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The Art & Social Technologies research group examines creative practice at the intersection of art, technology and society. It aims to test the pertinence of existing theoretical models and proposes new ways of drawing together thinking and practice appropriate to contemporary techno-cultural production and its social impact. The group has a special interest in the production of experimental, performative, participatory and distributed technological systems that challenge orthodox social relations, offering expertise and supporting interdisciplinary research across artistic and curatorial practices, publishing, intellectual property, critical theory, network theory and software studies. Praxis lies at the core of AST's approach. more >>

AST works in tandem with KURATOR (a curatorial agency and research platform at the intersection of art and technology), works closely with Arnolfini (Bristol), LaAgencia (Madrid) and WRO Foundation Media Art Center (Wroclaw), and produces the DATA browser book series with Autonomedia (New York). more >>