Miguel Carvalhais
@carvalhais.org
Design, music, art + computation. Professor at fba.up.pt; also running @cronicaelectronica.org, http://at-c.org and @xCoAx.org. Author of Art and Computation (V2_) and Artificial Aesthetics (U.Porto). carvalhais.org
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Farewell today to Hungarian director Béla Tarr (1955 – 2026), one of cinema’s great visionaries. His deeply poetic and uncompromising films—like Sátántangó and The Turin Horse—redefined slow, contemplative cinema and left an indelible mark on the art of filmmaking
January 6, 2026 at 1:20 PM
Farewell today to Hungarian director Béla Tarr (1955 – 2026), one of cinema’s great visionaries. His deeply poetic and uncompromising films—like Sátántangó and The Turin Horse—redefined slow, contemplative cinema and left an indelible mark on the art of filmmaking
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Bruno Duplant’s “Écouter les Fantômes” reviewed by @soundprojector.bsky.social "Duplant has turned in some ultra-minimal offerings (…) in previous years, but this one has more exciting content per square inch, and is more accessible than some of his delightful but impenetrable sonic riddles."
January 6, 2026 at 10:26 AM
Bruno Duplant’s “Écouter les Fantômes” reviewed by @soundprojector.bsky.social "Duplant has turned in some ultra-minimal offerings (…) in previous years, but this one has more exciting content per square inch, and is more accessible than some of his delightful but impenetrable sonic riddles."
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Great review of Durán Vázquez & Kloob’s album on Blow Up! Copies are still available at www.cronicaelectronica.org/243/
![Review of the album in Blow Up, reading: Questo disco inizia come una perfetta triangolazione tra Ben Frost, Thomas Köner e Philip Jeck, poi prende vie più personali, come una esplorazione inquieta di paesaggi che vorrebbero essere futuribili ma sono invece impiantati nella nostra realtà, a metà strada tra "Twin Picks" e "Solaris". Di Frost ritroviamo la forza tellurica, di Köner un certo pulsare profondo, di Jeck il senso ciclico e meditante della temporalità, di "Twin Picks" 'indugiare indagatore visionario e inquieto, di "Solaris" la sostanza metafisica. Un lavoro decisamente consistente. L'ispirazione viene dallo scrittore gallese Arthur Machen che, a cavallo tra '800 e '900, muovendosi tra fantasy ed horror, iniziò il genere science fiction. Peccato il disco sia arrivato tardi per essere inserito tra i dischi dell'anno. [8.4] Girolamo Dal Maso](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:d2zspkhdkorlbbt4udzwdk2h/bafkreibijxhmtdx33jysowirnvmyr53zwmupzp3fgcsgljnyskmlw7ejhe@jpeg)
January 6, 2026 at 10:14 AM
Great review of Durán Vázquez & Kloob’s album on Blow Up! Copies are still available at www.cronicaelectronica.org/243/
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January 6, 2026 at 8:41 AM
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Some shots from our last performance of 2025 at Pherifera 2025 \ 30×N | audiovisual performance
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@ptudela.bsky.social & @carvalhais.org : computers, sound;
@visiophone.bsky.social : computer, lights, visuals.
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#audiovisualart #livevisuals #newmediaart #codeart
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@ptudela.bsky.social & @carvalhais.org : computers, sound;
@visiophone.bsky.social : computer, lights, visuals.
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#audiovisualart #livevisuals #newmediaart #codeart
January 2, 2026 at 6:25 PM
Some shots from our last performance of 2025 at Pherifera 2025 \ 30×N | audiovisual performance
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@ptudela.bsky.social & @carvalhais.org : computers, sound;
@visiophone.bsky.social : computer, lights, visuals.
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#audiovisualart #livevisuals #newmediaart #codeart
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@ptudela.bsky.social & @carvalhais.org : computers, sound;
@visiophone.bsky.social : computer, lights, visuals.
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#audiovisualart #livevisuals #newmediaart #codeart
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In what's now become an annual tradition, I've written another piece for The Gist about how and why I hate A.I.
On a bubble about to burst, a future rotted to its core, and the limits of the Mrs Doyle Theory of artificial intelligence.
www.thegist.ie/guest-gist-2...
On a bubble about to burst, a future rotted to its core, and the limits of the Mrs Doyle Theory of artificial intelligence.
www.thegist.ie/guest-gist-2...
Guest Gist: 2026, Our Already Rotting Future
Seamus O'Reilly warns of AI maximum bubbledrive this year.
www.thegist.ie
January 2, 2026 at 10:25 AM
In what's now become an annual tradition, I've written another piece for The Gist about how and why I hate A.I.
On a bubble about to burst, a future rotted to its core, and the limits of the Mrs Doyle Theory of artificial intelligence.
www.thegist.ie/guest-gist-2...
On a bubble about to burst, a future rotted to its core, and the limits of the Mrs Doyle Theory of artificial intelligence.
www.thegist.ie/guest-gist-2...
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2025 is coming to end and some people who claim not to be fascists are still associating themselves with fascist outlets like X.
I claim, perhaps charitably, that it's because they don't understand how the internet works. Either way, this needs to change.
berjon.com/fascintern-m...
I claim, perhaps charitably, that it's because they don't understand how the internet works. Either way, this needs to change.
berjon.com/fascintern-m...
Fascintern Media
We are facing a coordinated international fascist movement that works with explicit backing from Moscow, Washington, and tech monopolies, and is propagating itself through its own media apparatus. Yet...
berjon.com
December 9, 2025 at 8:31 PM
2025 is coming to end and some people who claim not to be fascists are still associating themselves with fascist outlets like X.
I claim, perhaps charitably, that it's because they don't understand how the internet works. Either way, this needs to change.
berjon.com/fascintern-m...
I claim, perhaps charitably, that it's because they don't understand how the internet works. Either way, this needs to change.
berjon.com/fascintern-m...
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Happy new year! We're celebrating by adding three compilations to the Crónica Archive: 2008's “Mus*****c”, 2010's “Crónica L” and 2011's “Poststop”. All are now free to download at www.cronicaelectronica.org/archive/
January 1, 2026 at 5:58 PM
Happy new year! We're celebrating by adding three compilations to the Crónica Archive: 2008's “Mus*****c”, 2010's “Crónica L” and 2011's “Poststop”. All are now free to download at www.cronicaelectronica.org/archive/
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Too many things happened this year to summarize. Here's my 2025 wrap-up of some of the people, places, and things that made it amazing.❤️ (1/3)
December 31, 2025 at 8:13 PM
Too many things happened this year to summarize. Here's my 2025 wrap-up of some of the people, places, and things that made it amazing.❤️ (1/3)
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All 16 releases of 2025 in a tidy grid! All CDs are limited releases, and stocks are getting low. Everything can be downloaded from cronica.bandcamp.com
December 30, 2025 at 7:05 PM
All 16 releases of 2025 in a tidy grid! All CDs are limited releases, and stocks are getting low. Everything can be downloaded from cronica.bandcamp.com
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Another ongoing series, 30×N, by @c + Visiophone, had two releases: “VRD1” and “LRJ1”, with accompanying videos and remixes by Jordan Rita Seruya Awori & Marc Behrens, Joana de Sá, and Jos Smolders. www.cronicaelectronica.org/30%C3%97N/ @carvalhais.org @ptudela.bsky.social @visiophone.bsky.social
December 30, 2025 at 1:40 PM
Another ongoing series, 30×N, by @c + Visiophone, had two releases: “VRD1” and “LRJ1”, with accompanying videos and remixes by Jordan Rita Seruya Awori & Marc Behrens, Joana de Sá, and Jos Smolders. www.cronicaelectronica.org/30%C3%97N/ @carvalhais.org @ptudela.bsky.social @visiophone.bsky.social
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Let's look back at Crónica in 2025! In spite of the usual hardships that come with being an artist-run and non-profit label, was a fantastic year of releases that kicked off with a collaboration between Jérôme Noetinger and @c, “Expansão” www.cronicaelectronica.org/229/
December 30, 2025 at 1:23 PM
Let's look back at Crónica in 2025! In spite of the usual hardships that come with being an artist-run and non-profit label, was a fantastic year of releases that kicked off with a collaboration between Jérôme Noetinger and @c, “Expansão” www.cronicaelectronica.org/229/
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December 30, 2025 at 9:11 AM
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The Crónica Archive, a work-in-progress collection of our releases, features more than twenty releases, available as audio downloads and/or video streams. We will keep expanding it at www.cronicaelectronica.org/archive/
December 29, 2025 at 9:49 PM
The Crónica Archive, a work-in-progress collection of our releases, features more than twenty releases, available as audio downloads and/or video streams. We will keep expanding it at www.cronicaelectronica.org/archive/
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Not for academics it isn’t. You learn by reading and by following citation chains and talking to other people in the field. Letting the AI do the summary is abdicating your job.
December 21, 2025 at 3:10 AM
Not for academics it isn’t. You learn by reading and by following citation chains and talking to other people in the field. Letting the AI do the summary is abdicating your job.
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I think this post nails the actual problem, for researchers at least—AI hallucinations would simply not be a problem in academic work if we’d not normalized citation-as-signaling rather than actual engagement—you can only cite a fake paper if you’re not in the habit of reading the papers you cite
Do not cite an academic paper unless you’ve read it
AI Is Inventing Academic Papers That Don't Exist -- And They're Being Cited in Real Journals
Academic articles from authors using large language model are creating an ecosystem of fake research that threatens human knowledge itself.
www.rollingstone.com
December 19, 2025 at 7:01 PM
I think this post nails the actual problem, for researchers at least—AI hallucinations would simply not be a problem in academic work if we’d not normalized citation-as-signaling rather than actual engagement—you can only cite a fake paper if you’re not in the habit of reading the papers you cite
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But that doesn't mean we should stop trying to educate people on why the chatbot isn't an effective, safe, or reliable way to meet that need.
Nor stop working towards meaningful regulation that reins in corporate malfeasance.
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Nor stop working towards meaningful regulation that reins in corporate malfeasance.
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December 19, 2025 at 2:24 AM
But that doesn't mean we should stop trying to educate people on why the chatbot isn't an effective, safe, or reliable way to meet that need.
Nor stop working towards meaningful regulation that reins in corporate malfeasance.
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Nor stop working towards meaningful regulation that reins in corporate malfeasance.
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There are many, many systems that need shoring up: in many cases when people turn to the chatbot it is because of a legitimate need.
December 19, 2025 at 2:23 AM
There are many, many systems that need shoring up: in many cases when people turn to the chatbot it is because of a legitimate need.
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Last reminder: order any physical until December 31st we will ship it along with a free surprise gift from our catalogue! Browse and choose from www.cronicaelectronica.org
December 17, 2025 at 9:34 PM
Last reminder: order any physical until December 31st we will ship it along with a free surprise gift from our catalogue! Browse and choose from www.cronicaelectronica.org
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If you fancy the actual DVD there are still some copies available at www.cronicaelectronica.org/063/
December 16, 2025 at 5:21 PM
If you fancy the actual DVD there are still some copies available at www.cronicaelectronica.org/063/
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New in the Crónica Archive, a treasure trove of videos, including the 2011 “Mic.Madeira” DVD by Simon Whetham & Hugo Olim, now recovered and available online. www.cronicaelectronica.org/archive/ @simonwhetham.bsky.social
December 16, 2025 at 5:19 PM
New in the Crónica Archive, a treasure trove of videos, including the 2011 “Mic.Madeira” DVD by Simon Whetham & Hugo Olim, now recovered and available online. www.cronicaelectronica.org/archive/ @simonwhetham.bsky.social
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We are very proud to announce the keynote speakers who have joined us for xCoAx 2026 in Torino:
Daphne Dragona and Mauro Carbone.
Join us in Torino next July to interact with their beautiful minds and to have fun with us!
All details at xcoax.org
See you then and there!
#xcoax2026 #torino
Daphne Dragona and Mauro Carbone.
Join us in Torino next July to interact with their beautiful minds and to have fun with us!
All details at xcoax.org
See you then and there!
#xcoax2026 #torino
December 16, 2025 at 8:16 AM
We are very proud to announce the keynote speakers who have joined us for xCoAx 2026 in Torino:
Daphne Dragona and Mauro Carbone.
Join us in Torino next July to interact with their beautiful minds and to have fun with us!
All details at xcoax.org
See you then and there!
#xcoax2026 #torino
Daphne Dragona and Mauro Carbone.
Join us in Torino next July to interact with their beautiful minds and to have fun with us!
All details at xcoax.org
See you then and there!
#xcoax2026 #torino
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And “Chronomops” by @tinafrank.bsky.social and General Magic! www.cronicaelectronica.org/021/
December 15, 2025 at 10:41 PM
And “Chronomops” by @tinafrank.bsky.social and General Magic! www.cronicaelectronica.org/021/
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New in the Archive: a treasure trove of videos, including our first DVD release, the 2005 “Essays on Radio”, now recovered and made available. This compilation includes “Along The Line” (video by @leegte.org, music by Boca Raton) www.cronicaelectronica.org/archive/
December 15, 2025 at 10:36 PM
New in the Archive: a treasure trove of videos, including our first DVD release, the 2005 “Essays on Radio”, now recovered and made available. This compilation includes “Along The Line” (video by @leegte.org, music by Boca Raton) www.cronicaelectronica.org/archive/
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Some codes for @c's GML Vars. Live. Redeem at cronica.bandcamp.com/yum
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3dyw-5zmy
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8g39-576l
6fmy-xmj8
kwrz-jg82
zjmn-kb7h
n9rv-6xqv
ltl7-kvy8
ekea-y92n
g36b-79xj
3dyw-5zmy
aqkq-7g9r
8g39-576l
December 13, 2025 at 12:06 AM
Some codes for @c's GML Vars. Live. Redeem at cronica.bandcamp.com/yum
6fmy-xmj8
kwrz-jg82
zjmn-kb7h
n9rv-6xqv
ltl7-kvy8
ekea-y92n
g36b-79xj
3dyw-5zmy
aqkq-7g9r
8g39-576l
6fmy-xmj8
kwrz-jg82
zjmn-kb7h
n9rv-6xqv
ltl7-kvy8
ekea-y92n
g36b-79xj
3dyw-5zmy
aqkq-7g9r
8g39-576l