In recent years, a new breed of artists named bioartists have begun to infiltrate gallery spaces and scientific laboratories in pursuit of creative expression and new knowledge. Their number includes some of the world's most adventurous avant-garde artists, whose core currency is the playful and sometimes political exploration of new...

The UK's Leveson Inquiry this week brings into focus the many debates that have taken place over the last two months about whether the British media's ethical foundation needs a radical overhaul after the apparent transgressions that have occurred through the News of the World phone hacking controversy. Many of...

The Google Art Project launched this week, bringing the technology of Google street view indoors to internationally renowned gallery spaces. Viewers can now browse classic collections in hyper-real gigapixel quality, without having to leave the comfort of their computer chair.

The project creates a whole new world,...

How should we regard the business card in a digital age, both in terms of its future, and in terms of what their function may be as historical artifacts? For a few years now, I have been photographing business cards that I have received and I decided today that they...

Two years from now, the London 2012 (@London2012) Olympic and Paralympic Games will draw to a close, concluding what will become known as the first social media Olympic Summer Games.

The city of London is promising to make the city a pervasive wi-fi zone and the British government's move...

The next trending film on Twitter, after the fuss about Inception has waned, is likely to be The Human Centipede. But, is it simply "the most horrific film ever made," or does it tell us something fundamental about our human condition?

The scenario portrayed by the movie may require...

As the Vancouver 2010 Olympic Winter Games fade into the distance, all eyes now turn to London to imagine what the 2012 Olympic Games will be like. What can be learned from Vancouver 2010 to ensure that London fulfills its potential over the next two years?

On the lead...

Over the first week of the Vancouver 2010 Olympic Games, British journalism has caught the attention of the global media for their attacks on the Games. The focal point has been a Guardian writer, who is working out in Canada and whose narrative has reached major media providers around the...

As the Vancouver 2010 Olympic Winter Games gets underway, the first athletes have already tested positive for relatively well-known doping substances. Many of them didn't even make it to Vancouver, having been screened and excluded in advance of the Games.

But, why should anyone care about doping in sport?...

The International Olympic Committee is guardian of the world's most lucrative sports brand: the Olympic rings. For those companies who complete to associate themselves with the rings, the benefits are immense and include exclusive visibility, privileged access to the Games and allegiance with a coveted identity. So great is the...

The Olympic Games Opening Ceremony is the most watched event in the world with an estimated 1.4 billion people tuning in to a Summer Games ceremony. Most of this audience will have had no prior coverage of the local political issues that surrounded the Games, nor will they care too...

As the cities of Vancouver and Whistler prepare to host the 2010 Olympic Winter Games, new media activism promises to take the Gold medal, but will anyone outside of the cities notice?

In a couple of days, the Vancouver 2010 Olympic Games begins, amidst a cloud of local controversy. Strictly...

The Beijinger is a magazine which functions partly as a Craig's List here in Beijing. Each day during Games time, members have been posting requests to buy or sell tickets for the sports events. I've inquired about a few of these. Last week, I asked about a basketball match and...

Today, I've been taken back a few thousand years in China's history by the world's leading scholar on China and the Olympics, Professor Susan Brownell from the University of Missouri and Beijing Sports University. Her keynote address at the close of the Olympic conference I've been attending interrogated Western...

It's disconcerting how quickly expectations can change upon arriving in an Olympic city. Before getting here, I was convinced that some sort of protests would be prominent, but now I'm not so sure. It's hard not to feel deep affection for what is being done for the Olympics in Beijing....