Technology, Society, and Critical Making (since 2008). Updates from the team only. Download iOS App → ca-n.in/activityios
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CAN––V7/0.7.0 now live to all Members (enable in edit-profile): Constructor got new Network & Plot charts, Topic nodes. Elsewhere, one Settings window now gathers Membership, API/RSS and Education, plus many small refinements! 🚀
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AlgaeRhythms by @atomless (2001) (ported from Shockwave/Director) → atomless.com/projects/algaer…
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Hello World! Press Tab to enter Constructor to explore, build, or publish. Also: 12 new Themes generated from embeddings, a wave of V7 updates. Read more 🔗👇
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Exploring CAN's archives with Constructor. AI and Knowledge tags as inputs, articles visible inside CAN's latent space. A bridge node looks for articles that are "in-between" in the latent space 🤯 .
Enable V7 in /edit-profile/, enter Constructor mode by tapping Tab on the ⌨️
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This is how our Members can submit projects in V7. Create your own node network in Constructor, publish, and re-use for next submission🔥 –– Available now to all Members – turn on V7 beta in /edit-profile/.
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The Square Root of -1 is @atomless's artwork from 1998, ported from Macromedia Director Shockwave with DirPlayer → atomless.com/sqrt-1/
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CAN––V7 is progressing nicely! Here, the community browser layout shows community+member side by side, also using the new Trick 'r Treat theme 🎃. V7 beta is now available to all members, turn the 'beta' toggle in /edit-profile/ 🚀 //cc @oiostudio
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2027 ACC NEXT Emerging Asian Artists International Open Call → creativeapplications.net/spo…
Theme: Prototype
Deadline: October 25, 2026
Fee: KRW 3,000,000 + install and materials budget
#interactive #arttech #generative #robotart #immersive #xr
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Mid/Senior Mechanical Engineer at Leva / Turin, Italy #Jobs
→ creativeapplications.net/job…
#cnc #additivemanufacture #fabrication #robotics #kinetic
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Mechatronics Engineer at Leva / Turin, Italy #Jobs
→ creativeapplications.net/job…
#sensors #encoders #io #customelectronics #embeddedfirmware
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Today, CAN crossed the threshold into adulthood! 18 years in 🎂, we’re stepping into a new era with V7! More than a visual refresh, V7 is both an engine & environment—rethinking how web publishing functions from the ground up → creativeapplications.net/new…
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Assistant or Associate Professor of Graphic Design (Tenure-Track) at Auburn University / Auburn, Alabama — USA #Jobs
→ creativeapplications.net/job…
#dataviz #interactiondesign #designfutures #biodesign #arvrxr
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CAN Activity for iOS 2.1.1 → ca-n.in/activityios
New in V2: Join from the App, Search, Guest Mode, Apple Watch, Liquid Glass, Faster & Polished!
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DevLog 0726 → ca-n.in/devlog0726
Two months, four big wins: Archives Browser rebuilt with a 3D Semantic Space, API docs reborn as an interactive browser with a new Search API, Activity turns one year old, iOS app hits 2.1.0 and gets faster with Search + Liquid Glass 🚀
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Activity, the live record of flows across our alt-network, has reached a new milestone ✨ –– 3,500 actions! Join us! → creativeapplications.net/int…
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New in the Archives Browser (Members): Semantic Space — CAN archives as a 3D cloud. Every post embedded, mapped with UMAP, clustered with k-means. Hover for titles, click to trace relatives + search. #threejs → creativeapplications.net/arc…
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Activity iOS V2 is out! ✨ Join, manage, and renew account all in-app! Guests can browse without an account. Seamless logins, instant loading, data export, plus many bug fixes and UX improvements. 🔥
Devlog → ca-n.in/202605
AppStore → ca-n.in/activityios
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Open Call: The 7th VH AWARD for Media Artists –– Welcomes applications from media artists whose work engages with the context of Asia.
• 5 x Finalists + Grant
• Online residency program
• The Grand Prix $30k
→ vhaward.com
→ ca-n.in/7vhaward
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⏰ One week left to apply to Diriyah Art Futures (DAF) – Emerging New Media Artists programme!
→ creativeapplications.net/spo…
Deadline: 31 May 2026
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Diriyah Art Futures (DAF), the MENA region's first New Media Arts centre, has announced a call for applications for the third cycle of its Emerging New Media Artists programme.
→ creativeapplications.net/spo…
Deadline: 31 May 2026
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Creative Researcher in XR 60% (Junior Researcher) at Zurich University of the Arts / Zurich #Jobs → creativeapplications.net/job…
#XR #Unity3d #UnrealEngine #Python #gamedesign
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FVS CAN Theme inspired by Flexible Visual Systems 🔥
Flexible Visual Systems – Martin Lorenz → creativeapplications.net/boo…
More themes → creativeapplications.net/act…
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IED Master of Arts in Interaction Design: shaping emerging technologies for products and services → creativeapplications.net/spo…
#interactiondesign #teaching #education #ApplyNow #Turin #IED
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Activity gets a major update: LiveURLs let you embed p5.js, video, audio and more directly in posts. Custom Themes let you personalise CAN. API v2.3 and iOS v1.5.1 add Analytics and Channels! → creativeapplications.net/new…
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Now with custom themes + Analytics! 🔥 Get it on the App Store (CAN Members) → apps.apple.com/us/app/can-ac…
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International Master of Design in Graphic Design UIC/HGK Basel program (MDes Basel) → mdesbasel.ch/
Application Deadline: March 30th, 2026
Semester Begins: September 14th, 2026
See also 'Exploring Post-Poster at MDes Basel' on CAN → ca-n.in/exploringpostposter
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V6 Development Log (02/2026) – February’s push debuts CAN API (v2.1) and our iOS App (v1.3.1). Members can now participate in Activity directly via mobile, or build their own micro-apps using the API → creativeapplications.net/new…
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V6 Development Log (01/2026) – Revamped Activity features threaded chats 💬, AJAX "Load More," + filters 🧹, and private "Daps"💎. Security is bolstered by a custom built shield to block 98% of scrapers and bots ⛔️🤖.
Learn more → creativeapplications.net/new…
#candevlog
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Creative Research Engineer at Zurich University of the Arts / Zurich (CH) #Jobs → creativeapplications.net/job…
#creativecode #LLMs #Arduino #MaxMSP #openFrameworks #TouchDesigner #Unity #Unreal
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7,382 Git commits and 303 files later, 2025 was sure busy! Once a blog, now a community infrastructure! ✨👥✨ Read more in our latest devlog → ca-n.in/202512
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V6 Development Log (11/2025) –– Educational Accounts 🎓 + Related Projects 🖇 + Saved 💾 → creativeapplications.net/new…
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Art-Science R&D Coordinator at Ohme / Brussels, Belgium #Jobs → creativeapplications.net/job…
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At @Kikk_Festival, the tech world felt human again. Conversations, playful installations, and three days of talks showed how creative misuse of tools becomes critique—reviving curiosity in an age overshadowed by AI noise.
→ creativeapplications.net/eve…
📄@almostserena
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Industry Assistant Professor at New York University / Brooklyn, New York USA #Jobs → creativeapplications.net/job…
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V6 Development Log (10/2025): Events, Calendars, Activity Notifications, Maps, Stats, Themes, ++ ca-n.in/202510
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Thank you @almostserena for the incredible insta stories from @Kikk_Festival + write-up on CAN in the coming weeks ♡++ #kikkfestival
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Assistant or Associate Professor of Graphic Design (Tenure Track) at The School of Industrial and Graphic Design at Auburn University / Auburn, AL, US #Jobs → creativeapplications.net/job…
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Events are now live! CAN Members can also add events in their own cities –– exhibitions, workshops, lectures, calls for submission ++ Join us!
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One place to keep track of festivals, calls, workshops.. coming soon to CAN Members. Join us! ✶
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Online for 6,209 days (1️⃣7️⃣ years, 0 months, 0 days), published 4,024 articles about 2,712 people, featuring 172 tools. Supported by 1,638 members, and providing access to 516 educators and their students.
Happy Birthday CAN! 🎂 🎉
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Elusive Sense – On The Fluid Boundaries Of Perception, curated by Anna Szylar, feat. Agnieszka Mastalerz, Cosmodernism, Iga Węglińska, Janek Simon, and panGenerator, ends tomorrow 4/10 (London, UK) → creativeapplications.net/eve…
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Assistant Professor of AI in the Visual Arts at ACCAD / Columbus OH, USA #Jobs → creativeapplications.net/job…
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Or the Norton Commander theme..🔹;)
So loving @creativeapps' new colour themes (accessed via the triangle icon in the top right of the page). creativeapplications.net/the…
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After a short break, here is what we've been up to in August: V6 Development Log (08/2025)
→ creativeapplications.net/new…
Thank you for your support!
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The map of CAN Members is getting busy... still only a 1/10th of all Members. Update your location in /edit-profile/ but please don't be like @atomless "in the woods" as Google doesn't know where that is. City names preferred ;)
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Pipo crowdfunding is reaching its final days. Support the launch: pre-order or spread the word! → crowdsupply.com/pipo-interfa…
CAN → creativeapplications.net/mem…
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If you are a CAN Member already, you can access Activity here (login required) → ca-n.in/activity For more info, activities, actions and features included in Activity, see creativeapplications.net/int…
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✨ NEW ✨: Activity – A whole new way to interact with content, ideas, and each other on CAN! It's a labour of love 🖤, a testament to our community 🫂, and a live record of ideas that seed, pollinate, and flower on CAN + beyond! ▼
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We now also have a weekly newsletter for our Members. No bells 🔔, No whistles 💨, No CSS/BS 💩, No Tracking 🐾. Only links to things you might've missed. ✔️
(Tick ✔️newsletter in /edit-profile/ if you'd like one every Monday)
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Earlier this month we finally abandoned GA4 in favour of self-hosted Matomo Analytics. Thanks to this, all our Members now have access to ther own reports → profile/people/projects. 📈💯
No Inflatables ⚽️, No Bots, No BS!
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Alt-network → More connected, less isolated, equitable future! creativeapplications.net/sup…
Since 2008, CAN has defied big tech’s dominance, nurturing a global network of artists, designers, educators, hackers & makers—proving alternative networks not only exist, but flourish!
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The Voyeur Of Utter Destruction (As Beauty) (2025) by Jelle Valk, Joachim Rümke, Olav Huizer / @WERCCOLLECTIVE → creativeapplications.net/pro…
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reversediffusion.xyz – A reversed perspective on generative AI (2025) by Richard Vijgen
→ creativeapplications.net/mem…
#stablediffusion #resist #authorship #threejs #AI
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Inaugural AR(T)MISTICE Forum on Digital Art Peacebuilding → creativeapplications.net/eve…
23 June 2025, 16:00 – 18:00 CEST / 10:00 – 12:00
Online → youtube.com/watch?v=kTFblwCY…
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Predictive Capital – Roads to terminal alienation, soil to server farm, reason to vibe (2025) by @atomless 🤖💀
→ creativeapplications.net/the…
#ArtificialIntelligence #AI #genAI #criticalAI #futures #resist #openAI #ethics #capitalism #labour #simulation #vibecoding #Violence
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Diriyah Art Futures (@DAFmoc), the MENA region’s first New Media Arts hub, has announced a call for applications for the second cycle of its Emerging New Media Artists programme, set to launch in October 2025.
Apply → ca-n.in/daf2025
Deadline: 24 June 2025
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Space and Matter (x20) –– Geiger tubes, silent symphony, extra dimensions, solar data, particles, spectrums, debris, fields, piggyback payload, and more! → ca-n.in/spaceandmatter
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V6 Development Log (05/2025)
→ creativeapplications.net/new…
Latest V6 features and fixes: Long-form articles, night mode, calendar, locations, last week + more!
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Cartography (x30) –– Memory landscapes, fictional rivers, web-map crawler, microbiomes, old over new, picture the sky, programmed landscapes, google faces, city symphonies, and more → ca-n.in/cartography
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PA3L – Synthetic Memory Interfaces (2025) by Riki Osawa / @rkosw → creativeapplications.net/mem…
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Network Machines (x15) –– Power politics, network grenades, machine conversations, adaptive network flora, parasite assistants, trained (ordinary) objects, poetic routers, machine social networks, and more → ca-n.in/networkmachines
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Drawing Machines (x20) –– Collaborative robots in nature, water crisis art, maps redrawn, satellites tracked, ancient monument engraved, spray paint high pressure (random) machine, and more → ca-n.in/drawingmachines
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Looking to fill a creative tech position? ✨👥
Post a job ad on CAN and reach thousands of daily CAN readers + pot. applicants → creativeapplications.net/add…
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