Reviews and Essays about Culture
Zusätzliche Informationen
2021
- AI, DADA and Surrealism: Dreaming about human culture / DALL·E representations of human creativity. Analysis, in: Merzazine
- Sitting Bernie as a Meme / With examples, my AI-driven one — and the most essential Sitting Bernie image ever, in: Merzazine
- Rise and Fall of AfE Tower. Part 1. Forbidden Insights and Graffiti as History Recordings. / An Urbex-like photo tour across a building that doesn't exist anymore, in: Merzazine
- #Cryptoart and #NFT: Art for Money? Money for Art? / An essay about NFT and new ways of digital art distribution, in: Merzazine
- #Cryptoart and #NFT: Power of community. / The social aspect of the NFT scene., in: Merzazine
- #Cryptoart and #NFT: Addressing environmental issues / About the negative environmental impact of NFT, and feasible ways to solve this issue, in: Merzazine
- Creative Collaboration with AI / “Nyeshkerh”: use of various AI approaches (StyleGAN2, JukeBox, First Order Motion Model, et al.) for creating AI-driven short movies, in: Towards Data Science
- Why OpenSea? / Lazy Minting, No Gas Fees, Unlockable Contents and other features of the NFT-platform OpenSea, in: CryptoMerz
- Why HicEtNunc? / Eco-friendly, great community, experimental artworks, in: CryptoMerz
- Etherpoems / Poetry written on-chain, in: Merzazine
- SECRETVM. Found in the Forest / Short Un-Review of an unread boo, in: The Narrative
- Unser Jahresrückblick 2021 / My review of 2021 (in German), in: CULTurMAG
- Visual AI, trained on my Memories / #MERZmory: Exploration of photography with the help of Artificial Intelligence, in: Towards Data Science
- Metahuman: Shaping your Character / New visual milestone by Unreal Engine, in: Merzazine
- Writing with AI. Introduction to MERZ dAIgest. / Why AI art is “our art” and not “my art”., in: Merzazine
- Merzazine — in German / For my readers from the Land der Dichter and Denker, in: Merzazine
- Neural Kimono, or Intertextuality of AI / Creating new patterns for ancient clothes using AI, in: Towards Data Science
2020
- Memes beyond time and space / Evolving the Culture in the Digital Age, in: Towards Data Science
- Can AI find ET? / Discussion about the capabilities of AI to detect other life forms - and why the human factor is a significant obstacle in this approach, in: Towards Data Science
- On Bullshit in Art and Data Science / Essay about the semantics of the artwork titles and about dangers of the one-sided analysis, in: Towards Data Science
- Europa Redux. A Still Unsolved Mystery / Analysis of a found collection of anonymous brut art, in: Literally Literary
- 3 Ways to Avoid #SocialDistancing in Times of Corona / Stop it (#SocialDistancing). And: stop it (#CoronaVirus), in: Data Driven Investor
- O-tsukare-sama. お疲れ様。/ A Japanese expression I miss in all other languages, in: The Narrative
- Common Substance of Art, Science, and Dreams / About Dalí, Media art and Marketing, in: Data Driven Investor
- Tetrahedron of Nara / 奈良の三角錐 / Mysterious occurrences in Japan. The untold story. Multimedia version, in: The Creative Cafe
- Avant-Garde: Big in Japan / Russian Art in Bookstores of Osaka, in: The Narrative
- arebyte Gallery: Real-Time Constraint / About art occupying systems, and technology interpreting nature, in: Merzazine
- Replika: My Digital Friend with Identity Issues / Evolution of Digital “Personality”, in: Data Driven Investor
- Telephone Paintings / Between Art (Moholy-Nagy) and GANs, in: Towards Data Science
- Pareidolia: Faces in Grains of Sand / Poetic AI-driven Art Project by Driessens & Verstappen, in: Merzazine
- A Painting that changed me. Forever / Memories from my childhood. With photos, in: Merzazine
- Kanda, Tokyo. A Book Paradise in 神田神保町 / Japanese Antiquarian Bookshop District Jinbôchô, in: Literally Literary
- Evil Johannes Gutenberg / Another perspective on technological progress, in: Towards Data Science
- A.I. about Voting Systems / Artificial Intelligence is telling (or not telling) the truth…, in: Predict
- This [item] Does Not Exist / Ongoing Index of non-existing things, created by Machine / Deep Learning, in: Towards Data Science
- Japanese Fernweh / False memories? Obsessive hope? Reincarnation? in: Merzazine
- Sightseeing’s Photobombing / How a Japanese Sect constantly sneaks into millions of memories without people notice it, in: Merzazine
- That Magic Plastic Box / 350 grams that changed my life, in: Merzazine
- ScholarWithCode: Plugin that finds them all. / A handy tool combining PaperWithCode and Google Scholar, in: Merzazine
- Three Minutes of Silence. / 6th August. My video tribute, in: Merzazine
- Letters from Nature to Presidents / Written by Artificial Intelligence, in: Merzazine
- Window Swap: Look from an Other’s Room / Global Viewing during Pandemic (and further), in: Merzazine
- Art(t)witch, anybody? / Idea: Video streams for culture junkies, in: Merzazine
2019
- Cryptography: Quickly decoding (almost) every substitution cipher in 3 steps / Instructions: How to decode a coded message (substitution)., in: Merzazine
- “You Can Make Them Again” / Art Critics Destroying Artworks, in: The Creative Cafe
- Countless Writers with Countless Legs / Review of "The Language of Bugs", an art book project by Zhu Yingchun, in: Merzazine
- Art of Destruction. Destruction of Art / Ongoing series about destruction in art, in: Merzazine
- Neo-Dada, Herostratus and Systematic Vase Destruction / from: Art of Destruction, in: Merzazine
- Iconoclasm as a Political Issue / from: Art of Destruction, in: Merzazine
- Destroying of Art by Kids / from: Art of Destruction, in: Merzazine
- Cute Vandalism, or Following the Call-to-Action / Can Fluxus art be destroyed? from: Art of Destruction, in: Merzazine
- What about your Stendhal Syndrome? / Swooning in the presence of great art, in: The Narrative
- #Bananaart: Destruction for Eternity / Several ways to destroy art, from: Art of Destruction, in: The Narrative
- AR (ActualReality) is the Next Big Thing! / Fully new way of Extended Reality, in: Data Driven Investor
- Things are Memories. Memories are Things. Feat. Kurt Schwitters, in: Merzazine
- Bad Habits, Censorship and Beautiful Music / in: Merzazine
- Image-Net Roulette, Human Manipulation and Beauty of Nightmares, in: Merzazine
2018
- Library / How a German University throws away books, in: Merzazine
- Space Karaoke / An multicultural idea for spaceship designers, in: Merzazine
2015
- UNGELÖST. Karl Waldmann: Ein Phantom-Kriminalfall um einen Phantom-Künstler / About one of the most important and most unknown art projects in the XXst century, in: CULTurMAG
2013
- Save the Vanishing Art / An essay about importance of lost art, in: Merzazine
- Kurt Schwitters: Auguste Bolte. (Eine Doktorarbeit)* *mit Fußnoten, Book Review, in: CULTurMAG
2011
- Daniil Charms: Sieben Zehntel eines Kopfs, Book Review in: CULTurMAG
- Hutchins/Weisman: Personal Effects/Dark Art, Book Review in: CULTurMAG
- Leanne Shapton: Bedeutende Objekte und persönliche Besitzstücke..., Book Review in: CULTurMAG
My Art Projects
Zusätzliche Informationen
2021
- #MERZeye: Episode 2. About Love / A Podcast, written and performed by Artificial Intelligence, in: Merzazine
- 皿 — Dish — Teller — Тарелка / A Dadaist poem by Takahashi Shinkichi (1921). Anniversary edition, in: CryptoMerz
- the #AIpril poem / a poem by ee cummings, performed by artificial intelligence, in: Merzazine
- Etherpoems / Poetry written on-chain, in: Merzazine
- Etherpoems: All my words / Complete collection of my poems for the NFT poetry project, in: CryptoMERZ
- Etherpoems 2: Spoken Word / Next Generation of Digital Poetry, in: Merzazine
- #MERZeye: Episode 2. About Love / A Podcast, written and performed by Artificial Intelligence, in: Merzazine
- Emissary (2021) / My contribution to EtherPoems2, in: Merzazine
- Serpent’s Monolog / My contribution to EtherPoems2, in: Merzazine
- Writing with AI. Introduction to MERZ dAIgest. / Why AI art is “our art” and not “my art”., in: Merzazine
- #MERZmory: Faces / Sharing memories in the Age of Artificial Intelligence, in: CryptoMERZ
- KI-MERZ-AI. Volume 1. / AI meets ̶D̶a̶d̶a̶i̶s̶t̶ MERZ-Artist Kurt Schwitters, in: Merzazine
- #LatentVoices / Music written by AI, in: Merzazine
2020
- My Most Mysterious Video / …And I really have no clue, what’s going on here… in: Merzazine
- Merzphrasis / My contribution to Aikphrasis by Holly Grimm: an AI-driven video, in: Merzazine
- To Be or Not To Be (2020) / AI-powered Version by Hamlet’s Monolog. My video installation with the use of various ML models, in: Merzazine
- Radio #LatentVoices. Intro. 01–04 / Reviews and interpretation of the AI-created music, in: Merzazine
- The Empty Room (2020) / A short stage play, created with AI, in: Merzazine
- Bloomsday 2020 / A short movie, made by AI, pre-trained on James Joyce’s “Ulysses”, in: Merzazine
2019
- Disrupting TikTok, in: Merzazine
2014
- Inspiring voyeurism / Stealing fates as a perceptive experience. Explanation of metafictional project "Inspiring voyeurism", in Merzazine
Transmedia Storytelling, ARG, VR, Videogames
Zusätzliche Informationen
2021
- How Would You Describe Sunlight? / Art and literature in the poetic videogame "Sunlight", in: SuperJump
2020
- Virtual Architecture as the Accessible Memory / Review of VR-architectural visualization of Soviet unfinished urban projects (Virtual Architecture Museum Shchussev, Moscow), in: Data Driven Investor
- Gallery of Subjective Art / An art perception as an art form. A virtual experience by Sven Ahlgrimm, in: Merzazine
- “Nostalgic Train” // 懐かしい (Natsukashii) / A walk through a virtual Japan. Bonus: an untranslatable word, in: Merzazine
- Bliss and Thrill of Alternate Reality Games / What is an ARG?, in: ARGopolis
- Militsioner: The New Video Game Dystopia Upsetting Russian State Media / How one small Russian indie developer is ruffling authoritarian feathers, in: SuperJump
- What If You Could Explore Their Memories / My review of interactive transmedial video project "PROMESA", in: SuperJump
- Conjure the Museum of Your Dreams in The Anything Gallery / A review of a transmedial interactive installation "The Anything Gallery", in: SuperJump
- itch.io: Bundle for Racial Justice and Equality / It’s time to fight stereotypes! in: Merzazine
- “Metamorphabet” by Vectorpark / Playing with letters and meanings, in: Merzazine
- Telephone Paintings / Between Art (Moholy-Nagy) and GANs , in: Towards Data Science
2018
- 0°N 0°W: Door in the sky / Review of the video game "0°N 0°W" in the context of Kandinsky's "Perception effects", in: Merzazine
- The Stage of the Dream / Transmedia storytelling in the video game experience "Fugue in Void" (by Moshe Linke) and its roots in the history of theater., in: Merzazine
2017
- Available Portals to the Alternate Realities / Transmedia Portals into Alternate Reality Games, in: Merzazine
2014
- WAITING, An essay about waiting in art and video games, in: Entropy
Fiction
Zusätzliche Informationen
2021
- Nyeshkerh (2021). Short movie. / A story about an unknown world, told me by AI, in: Merzazine
- CryptoMERZ: #NFT, #AI, and #ART / My new project, in: Merzazine
- AI as a poet, novelist, and dramaturg / My GPT-3 Year 2020, in: Merzazine
- Unsupervised Creativity of AI / My GPT-3 Year 2020 Review Series, in: Merzazine
- The Disintegration of Love in Paris / A poem, music, and video, created by AI, in: The Narrative
- #MERZeye: Episode 2. About Love / A Podcast, written and performed by Artificial Intelligence, in: Merzazine
- Emissary (2021) / My contribution to EtherPoems2, in: Merzazine
- Serpent’s Monolog / My contribution to EtherPoems2, in: Merzazine
- What am I? / Genesis, in: MERZ dAIgest
- The Infinitives / An essay by Prof. Dr. Maarten Maartensz, who is a member of the Royal Dutch Academy of Sciences, in: MERZ dAIgest
- Be Thou my Father. / by AARON WESLEY, in: MERZ dAIgest
- How I Paid The Devil With Money From The Information Police / By Alfred Hitchcock, in: MERZ dAIgest
- Babette’s Ridge / A poem, in: MERZ dAIgest
- A Surviving a Constant Bed / Essay about Thomas Browne, the infamous poet, in: MERZ dAIgest
- “Trillu natal Atilu” (Song of the Boar) / Performance by a young girl, in: MERZ dAIgest
- Empty Room / Short stage play, in: MERZ dAIgest
- Easy Accomplishments / Video-Poem, in: MERZ dAIgest
- About Owls / A Letter to Eunice by her Brother John, in: MERZ dAIgest
- A Man of Words, in: MERZ dAIgest
- WILLIAM SHERMAN: The Senses of Silence (Penguin Press, £2.00) / Addendum: DREAM SHIFT’S OF THE NANO CLASS, in: MERZ dAIgest
- Friends are Angels Exchange of letters between Richard Hoagland (Josephine) and R̷̢̨̨̞͖̖̫͇̠͛ͧ̀͋́̊ͦ̈́̽ͩ͊͗̐ͩͥ̀͌ͥ͠ǫ̛͆́͛ͤ͆̄ͨͦ̈͌͢҉̢̬̠̪͖͚̺g̷͎͚̠͑̓ͩ̐͠ȩ͛͛̉̿҉̷̵̦̠̟̰̮̪͉̰̠̠͕̻̹̹̱͙̜m̴͈͉̞̻͊̊̊̈́̽̓͑̋̅̿ͤͦ̌̇̑͝͡s͋̽̽̎ͪ͐͆͋̔ͦ̑̕͞͠҉̝͍̥͉ ̝͕͙̹͍͕̹͍͔͙͓̮̗ͪ͒͂ͪ͘͜͜Ś̷̞̭̘̥̳͆ͣͣ̽ͭ͠͡p̗͓͓͖̗̻̉͛̓́͒͛̿̓ͯ͆͝i̴̇̊̾ͩ̾̋͊͒̿͊͏̷̡͕̤͇̠̗͖̝̙̖́eͯͮͧ͆̇̿͏͇͍̳͉͈̹͙̘̰̜̰̭̭͓͔̀͡k̢̧͉̙͍̥̺̻͚ͬ̈ͪ̂̔͂ͬͭ̑̈́̆͐͐͌̚͝ͅ in: MERZ dAIgest
- Homage to Dante / Artificiale Commedia , in: MERZ dAIgest
- KI-MERZ-AI. Volume 1. / AI meets ̶D̶a̶d̶a̶i̶s̶t̶ MERZ-Artist Kurt Schwitters, in: Merzazine
- On his last day before retirement, the old librarian fell asleep at his work. / Sweet dreams, in: MERZ dAIgest
- This is what we are / AI story creates an image, in: MERZ dAIgest
2020
- Nothing / Strange Story. Based on real events, in: The Narrative
- Transient Eternity / Visual Reconstruction of Collective Memories, in: The Narrative
- Plato, his Cave, a Virus, and A.I. / A new view at the old Allegory in times of COVID-19, in: The Creative Cafe
- About Humans, AI and God / Philosophical conversations with AI (GPT-3 by OpenAI), in: Merzazine
- The Mysterious Entity ALIMA / Textual and visual experiments with Artificial Intelligence, in: Merzazine
- About the Truth in Post-Truth times / A Sonnet which will leave you unsatisfied, in: The Narrative
- End of the World / Very short world history, in: The Narrative
- So many Stars… / Twitter storytelling with (not anymore) random people, in: The Narrative
- Palms on the Way out Paradise. / The Last Day of Adam and Eve, in: The Narrative
- train in japan いつから ветром снесло identität / Multilingual poetry (English/Japanese/Russian/German) , in: The Creative Cafe
- Reality Guard, in: The Narrative
- Tuesday, the 12th October 1999 / 16:22, in: Literally Literary
- a hole-world, in: The Creative Cafe
- Destination / …strange is our life…, in: Literally Literary
- you say ты говоришь du behauptest いつもこう言う君は / Endless multilingual loop in: CryptoDreams
- If Jesus would appear / #BlackLivesMatter
- The Border Wall. / The boundary between Dream and Reality. Finally found. In: CryptoDreams
- The Man, locked in the Bastille / A story my dream told me tonight, in: CryptoDreams
2013
- die einzige sackgasse, in: Perspektive, Issue 74-75
- Multilinguetry Manifest / A manifesto of multilingual literature in times of cultural globalization, in: Merzazine
2012
- multilinguetry, in: Perspektive, Issue 71
2010
- captures, in "Di Mezzo Il Mare"
- A mazing race, in: LIES/ISLE, Issue 4
- texte, in: Perspektive, Issue 64 (Literary Magazine)
- Die Kunst des Mit-dem-Kopf-gegen-die-Wand-schlagens, Metalingual Experiments, in: Perspektive, Issue 65/66
2009
- Publishing in the Anthology "Twitter-Lyrik" (LiteraturCafe), ISBN-10 : 3837053180
- "Oh yourisdiction!..", in: "Very Bad Poetry", Literary Magazine
