Christian Berg
@christian-berg.bsky.social
Vietnam-based Educator, Photographer and PhD Candidate.
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I’ve restarted my Bildungsroman reading pact with @christian-berg.bsky.social —the one we swore to keep alive and then let slip. Today I sat with Che Guevara’s The Motorcycle Diaries, and the resonance was almost unbearable. Maybe let’s begin with the motorcycle itself…
October 6, 2025 at 4:23 AM
I’ve restarted my Bildungsroman reading pact with @christian-berg.bsky.social —the one we swore to keep alive and then let slip. Today I sat with Che Guevara’s The Motorcycle Diaries, and the resonance was almost unbearable. Maybe let’s begin with the motorcycle itself…
Got a photo in the @nytimes.com - its been a while.. Full article here: www.nytimes.com/2025/09/26/u...
September 30, 2025 at 1:11 PM
Got a photo in the @nytimes.com - its been a while.. Full article here: www.nytimes.com/2025/09/26/u...
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The third stack is here.
A path for ai that isn’t the stale U.S.–China binary, but something assembled, sovereign, and stubbornly local.
My essay in Noema: www.noemamag.com/a-third-path...
A path for ai that isn’t the stale U.S.–China binary, but something assembled, sovereign, and stubbornly local.
My essay in Noema: www.noemamag.com/a-third-path...
A Third Path For AI Beyond The US-China Binary | NOEMA
What if the future of AI isn’t defined by Washington or Beijing, but by improvisation elsewhere?
www.noemamag.com
September 16, 2025 at 4:14 PM
The third stack is here.
A path for ai that isn’t the stale U.S.–China binary, but something assembled, sovereign, and stubbornly local.
My essay in Noema: www.noemamag.com/a-third-path...
A path for ai that isn’t the stale U.S.–China binary, but something assembled, sovereign, and stubbornly local.
My essay in Noema: www.noemamag.com/a-third-path...
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Reuters has a phenomenal feature out today on the cyber slaves behind all those "Hey is this Anna?" messages you're getting on WhatsApp.
www.reuters.com/graphics/SOU...
Kudos to Adolfo Arranz, @poppymcp.bsky.social, Devjyot Ghoshal, and Han Huang for this compelling, graphic novel-style treatment.
www.reuters.com/graphics/SOU...
Kudos to Adolfo Arranz, @poppymcp.bsky.social, Devjyot Ghoshal, and Han Huang for this compelling, graphic novel-style treatment.
They traveled to Thailand. They wound up cyber scam slaves in Myanmar.
A multibillion-dollar fraud industry has taken root across Southeast Asia, fueled partly by trafficking victims. In lawless zones along the Myanmar-Thai border, Chinese-run compounds force thousands t...
www.reuters.com
September 18, 2025 at 3:46 PM
Reuters has a phenomenal feature out today on the cyber slaves behind all those "Hey is this Anna?" messages you're getting on WhatsApp.
www.reuters.com/graphics/SOU...
Kudos to Adolfo Arranz, @poppymcp.bsky.social, Devjyot Ghoshal, and Han Huang for this compelling, graphic novel-style treatment.
www.reuters.com/graphics/SOU...
Kudos to Adolfo Arranz, @poppymcp.bsky.social, Devjyot Ghoshal, and Han Huang for this compelling, graphic novel-style treatment.
I had the great pleasure to share my thoughts on experimentation and regeneration in creative practice at yesterday's Beyond 1 & 0 Symposium in Saigon
Also my first opportunity to share my new art project "The Lottery of Forgotten Dreams - Topographies of the Unseen" @rmit-art1.bsky.social.
Also my first opportunity to share my new art project "The Lottery of Forgotten Dreams - Topographies of the Unseen" @rmit-art1.bsky.social.
September 18, 2025 at 9:14 AM
I had the great pleasure to share my thoughts on experimentation and regeneration in creative practice at yesterday's Beyond 1 & 0 Symposium in Saigon
Also my first opportunity to share my new art project "The Lottery of Forgotten Dreams - Topographies of the Unseen" @rmit-art1.bsky.social.
Also my first opportunity to share my new art project "The Lottery of Forgotten Dreams - Topographies of the Unseen" @rmit-art1.bsky.social.
unless you know exactly which artist you want to listen too #spotify has become unbearable - only lo-fi AI slop... back to Soundcloud to discover good music - this is a bit older but Miss Kittin rules as usual... soundcloud.com/sonarfestiva...
Sounds of Sónar by Miss Kittin (Tribute to Submerge Detroit)
Miss Kittin will perform Sónar by night on Friday June 14th.
« I had the privilege to visit the legendary Submerge Distribution in Detroit lately, after 15 years not playing in the city. I wanted to
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September 8, 2025 at 2:41 AM
unless you know exactly which artist you want to listen too #spotify has become unbearable - only lo-fi AI slop... back to Soundcloud to discover good music - this is a bit older but Miss Kittin rules as usual... soundcloud.com/sonarfestiva...
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I don’t think Nintendo is perfect by any stretch, but they’re definitely masters at responding to the overall mood.
During the pandemic, we got a game about talking to your neighbors and giving them presents and nice letters.
Now, we get a giant ape just smashing the shit out of everything.
During the pandemic, we got a game about talking to your neighbors and giving them presents and nice letters.
Now, we get a giant ape just smashing the shit out of everything.
August 26, 2025 at 10:41 PM
I don’t think Nintendo is perfect by any stretch, but they’re definitely masters at responding to the overall mood.
During the pandemic, we got a game about talking to your neighbors and giving them presents and nice letters.
Now, we get a giant ape just smashing the shit out of everything.
During the pandemic, we got a game about talking to your neighbors and giving them presents and nice letters.
Now, we get a giant ape just smashing the shit out of everything.
excited to have my project All The Places I Have Lived exhibited at iNVENTX2025 creative exhibition at Multi Media University in Cyberjaya, Malaysia - academic paper presentation later today @rmit-art1.bsky.social #rmitscdvietnam
July 21, 2025 at 6:05 AM
excited to have my project All The Places I Have Lived exhibited at iNVENTX2025 creative exhibition at Multi Media University in Cyberjaya, Malaysia - academic paper presentation later today @rmit-art1.bsky.social #rmitscdvietnam
Bali - multiple exposure
July 19, 2025 at 8:26 AM
Bali - multiple exposure
cannot wait for this Saigon fun racing game store.steampowered.com/app/3227180/...
XEOM Saigon Edition on Steam
Hop on with XEOM: Saigon Edition! Step into the shoes of a motorbike taxi driver, weaving through the bustling streets, dodging traffic – and some truly ridiculous obstacles!
store.steampowered.com
June 24, 2025 at 1:54 PM
cannot wait for this Saigon fun racing game store.steampowered.com/app/3227180/...
from my first visit to Vietnam - 2002
June 13, 2025 at 12:35 PM
from my first visit to Vietnam - 2002
Back in the media - this time with Ricardo Arce - discussing the impact of generative AI on visual culture with some suggestions for creatives in Vietnam and beyond.. phunuvietnam.vn/sang-tao-va-... - here the English version: www.rmit.edu.vn/news/all-new...
Sáng tạo và quyền tác giả trong kỷ nguyên AI
Từ bộ lọc Ghibli đến loạt ảnh chế lan truyền phổ biến trên mạng, hình ảnh do AI tạo ra không chỉ thay đổi những gì ta thấy mà còn định hình lại cách chúng ta hình dung về cái đẹp, bản sắc và sự thật. ...
phunuvietnam.vn
June 12, 2025 at 8:21 AM
Back in the media - this time with Ricardo Arce - discussing the impact of generative AI on visual culture with some suggestions for creatives in Vietnam and beyond.. phunuvietnam.vn/sang-tao-va-... - here the English version: www.rmit.edu.vn/news/all-new...
been waiting to get my fingers on this book! @karenhao.bsky.social
June 8, 2025 at 6:43 AM
been waiting to get my fingers on this book! @karenhao.bsky.social
last Pho before Germany
June 6, 2025 at 2:07 PM
last Pho before Germany
wow this is super cool
Becoming obsessed, all over again, with this incredible series of Twin Peaks-themed ads David Lynch shot for the Japanese canned coffee brand Georgia Coffee. #CoffeeSky
May 31, 2025 at 10:33 AM
wow this is super cool
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This is Dino. He saw you with that hot dog bun. Tried to get away but tripped over his own ears. 12/10 he has a family
April 28, 2025 at 4:11 PM
This is Dino. He saw you with that hot dog bun. Tried to get away but tripped over his own ears. 12/10 he has a family
when Richard Avedon came
by to photograph a good boy…
by to photograph a good boy…
April 27, 2025 at 2:46 PM
when Richard Avedon came
by to photograph a good boy…
by to photograph a good boy…
10 years ago I had the great pleasure of photographing this story for the @nytimes.com - much has changed since then, but I can say now a few days before the 50 year anniversary of the end of the war Saigon is still an invredibly exciting place to live www.nytimes.com/2015/07/21/w...
Capitalist Soul Rises as Ho Chi Minh City Sheds Its Past (Gift Article)
As a magnet for the young, Saigon, as the city in Vietnam is still locally known, is a place of opportunity, fun and increasing affluence.
www.nytimes.com
April 26, 2025 at 7:56 AM
10 years ago I had the great pleasure of photographing this story for the @nytimes.com - much has changed since then, but I can say now a few days before the 50 year anniversary of the end of the war Saigon is still an invredibly exciting place to live www.nytimes.com/2015/07/21/w...
