Techno-Optimism and Techno-Fascism | S4 E7

Who decides what digital art survives? René and Constanza welcome researcher and digital preservation consultant Claudio Hernández to explore conservation, decolonization, and digital cultural heritage in Latin America. From technological obsolescence and platform dependency to unequal access to resources, we discuss the challenges facing artists and institutions across the Global South—and how documentation, open-source tools, and collaborative networks can help build more sustainable preservation practices.Links: https://www.chopo.unam.mx/https://ifa.nyu.edu/conservation/tbm-latin-america-es.htmlhttps://centerforcriticalconservation.com/Al Disclosure:Al tools were used for transcription and text editing.No generative Al was used during the production, recording, or creative editing of this episode.♪Music Credits:"Sunset on Terra" by HYBRID VListen here⁠⁠: https://soundcloud.com/hybrid-v/sunset=⁠⁠⁠⁠on-terra⁠⁠Stay Connected:• Website: ⁠⁠https://newmediacaucus.org⁠⁠• Instagram:⁠⁠ https://instagram.com/renegcepeda⁠⁠• Mastodon: ⁠⁠https://mastodon.art/@renegcepeda⁠⁠• Email: [email protected] you enjoyed this episode, please like, share, and subscribe to help us grow!

When does optimism becomes a license to exploit? Are we engaging critically enough with our technology? Are artists complicit or being utilized in promoting techno fascism? In this episode Constanza and René discuss venture capitalist Marc Andreessen's controversial Techno-Optimist Manifesto its historical background and the implications of this uncritical approach to technological progress.Suggested Reading: The Techno-Optimist Manifesto by Marc Andreessen, Oct 16, 2023Karl Marx and Radical Indigenous Critiques of Capitalism by Nodrada, Feb. 10, 2023Al Disclosure:Al tools were used for transcription and text editing.No generative Al was used during the production, recording, or creative editing of this episode.♪Music Credits:"Sunset on Terra" by HYBRID VListen here⁠: https://soundcloud.com/hybrid-v/sunset=⁠⁠on-terra⁠Stay Connected:• Website: ⁠https://newmediacaucus.org⁠• Instagram:⁠ https://instagram.com/renegcepeda⁠• Mastodon: ⁠https://mastodon.art/@renegcepeda⁠• Email: [email protected] you enjoyed this episode, please like, share, and subscribe to help us grow!

In this episode Constanza interviews the new NMC Co-Presidents: Chanee Choi and our own Rene G. Cepeda, where are they taking the NMC, what brought them to NMC initially? What kinds of community did they find here? Find out in this episode.Al Disclosure:Al tools were used for transcription and text editing.No generative Al was used during the production, recording, or creative editing of this episode.♪Music Credits:"Sunset on Terra" by HYBRID VListen here: https://soundcloud.com/hybrid-v/sunset=on-terraStay Connected:• Website: https://newmediacaucus.org• Instagram: https://instagram.com/renegcepeda• Mastodon: https://mastodon.art/@renegcepeda• Email: [email protected] you enjoyed this episode, please like, share, and subscribe to help us grow!

The Vanishing InternetIs the internet forever? Is everything we do worth preserving? In this episode, Rene and Constanza dive into the complex challenges of preserving digital spaces and explore actionable ways to fight the disappearance of online history. LINKS: In Defense of the Poor Image🤖 AI Disclosure:AI tools were used for transcription and text editing. No generative AI was used during the production, recording, or creative editing of this episode. 🎵 Music Credits:"Sunset on Terra" by HYBRID VListen here: https://soundcloud.com/hybrid-v/sunset-on-terra 🌐 Stay Connected:• Website: https://newmediacaucus.org• Instagram: https://instagram.com/renegcepeda• Mastodon: https://mastodon.art/@renegcepeda• Email: [email protected] If you enjoyed this episode, please like, share, and subscribe to help us grow! 🎨 

The Museum as a LaboratoryIn this episode, Constanza welcomes special guests, Sara Garzón and Julio García Murillo where they discuss the role of museums as they navigate engagement with AI technologies. How do we build community with our audiences? How are museums civic and pedagogical spaces? And how might we consider museums as laboratories?AI Disclosure:AI was used in the transcribing and editing process of this episode. No generative AI was used in the production, recording or editing.⁠Museo digital 2017Museo digital 2020⁠Museo digital 2024Jose Julio Garcia MurilloSara GarzónArticle**Music Credits:**"Sunset on Terra" by HYBRID VListen to the track here: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://soundcloud.com/hybrid-v/sunset-on-terra**Stay connected with us:**🌐 Website: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://newmediacaucus.org⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠📷 Instagram: (⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠  / renegcepeda)⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠🌐  ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Mastodon: (⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://mastodon.art/@renegcepeda)📧⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Contact: [[email protected]]Don't forget to like, share, and subscribe to stay updated! 🎨

In this episode of Header/Footer Presents, Rene will show you how exhibition elements and not just the objects in show generate knowledge and shape our perceptions. He also introduces us to Howl: Elite Force Voyager Online a re-staging of Joseph DeLappe's groundbreaking video game performance.**Music Credits:**"Sunset on Terra" by HYBRID VListen to the track here: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://soundcloud.com/hybrid-v/sunse...⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ **Stay connected with us:**🌐 Website: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://newmediacaucus.org⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠📷 Instagram: (⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠  / renegcepeda)⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠🌐  ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Mastodon: (⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://mastodon.art/@renegcepeda)📧⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Contact: [[email protected]]Don't forget to like, share, and subscribe to stay updated! 🎨

In this episode of Header/Footer Presents, Rene and Constanza review a pair of interesting events: The conference Visionary AI: The Forgotten Legacy of the Connection Machine, hosted by the ZKM with the collaboration of Tamiko Thiel and NYC's New Museum's exhibition New Humans: Memories of the Future as well as Constanza's latest project Ecos Nostálgicos. full of anecdotes, pop culture facts and discussions on what makes us human and why we assign humanity to machines so easily, this is an episode you should not miss!**Music Credits:**"Sunset on Terra" by HYBRID VListen to the track here: ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://soundcloud.com/hybrid-v/sunse...⁠⁠⁠⁠ **Stay connected with us:**🌐 Website: ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://newmediacaucus.org⁠⁠⁠⁠📷 Instagram: (⁠⁠⁠⁠  / renegcepeda)⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠🌐  ⁠⁠⁠⁠ Mastodon: (⁠⁠⁠⁠https://mastodon.art/@renegcepeda)📧⁠⁠⁠⁠ Contact: [[email protected]]Don't forget to like, share, and subscribe to stay updated! 🎨

In this episode together with Dylan and Oliver from Audiospaces, Constanza talks about making sound maps, the Audiospaces app, and what it means to experience our world through sound.**Music Credits:**"Sunset on Terra" by HYBRID VListen to the track here: ⁠⁠⁠https://soundcloud.com/hybrid-v/sunse...⁠⁠⁠ **Stay connected with us:**🌐 Website: ⁠⁠⁠https://newmediacaucus.org⁠⁠⁠📷 Instagram: (⁠⁠⁠  / renegcepeda)⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠🌐  ⁠⁠⁠ Mastodon: (⁠⁠⁠https://mastodon.art/@renegcepeda)📧⁠⁠⁠ Contact: [[email protected]]Don't forget to like, share, and subscribe to stay updated! 🎨

This year's Keynote speaker for NMC's Symposium Restoration/Regeneration Paula Gaetano Adi. Come with us and learn more about her and her thought provoking work. **Music Credits:**"Sunset on Terra" by HYBRID VListen to the track here: ⁠⁠https://soundcloud.com/hybrid-v/sunse...⁠⁠ **Stay connected with us:**🌐 Website: ⁠⁠https://newmediacaucus.org⁠⁠📷 Instagram: (⁠⁠  / renegcepeda)⁠⁠⁠⁠🌐  ⁠⁠ Mastodon: (⁠⁠https://mastodon.art/@renegcepeda)📧⁠⁠ Contact: [[email protected]]Don't forget to like, share, and subscribe to stay updated! 🎨

In this end of year episode we introduce a new segment called Ice_Breaker, where we interview artists, curators and other people in the arts we think you should know about. For our inaugural Ice_Breaker we interview Rodrigo Guzman Serrano, art historian, curator, artist and more.Links for this episode:https://guzmanserrano.art/Backslash at Cornell Tech https://backslash.org/ Rodrigo's upcoming contribution in the book "What Curators Know" out in 2026: https://www.bloomsbury.com/uk/what-curators-know-9798765162088/ Constructing Contexts exhibition he co-curated in HK as part of the symposium "Art Machines 2": https://constructingcontexts.scm.cityu.edu.hk/The Media Art Histories conference Rodrido co-organized with Morten Søndergaard. RE:SOUND 2019: https://www.scienceopen.com/hosted-document?doi=10.14236/ewic/RESOUND19.0Keynote videos from the conference: https://seismograf.org/node/19358Archive of Digital Art: https://digitalartarchive.at/home/**Music Credits:**"Sunset on Terra" by HYBRID VListen to the track here: ⁠https://soundcloud.com/hybrid-v/sunse...⁠ **Stay connected with us:**🌐 Website: ⁠https://newmediacaucus.org⁠📷 Instagram: (⁠  / renegcepeda)⁠⁠🌐  ⁠ Mastodon: (⁠https://mastodon.art/@renegcepeda)📧⁠ Contact: [[email protected]]Don't forget to like, share, and subscribe to stay updated! 🎨