At KIKK Festival 2025, the tech world felt human again. Conversations, playful installations, and three days of talks showed how creative misuse of tools becomes critique—reviving curiosity in an age overshadowed by AI noise. → www.creativeapplications.net/event/kikk-f... 📄 Serena Cangiano

Industry Assistant Professor at New York University / Brooklyn, New York USA #Jobs → www.creativeapplications.net/jobs/industr...

V6 Development Log (10/2025): Events, Calendars, Activity Notifications, Maps, Stats, Themes, ++ ca-n.in/202510

Assistant or Associate Professor of Graphic Design (Tenure Track) at The School of Industrial and Graphic Design at Auburn University / Auburn, AL, US #Jobs → www.creativeapplications.net/jobs/assista...

Events are now live! CAN Members can also add events in their own cities –– exhibitions, workshops, lectures, calls for submission ++ Join us!

One place to keep track of festivals, calls, workshops.. coming soon to CAN Members. Join us! ✶

Online for 6,209 days (1️⃣7️⃣ years, 0 months, 0 days), published 4,024 articles about 2,712 people, featuring 172 tools. Supported by 1,638 members, and providing access to 516 educators and their students. Happy Birthday CAN! 🎂 🎉

Elusive Sense – On The Fluid Boundaries Of Perception, curated by Anna Szylar, feat. Agnieszka Mastalerz, Cosmodernism, Iga Węglińska, Janek Simon, and panGenerator, ends tomorrow 4/10 (London, UK) → www.creativeapplications.net/event/elusiv...

Assistant Professor of AI in the Visual Arts at ACCAD / Columbus OH, USA #Jobs → www.creativeapplications.net/jobs/assista...

Activity is 🔥 → www.creativeapplications.net/introduction...

Online for 6,179 days (16 years, 11 months, 0 days), published 4️⃣0️⃣0️⃣0️⃣ articles about 2,690 people, featuring 166 tools, supported by 1,634members, and providing access to 516 educators and their students.

Call for Artworks: IA Current / InterAccess → www.creativeapplications.net/news/call-fo...

Call for IA 360° Artist in Residence / InterAccess → www.creativeapplications.net/news/call-fo...

Subtle updates to CAN themes! ▽◇△♡

Predictive Capital Roads to Terminal Alienation: Soil to Server Farm, Reason to Vibe www.creativeapplications.net/theory/predi...

V6 Update!

After a short break, here is what we've been up to in August: V6 Development Log (08/2025) → www.creativeapplications.net/news/v6-deve... Thank you for your support!

Since 2008, CAN has defied big tech’s dominance, nurturing a global network of artists, designers, educators, hackers & makers—proving alternative networks not only exist, but flourish!

Creative Tech New York 2025 – October 15 → www.creativeapplications.net/event/creati...

So loving @creativeapps new colour themes (accessed via the triangle icon in the top right of the page). https://www.creativeapplications.net/theory/predictive-capital/

On some days, when nostalgia kicks in → Norton Commander theme for CAN now live (members) 💙

Shades of CAN WiP ⚪️🔴🔵⚫️

Recent #Jobs on CAN: – Creative Technologist at RLMG (MA/US) – Mechatronics Engineer at Poetic Kinetics (CO/US) – Electronics / Physical Computing Specialist Technician at UAL Creative Computing Institute (UK) → www.creativeapplications.net/jobs/ #creativecode #creativecomputing

Electronics / Physical Computing Specialist Technician at UAL Creative Computing Institute / London, UK #Jobs → www.creativeapplications.net/jobs/electro...

V6 Development Log (07/2025) → www.creativeapplications.net/news/v6-deve...

V6 Development Log (07/2025) → www.creativeapplications.net/news/v6-deve... Latest V6 features and fixes: Activity, weekly newsletter, keyboard navigation, better reports + more!

The map of CAN Members is getting busy... still only a 1/10th of all Members. Update your location in /edit-profile/ but please don't be like @atomless.bsky.social "in the woods" as Google doesn't know where that is. City names preferred ;)

[new] → [members]

can → /activity/ [members]

Pipo crowdfunding is reaching its final days. Support the launch: pre-order or spread the word! → www.crowdsupply.com/pipo-interfa... CAN → www.creativeapplications.net/member/pipo-...

Mechatronics Engineer at Poetic Kinetics / Denver, CO, USA #Jobs → www.creativeapplications.net/jobs/mechatr... Poetic Kinetics invites proposals for the design, prototyping, and production of the electronic and mechatronic systems for a new interactive kinetic sculpture project.

✨ NEW ✨: Activity – A whole new way to interact with content, ideas, and each other on CAN! It's a labour of love 🖤, a testament to our community 🫂, and a live record of ideas that seed, pollinate, and flower on CAN + beyond! → www.creativeapplications.net/news/introdu...

Introducing: Activity – Networked Permaculture (2025) by CAN → www.creativeapplications.net/news/introdu... 'Activity' is a whole new way to interact with content, ideas, and each other on CAN.

Done! A bit of joy in my inbox every Monday will not hurt!

We now also have a weekly newsletter for our Members. No bells 🔔, No whistles 💨, No CSS/BS 💩, No Tracking 🐾. Only links to things you might've missed. ✔️ (Tick ✔️newsletter in /edit-profile/ if you'd like one every Monday)

Earlier this month we finally abandoned GA4 in favour of self-hosted Matomo Analytics. Thanks to this, all our Members now have access to ther own reports → profile/people/projects. 📈💯 No Inflatables ⚽️, No Bots, No BS!

Alt-network → More connected, less isolated, equitable future! creativeapplications.net/support-join/

Support @creativeapps.bsky.social!

A regular reminder to please donate what you can/join as a member to CAN - it is a vital resource for the global media arts community and is such a special space.

Please support CAN

The Restroom Archive (2025) by Jake Welch → www.creativeapplications.net/news/the-res...

Creative Technologist at RLMG / Watertown, MA #Jobs → www.creativeapplications.net/jobs/creativ...

Alt-network → More connected, less isolated, equitable future! creativeapplications.net/support-join/

Since 2008, CAN has defied big tech’s dominance, nurturing a global network of artists, designers, educators, hackers & makers—proving alternative networks not only exist, but flourish!

The Voyeur Of Utter Destruction (As Beauty) (2025) by Jelle Valk, Joachim Rümke, Olav Huizer, WERC → www.creativeapplications.net/project/the-...

reversediffusion.xyz – A reversed perspective on generative AI (2025) by Richard Vijgen → www.creativeapplications.net/member/rever... #stablediffusion #resist #authorship #threejs #AI

CAN #Jobs: Where Creative Technology Talent Meets Opportunity → ca-n.in/addjob

Improvisational Machines is a workshop that brings live coding, dynamic interfaces, and flexible workflows into industrial robotics / madelinegannon.bsky.social → www.creativeapplications.net/education/im...

Sometimes the necessary text is written at the necessary time. “Predictive Capital” by @atomless.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy is one such book. www.creativeapplications.net/theory/predi...

V6 Development Log (06/2025) → www.creativeapplications.net/news/v6-deve...