On September 27 and 28, Horst Hörtner, the director of the Ars Electronica Futurelab, and I myself were invited to visit the Open Media Lab at the China Academy of Art in Hangzhou, which is part of the School of Intermedia Art (SIMA). Horst gave a very well attended lecture, presenting the work of the [...]
China Digital Times has launched a participatory Web 2.0 initiative: the “Grass-Mud Horse Lexicon,” (“GMH Lexicon”), an online glossary of translations of terms created by Chinese netizens and frequently encountered in online political discussions. The Lexicon has been posted on China Digital Space, CDT’s new, collaborative wiki site. The “Grass Mud Horse” phenomenon has been [...]