curl[projects] is creating a
space for contemplation




















curl is a philosophy, theory and practice that aims to reclaim our agency over the digital systems that shape our lives.







Currently being updated (Sept 2024)



Philosophy

Problems of Self


Theory




Practice





Reading List

  1. Stuck On The Platform by Geert Lovink (#tech-criticism)
  2. Radical Technologies by Adam Greenfield (#tech-criticism)
  3. Ways of Being by James Bridle (#being-relating)
  4. maybe its not so bad by Carla Ostmann (#tech-criticism)
  5. The User Condition by Silvio Lorusso (#being-relating, #tech-criticism)
  6. Strangers To Ourselves by Rachel Aviv (#being-relating)
  7. The Humane Interface by Jef Raskin (#interface-theory, #tech-criticism)
  8. Catherine Liu with Joshua Citarella (#media-ecologies)
  9. Perfect Days by Wim Wenders (#being-relating)
  10. Orality and Literacy by Walter Ong (#cognitive-linguistics, #media-ecologies)
  11. Can You Imagine (#tech-criticism, #being-relating)


Inspirations

  1. are.na, a toolkit for assembling new worlds from the scraps of old ones
  2. kinopio
  3. futureland, a social habit tracker
  4. curius
  5. Modem Works
  6. OXMAN
  7. dan-ball Powder Game (2006), a browser-based multiplayer physics simulator


︎ Nov-2023
practice that sustains is practice that sustains the self