sophia kosmaoglou
@videomole.bsky.social
artist, cooperative & alternative art education, radical pedagogy, DIY, self-organisation 🐦⬛ACAB
https://linktr.ee/videomole
https://linktr.ee/videomole
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It’s that time of year: what was the piece of writing about AI that stuck with you the most this year, pop press or academic? A few of mine in the thread. ⬇️
December 3, 2025 at 10:54 PM
It’s that time of year: what was the piece of writing about AI that stuck with you the most this year, pop press or academic? A few of mine in the thread. ⬇️
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Open Call for Scholarships for upcoming 14-wk semester evening new media art tech program running Feb. - May in Berlin Mitte!
Reserved for women, BIPOC, and LGBTQ+ who would otherwise be unable to attend due to financial hardship.
www.schoolofma.org/programs/p/e...
Info session Friday, come by!
Reserved for women, BIPOC, and LGBTQ+ who would otherwise be unable to attend due to financial hardship.
www.schoolofma.org/programs/p/e...
Info session Friday, come by!
December 1, 2025 at 2:19 PM
Open Call for Scholarships for upcoming 14-wk semester evening new media art tech program running Feb. - May in Berlin Mitte!
Reserved for women, BIPOC, and LGBTQ+ who would otherwise be unable to attend due to financial hardship.
www.schoolofma.org/programs/p/e...
Info session Friday, come by!
Reserved for women, BIPOC, and LGBTQ+ who would otherwise be unable to attend due to financial hardship.
www.schoolofma.org/programs/p/e...
Info session Friday, come by!
We've wrapped up Making a Buck Without Selling Out! Six weeks of conversation, reflection & collective strategy, plus 1-to-1 tutorials. So proud of the workbook - a practical tool for navigating tensions & planning next steps.
Next edition: 14 Jan - 18 Feb 2026, Wed 6-8:30pm
www.hartslane.org/mab
Next edition: 14 Jan - 18 Feb 2026, Wed 6-8:30pm
www.hartslane.org/mab
November 22, 2025 at 10:52 AM
We've wrapped up Making a Buck Without Selling Out! Six weeks of conversation, reflection & collective strategy, plus 1-to-1 tutorials. So proud of the workbook - a practical tool for navigating tensions & planning next steps.
Next edition: 14 Jan - 18 Feb 2026, Wed 6-8:30pm
www.hartslane.org/mab
Next edition: 14 Jan - 18 Feb 2026, Wed 6-8:30pm
www.hartslane.org/mab
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Archived recording of ANTIUNIVERSITY 2025 ~ Lessons from Artist-Run Schools: on Art, Attention, Ecology, and Technology chaired by Anne Lee Steele @aleesteele.bsky.social
youtu.be/fylp8RsdelY?...
youtu.be/fylp8RsdelY?...
November 11, 2025 at 8:49 AM
Archived recording of ANTIUNIVERSITY 2025 ~ Lessons from Artist-Run Schools: on Art, Attention, Ecology, and Technology chaired by Anne Lee Steele @aleesteele.bsky.social
youtu.be/fylp8RsdelY?...
youtu.be/fylp8RsdelY?...
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I met Hilary and Dan in London this summer. Their Power Station project is an incredible artist-led work showing how we can transform our energy system as well as our societies for better, more livable futures. Please, check them out and support their fundraising if you can! www.power.film
Power Station
Power Station
www.power.film
September 28, 2025 at 6:46 AM
I met Hilary and Dan in London this summer. Their Power Station project is an incredible artist-led work showing how we can transform our energy system as well as our societies for better, more livable futures. Please, check them out and support their fundraising if you can! www.power.film
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"It’s a blueprint for making art that terrifies the establishment. 9...] My journey proves creativity doesn’t start in lecture halls; it resides in the dark corners they’ve tried to pave over." M. Garrett.
A Story from the Feral Class
Every now and then, this is where I’ll explore what Feral Class means to me, as both a working-class identity and a shared experience. Most posts will weave together personal reflections and respon…
marcgarrett.org
September 25, 2025 at 4:41 PM
"It’s a blueprint for making art that terrifies the establishment. 9...] My journey proves creativity doesn’t start in lecture halls; it resides in the dark corners they’ve tried to pave over." M. Garrett.
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Everybody knows that universities emerged historically due to the social need to generate student satisfaction surveys.
September 25, 2025 at 6:24 AM
Everybody knows that universities emerged historically due to the social need to generate student satisfaction surveys.
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A starter pack on Self-Organisation & AI, as well as adjacent topics such as ALife, morphogenesis, and open-endedness.
I will keep adding researchers as people join 🦋
go.bsky.app/3jNeAPY
I will keep adding researchers as people join 🦋
go.bsky.app/3jNeAPY
November 13, 2024 at 3:04 PM
A starter pack on Self-Organisation & AI, as well as adjacent topics such as ALife, morphogenesis, and open-endedness.
I will keep adding researchers as people join 🦋
go.bsky.app/3jNeAPY
I will keep adding researchers as people join 🦋
go.bsky.app/3jNeAPY
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OK. The 'Feral Class' book is out! By Marc Garrett.
Untamed, Unheard, Unstoppable… a moving memoir about being a working-class artist… Art on the Margins, Life Without Permission.
Available direct from Minor Compositions (in the UK) for the special price of £13.
www.minorcompositions.info?p=1561
Untamed, Unheard, Unstoppable… a moving memoir about being a working-class artist… Art on the Margins, Life Without Permission.
Available direct from Minor Compositions (in the UK) for the special price of £13.
www.minorcompositions.info?p=1561
June 26, 2025 at 1:02 PM
OK. The 'Feral Class' book is out! By Marc Garrett.
Untamed, Unheard, Unstoppable… a moving memoir about being a working-class artist… Art on the Margins, Life Without Permission.
Available direct from Minor Compositions (in the UK) for the special price of £13.
www.minorcompositions.info?p=1561
Untamed, Unheard, Unstoppable… a moving memoir about being a working-class artist… Art on the Margins, Life Without Permission.
Available direct from Minor Compositions (in the UK) for the special price of £13.
www.minorcompositions.info?p=1561
Art+Critique returns this autumn: a practice-led course integrating theory, critique & peer learning - for artists, curators, art writers & researchers.
· 14 Oct 2025 – 3 Mar 2026
· Tuesdays 18:30–20:30 BST/GMT
· Online/Hybrid, register by 12 Oct
videomole.tv/artncritique/
#AlternativeArtEducation
· 14 Oct 2025 – 3 Mar 2026
· Tuesdays 18:30–20:30 BST/GMT
· Online/Hybrid, register by 12 Oct
videomole.tv/artncritique/
#AlternativeArtEducation
September 26, 2025 at 10:06 AM
Art+Critique returns this autumn: a practice-led course integrating theory, critique & peer learning - for artists, curators, art writers & researchers.
· 14 Oct 2025 – 3 Mar 2026
· Tuesdays 18:30–20:30 BST/GMT
· Online/Hybrid, register by 12 Oct
videomole.tv/artncritique/
#AlternativeArtEducation
· 14 Oct 2025 – 3 Mar 2026
· Tuesdays 18:30–20:30 BST/GMT
· Online/Hybrid, register by 12 Oct
videomole.tv/artncritique/
#AlternativeArtEducation
Making a Buck Without Selling Out is a 6-week online course for artists who want to build a sustainable practice on their own terms. We'll rethink professional practice as care, solidarity & strategy.
www.hartslane.org/mab
www.hartslane.org/mab
August 30, 2025 at 10:10 AM
Making a Buck Without Selling Out is a 6-week online course for artists who want to build a sustainable practice on their own terms. We'll rethink professional practice as care, solidarity & strategy.
www.hartslane.org/mab
www.hartslane.org/mab
BOOM! Book Launch
The Exploding Cinema & the New London Underground Cinema Scene
Sat, 6 Sept 2025, 7:30pm tickets £7.50
The Horse Hospital, Bloomsbury WC1N 1JD
FILMS ★ BOOKS ★ MUSIC ★ SPECIAL GUESTS
explodingcinema.org/book-launch-...
#ExplodingCinema #UndergroundCinema
The Exploding Cinema & the New London Underground Cinema Scene
Sat, 6 Sept 2025, 7:30pm tickets £7.50
The Horse Hospital, Bloomsbury WC1N 1JD
FILMS ★ BOOKS ★ MUSIC ★ SPECIAL GUESTS
explodingcinema.org/book-launch-...
#ExplodingCinema #UndergroundCinema
August 30, 2025 at 8:22 AM
BOOM! Book Launch
The Exploding Cinema & the New London Underground Cinema Scene
Sat, 6 Sept 2025, 7:30pm tickets £7.50
The Horse Hospital, Bloomsbury WC1N 1JD
FILMS ★ BOOKS ★ MUSIC ★ SPECIAL GUESTS
explodingcinema.org/book-launch-...
#ExplodingCinema #UndergroundCinema
The Exploding Cinema & the New London Underground Cinema Scene
Sat, 6 Sept 2025, 7:30pm tickets £7.50
The Horse Hospital, Bloomsbury WC1N 1JD
FILMS ★ BOOKS ★ MUSIC ★ SPECIAL GUESTS
explodingcinema.org/book-launch-...
#ExplodingCinema #UndergroundCinema
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So many recent art exhibitions about *pedagogy* and learning communities - including this forthcoming show at PS1, and...
Homeroom: LA ESCUELA___ - MoMA PS1
Exhibition. Opens Nov 6. In their first project in the US, artist-run platform LA ESCUELA___ will initiate a collective learning project in Homeroom this fall charting pedagogies from across Latin Ame...
www.momaps1.org
August 28, 2025 at 5:12 AM
So many recent art exhibitions about *pedagogy* and learning communities - including this forthcoming show at PS1, and...
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'It is less that AI is the cause of degradation in reading and thinking, and more that the creation of a culture that views knowledge primarily in an instrumental manner has made it easier to misuse AI.'
AI thrives where education has been devalued | The Observer
A culture that views knowledge as a means to an end invites the misuse of new technology
observer.co.uk
August 2, 2025 at 6:48 AM
'It is less that AI is the cause of degradation in reading and thinking, and more that the creation of a culture that views knowledge primarily in an instrumental manner has made it easier to misuse AI.'
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Columbia University has handed over its undergraduate admissions process to Donald Trump and his MAGA allies, who will now decide at their sole discretion whether the university has admitted enough white people. It's no longer an independent institution.
July 24, 2025 at 2:22 AM
Columbia University has handed over its undergraduate admissions process to Donald Trump and his MAGA allies, who will now decide at their sole discretion whether the university has admitted enough white people. It's no longer an independent institution.
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"It would be characteristic of the digital disruption era if - like rideshare+homestay apps - the longterm impact of LLMs is not to revolutionize a service sector but merely to deskill+precaritize existing workforce+impose technofeudal rents."
theamericanvandal.substack.com/p/how-ventur...
theamericanvandal.substack.com/p/how-ventur...
How Venture Capitalists Built A For-Profit "Micro-University" Inside Our Public Flagships
You can graduate any time, but you can never leave.
theamericanvandal.substack.com
July 22, 2025 at 3:08 PM
"It would be characteristic of the digital disruption era if - like rideshare+homestay apps - the longterm impact of LLMs is not to revolutionize a service sector but merely to deskill+precaritize existing workforce+impose technofeudal rents."
theamericanvandal.substack.com/p/how-ventur...
theamericanvandal.substack.com/p/how-ventur...
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If you've looking to switch away from fascist enabling unaccountable tech giants these directories are all pretty good in their own way
1. switching.software
2. www.privacyguides.org
3. alternativeto.net
4. ethical.net/resources/
5. selfh.st/apps/
6. european-alternatives.eu
7. prism-break.org/en/
1. switching.software
2. www.privacyguides.org
3. alternativeto.net
4. ethical.net/resources/
5. selfh.st/apps/
6. european-alternatives.eu
7. prism-break.org/en/
switching.software
Ethical, easy-to-use and privacy-conscious alternatives to well-known software
switching.software
February 28, 2025 at 9:32 PM
If you've looking to switch away from fascist enabling unaccountable tech giants these directories are all pretty good in their own way
1. switching.software
2. www.privacyguides.org
3. alternativeto.net
4. ethical.net/resources/
5. selfh.st/apps/
6. european-alternatives.eu
7. prism-break.org/en/
1. switching.software
2. www.privacyguides.org
3. alternativeto.net
4. ethical.net/resources/
5. selfh.st/apps/
6. european-alternatives.eu
7. prism-break.org/en/
🫁 To Prepare Our Lungs
Open Studio & Reading Group in #JaneMcCabe’s Studio Takeover
💀 Discussing death & desire in end-stage capitalism
Reading #Berardi’s Expiration: The Last Breath
📅 24 July, 7-9pm
📍 #FanshawProjects, N1 6LQ
🎟️ Free, RSVP fanshaw-projects.com/events#discu...
#Cyanotype
Open Studio & Reading Group in #JaneMcCabe’s Studio Takeover
💀 Discussing death & desire in end-stage capitalism
Reading #Berardi’s Expiration: The Last Breath
📅 24 July, 7-9pm
📍 #FanshawProjects, N1 6LQ
🎟️ Free, RSVP fanshaw-projects.com/events#discu...
#Cyanotype
July 16, 2025 at 11:41 AM
🫁 To Prepare Our Lungs
Open Studio & Reading Group in #JaneMcCabe’s Studio Takeover
💀 Discussing death & desire in end-stage capitalism
Reading #Berardi’s Expiration: The Last Breath
📅 24 July, 7-9pm
📍 #FanshawProjects, N1 6LQ
🎟️ Free, RSVP fanshaw-projects.com/events#discu...
#Cyanotype
Open Studio & Reading Group in #JaneMcCabe’s Studio Takeover
💀 Discussing death & desire in end-stage capitalism
Reading #Berardi’s Expiration: The Last Breath
📅 24 July, 7-9pm
📍 #FanshawProjects, N1 6LQ
🎟️ Free, RSVP fanshaw-projects.com/events#discu...
#Cyanotype
🫁 To Prepare Our Lungs
Open Studio & Reading Group at #JaneMcCabe’s Studio Takeover at #FanshawProjects
💀 Mortality & desire in end-stage capitalism
Reading #Berardi’s Expiration: The Last Breath
📅 16 July, 7–9pm
📍 Fanshaw Projects, Hoxton
🎟️ Free, RSVP fanshaw-projects.com/events#discu...
#Cyanotype
Open Studio & Reading Group at #JaneMcCabe’s Studio Takeover at #FanshawProjects
💀 Mortality & desire in end-stage capitalism
Reading #Berardi’s Expiration: The Last Breath
📅 16 July, 7–9pm
📍 Fanshaw Projects, Hoxton
🎟️ Free, RSVP fanshaw-projects.com/events#discu...
#Cyanotype
July 14, 2025 at 8:17 AM
🫁 To Prepare Our Lungs
Open Studio & Reading Group at #JaneMcCabe’s Studio Takeover at #FanshawProjects
💀 Mortality & desire in end-stage capitalism
Reading #Berardi’s Expiration: The Last Breath
📅 16 July, 7–9pm
📍 Fanshaw Projects, Hoxton
🎟️ Free, RSVP fanshaw-projects.com/events#discu...
#Cyanotype
Open Studio & Reading Group at #JaneMcCabe’s Studio Takeover at #FanshawProjects
💀 Mortality & desire in end-stage capitalism
Reading #Berardi’s Expiration: The Last Breath
📅 16 July, 7–9pm
📍 Fanshaw Projects, Hoxton
🎟️ Free, RSVP fanshaw-projects.com/events#discu...
#Cyanotype
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I shall die, but that is all that I shall do for Death;
I am not on his payroll.
I will not tell him the whereabouts of my friends
nor of my enemies either.
I will not map him the route to any man’s door.
Am I a spy in the land of the living,
that I should deliver men to Death?
-St. Vincent Millay
I am not on his payroll.
I will not tell him the whereabouts of my friends
nor of my enemies either.
I will not map him the route to any man’s door.
Am I a spy in the land of the living,
that I should deliver men to Death?
-St. Vincent Millay
January 28, 2025 at 1:27 AM
I shall die, but that is all that I shall do for Death;
I am not on his payroll.
I will not tell him the whereabouts of my friends
nor of my enemies either.
I will not map him the route to any man’s door.
Am I a spy in the land of the living,
that I should deliver men to Death?
-St. Vincent Millay
I am not on his payroll.
I will not tell him the whereabouts of my friends
nor of my enemies either.
I will not map him the route to any man’s door.
Am I a spy in the land of the living,
that I should deliver men to Death?
-St. Vincent Millay
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Disabled people have unnecessarily died in their 1000s because of cruel and dehumanising process of welfare assessment and the pittance given if you are deemed disabled 'enough'. The UKs recent decision to cut disability payments will only cause more death and suffering.
“The horrifying practices of the DWP are brought into sharp focus, the consequences so predictable it is difficult to conclude they were not deliberate.”
The Department by John Pring reviewed in Counterfire
The Department by John Pring reviewed in Counterfire
The Department: How a Violent Government Bureaucracy Killed Hundreds and Hid the Evidence – book review
Pring’s The Department shows how the Department of Welfare and Pensions, with the aid of the media and politicians, created a system of social murder, finds Terina Hine Hundreds, if not thousands,…
www.counterfire.org
May 21, 2025 at 1:42 PM
Disabled people have unnecessarily died in their 1000s because of cruel and dehumanising process of welfare assessment and the pittance given if you are deemed disabled 'enough'. The UKs recent decision to cut disability payments will only cause more death and suffering.
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artists support each other when systems will not. there's little safety net. it is resilience. artists are not your competitors. artists are your peers, mentors, and the ones who will defend the ability to create sustainably.
to those who struggle to continue drawing,
you are an artist.
to those who struggle to continue drawing,
you are an artist.
May 22, 2025 at 9:38 PM
artists support each other when systems will not. there's little safety net. it is resilience. artists are not your competitors. artists are your peers, mentors, and the ones who will defend the ability to create sustainably.
to those who struggle to continue drawing,
you are an artist.
to those who struggle to continue drawing,
you are an artist.
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Call for Papers - Digital Artivism: Intersections between Art, Activism and Social Transformation.
Editors: Isabel Cristina Carvalho, @mgarrett.bsky.social & Pedro Alves da Veiga.
Deadline 2025-09-15
publicacoes.ciac.pt/.../rotura/c...
Editors: Isabel Cristina Carvalho, @mgarrett.bsky.social & Pedro Alves da Veiga.
Deadline 2025-09-15
publicacoes.ciac.pt/.../rotura/c...
May 8, 2025 at 9:28 AM
Call for Papers - Digital Artivism: Intersections between Art, Activism and Social Transformation.
Editors: Isabel Cristina Carvalho, @mgarrett.bsky.social & Pedro Alves da Veiga.
Deadline 2025-09-15
publicacoes.ciac.pt/.../rotura/c...
Editors: Isabel Cristina Carvalho, @mgarrett.bsky.social & Pedro Alves da Veiga.
Deadline 2025-09-15
publicacoes.ciac.pt/.../rotura/c...
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Exclusive to NIF, the Oops! All Comics zine is a digital 60 page collection of 1-page comics by our talented members, available in SFW/NSFW editions. Proceeds from the zine will be used to fund the coop!
NIF Marketplace: nif-shop.cartoonist.coop/products/oop... #NIF2025
NIF Marketplace: nif-shop.cartoonist.coop/products/oop... #NIF2025
Oops All Comics! Charity Zine
“Oops All Comics!” is a mini comics zine made of submissions from Cartoonist Coop members. This year’s theme is “colorful,” and artists were given restrictions of a square page ratio. It will be sold ...
nif-shop.cartoonist.coop
May 7, 2025 at 5:41 PM
Exclusive to NIF, the Oops! All Comics zine is a digital 60 page collection of 1-page comics by our talented members, available in SFW/NSFW editions. Proceeds from the zine will be used to fund the coop!
NIF Marketplace: nif-shop.cartoonist.coop/products/oop... #NIF2025
NIF Marketplace: nif-shop.cartoonist.coop/products/oop... #NIF2025