In which we speak with writer/critic NORA KHAN and artist/writer JOEL KUENNEN about deep time, rethinking the human in an era of accelerated machine learning, and recognizing the truly experimental in a culture increasingly bound by “aligned incentives.” The conversation took place at La Becque artist residency on the shores of Lake Geneva, where Nora and Joel have been developing two new books and a site specific installation, respectively. We discuss these projects, talking North Stars (plural), climate far-futures, and critical frameworks for Web3 creative production.

For more:

http://www.joelkuennen.com/

https://noranahidkhan.com/

https://foundation.app/blog/experimental-models

https://labecque.ch/en/residency/

Forthcoming books

Nora Khan, The Artificial and the Real (Art Metropole, 2022)

Nora Khan, on the stakes AI Art poses for criticism (Lund Humphries’ New Directions in Contemporary Art Series, 2022)