How many people will you meet in your lifetime? How many will you remember? Fascinated by the countless chance encounters in their own lives, Susannah Edelbaum and Monika Müller-Kroll reveal the ways that casual interactions affect us all.
Students 14 years old and older can register for the live event at Planet Word Museum in Washington, DC on September 28, 10 am to 2 pm ET. With prominent figures such as Ranga Yogeshwar and Heino Falcke!
WPFW 89.3 FM is airing an episode of THE BIG PONDER every Monday at 1:00 pm ET! Each week, you’ll listen to a German-American story with host Verena Hütter. Afterward, Verena will interview the producers of each episode and play some specially curated music. Don’t miss it!
A blockchain technology is making waves in the art scene. For the first time, non-fungible tokens (NFTs) are making it possible to trade digital art just like paintings, sculptures or photographs – and charge equally high prices. We look at what non-fungible tokens are all about and how they can bring in so much money.
Facebook, Siri or Alexa – where artificial intelligence technology is concerned people often complain that there is insufficient protection of privacy. But intelligent systems are less interested in individual data than in generalising and standardising the life contexts they are automating.
How does the past take shape? What happens in the process of coming to terms with the past? What social repercussions are associated with the rooting of history in monuments and memorials?
How do we innovate and make progress? Our answer: often by mistake. We’re celebrating mistakes and their innovative power in this collection of big and little mistakes in art, language, technology, and society.
