Across their various projects, the art collective terra0 explores how economy and ecology intertwine. Since their inception in 2015, terra0 has explored how ecosystems can become economic agents and engages in questions of collective ownership. Their first work, terra0 whitepaper (2016), proposed a self-utilizing forest which, with the help of sensors and smart contracts, sells logging licenses and ultimately accumulates capital. Later works have iterated and reflected back on the claims set forth in the whitepaper, continuing to center on emerging technologies’ potential to support new forms of ownership, and the different conceptions of agency they may thus entail. Throughout ...

Sam has been practicing as an open source intelligence (OSINT) investigator to aid in human rights and social justice organizations for almost 10 years. Previously he has worked as Research Director at Equality Labs and Black Core Security. He focuses on combating violent extremism, dis/misinformation campaigns, and cultural manipulation. Sam uses his broad breadth of knowledge about global extremism, as well as his skills in OSINT, and deep understanding of digital security to better serve marginalized and vulnerable communities, movement partners, thought leaders, and collaborators. When he is not conducting research, he is sharpening his digital security skills, expanding ...

#NEWPALMYRA is a community platform dedicated to the virtual remodeling and creative reuse of architecture from the endangered Syrian city of Palmyra. We create 3D models, run workshops, produce exhibitions, and develop tools to engage the global community around Syrian cultural heritage, and build the future #NEWPALMYRA from the past. All of our work is released into the Public Domain under CC0 Licenses to encourage its reuse in creative explorations that we hope will promote cultural understanding. Work on #NEWPALMYRA was started in Damascus by Syrian-Palestinian open source software developer, free culture advocate, and Creative Commons affiliate Bassel Khartabil in ...

Rhea Myers is an artist, writer and hacker from the UK now based in Vancouver, BC. An early creative and critical adopter of the blockchain, her work centers on the intersection of changing technological, aesthetic and social form. Rhea's blockchain art projects include “Facecoin” (2014), “Blockchain Aesthetics” (2015) and “Artworld Ethereum” (2014 – ongoing). Her writing on the subject includes “(Conceptual) Art, Cryptocurrency and Beyond” (2014), “Blockchain Geometries” (2018) and the story “Bad Shibe” (2017).

Chaim Gingold is the author of Building SimCity: How to Put the World in a Machine (MIT Press), which Stewart Brand called "one of the best origin stories ever told and the best account I've seen of how innovation actually occurs in computerdom.” Gingold began his design career apprenticed to Will Wright on Spore, where his chief accomplishment was designing the critically acclaimed Spore Creature Creator. His projects, like Earth: A Primer, a science book made of interactive toys, have been featured by Wired, CNN, and the New York Times. Learn more about Chaim here, and check out Building SimCity here.