time' Artist Residency.
Wondering what it's all about?.....that's why you need to come along!
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#digitalgood #digitalid entites #digitalart #artistresidencies #digitalid

Homer’s Web Page in 2000

#WebDesignMuseum

May Bank Holiday Aurora over Stonehenge last night 😍❤️💜 Photo credit Stonehenge Dronescapes
#NorthernLights #aurora #aurora borealis #astro #astro photography #stonehenge

Featuring articles by (and/or conversations with): #RobertAntonWilson , Tim Leary, Terence McKenna, John Shirley, Todd Rundgren, William Gibson, Bruce Sterling, Rudy Rucker, Vernor Vinge, etc, etc. Cyberpunk issue. This was an actual 160-page printed magazine in 1989. MONDO 2000

#HackThePlanet #VR #GoogleCardboard #SFL16 #PsychFi #VirtualReality #cctv #HACKSTOCK by jamesemarks

Delia Derbyshire, born on this day 1937.

Happy birthday, Karl Marx!

“The philosophers have only interpreted the world in various ways — the point, however, is to change it.”

We are at #hackstock Londons first immersive tech art festival 29 April - 2 May at The Trampery, 239 Old St, London

Thank you, London.

'In 10 years’ time we’re going to turn around and say ‘where are all the artists, where are all the stories, where are all the good ideas?’'

David Byrne, Royal Court Artistic Director, has called for a “rescue package” to keep young people in the arts.
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'Conway’s Game of Life, originally published in 1970, is a computer game that doesn’t even need a computer;'

Little Britannia Unchained's 🎢 evolving culture vulture wars & video game artainment critique...

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