Sonic Cartographies
As high fashion discovers Brazilian funk, a campaign by Paco Rabanne raises questions about visibility without authorship, and celebration without equity.
System Hacks
The current zero-tolerance approach risks turning public beaches into over-regulated zones where conviviality is mistaken for misconduct.
Random Urgencies
The Radical Ecology of Dr. Walker
Random Urgencies
Angola rolled out the red carpet for Congo’s warring sides. The rebels bailed, the bullets didn’t, and TikTok teens are quitting vapes in protest.
Coded Dreams
What if the power failure wasn’t the end—but the return of ancestral intelligence?
Street Syntax
To the untrained eye, it's a smear of cryptic lines, perhaps a defacement of the city’s clean lines and light-colored walls.
Diaspora Aesthetics
In the ruins of a colonial statue, an Angolan artist orchestrates a new memory
Sonic Cartographies
Black Electronic Music and the Sonic Reckoning of Empire.
System Hacks
Living Queer in a Portugal That’s Turning Right.
Shifting Grounds
As Almada transforms its shoreline, the battle for public space, cultural memory, and inclusive urban futures begins anew.
Street Syntax
Where the front wheel lifts, gravity breaks—and for a moment, the street becomes a stage for survival, style, and defiance.
System Hacks
From Brazil to beyond, the battle for democracy has moved from Congress and streets to pixels—crafted by code, sharpened by memes, and increasingly fueled by artificial intelligence.