Strelka Mag

The Revenge of the Real

A special project by Strelka Mag and The Terraforming.

29.05, Bookshelf

Excerpt: ‘Switzerland. Deep Urbanism for an Age of Disruption’ by Markus Schaefer

A model for a particular type of holistic urbanism.

28.05

The Biophilosophy of Epidemiological Models

It’s time to bring biology back into philosophy.

New Urban Conditions

A curated series of essays and projects that navigates the complex new realities shaped by emerging technologies.

27.05, Cities

What Social Media Activity Reveals about Russians under Lockdown

Strelka KB analysts studied data from 16 major Russian cities.

19.05

Governing Simulations: Intro to Necroeconomics

Pandemic, climate crisis, and the financialization of death.

18.05, Cities

New Public Space in the City with Eyes

A critical reflection on the complex—and at times controversial—relationship between the city and new urban technologies.

15.05

Empathy for the Machine: Inside Lawrence Lek’s Virtual Worlds

Using the medium of game design, artist and filmmaker Lawrence Lek explores the nature of intelligence and ethics of the non-human.

15.05

The Tragic Omissions of Governance by Curve

This year may see a populist backlash against the role of simulations and big data in policy. But the failures of governance by curve in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic must not repeat in the case of climate crisis mitigation.

13.05

Anatomy of a Trojan Horse

The first global pandemic in the age of social media reveals the role of information in regulating planetary metabolism.

12.05, Cities

Labor after the Pandemic: Will We Still Work Eight Hours?

How can unemployment protect us from viruses?

07.05, Speculative Futures

Superior Forms of Corruption: Xenofeminist Ways of Building a World from Scraps

Revising the split between the natural and the artificial, xenofeminism offers ways of constructing a viable future from former spaces of violence and inhibition.