Civil Liberties

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  Dispatch

  The Cloud Is Not the Territory

  May 20, 2014 - 

  Arguing that the public has a right to understand internet infrastructure, artist Ingrid Burrington visits “the cloud”—the data centers of northern Virginia through which two-thirds of internet traffic currently circulates.  More

  By Ingrid Burrington

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  Uprisings

  Comrade Kots:
  A Poem by Kirill Medvedev

  May 6, 2014 - 

  On the anniversary of massive protests in Moscow ahead of Vladimir Putin’s third presidential inauguration, the writer and labor activist Kirill Medvedev shares a poem whose title derives from a nickname he was given by Russia’s secret police agency, the FSB.  More

  By Kirill Medvedev

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  Editor's Letter

  We Will Show You Fear in a Handful of Dust: Artists Build Drone at President Obama’s Alma Mater

  May 1, 2014 - 

  Artist collective Finishing School built a model Predator drone on the campus of President Obama’s alma mater, Occidental College. In an interview with Creative Time Reports Editor Marisa Mazria Katz, the artists explain why.  More

  By Marisa Mazria Katz

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  Photo Gallery

  Tough Love at Mexico City’s Casa Xochiquetzal

  April 22, 2014 - 

  The photographer Bénédicte Desrus and journalist Celia Gómez Ramos paint a portrait of an unconventional Mexico City retirement home that “provides a space to age with dignity for a group of vulnerable women who are often invisible to society at large.”  More

  By Bénédicte Desrus and Celia Gómez Ramos

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  Op-Ed

  David Byrne: Breaking Up with the Internet

  March 24, 2014 - 

  Disillusionment with the internet is at an all-time high thanks to the snooping of NSA agents, corporate algorithms and cyber thieves. What would a world without the web look like? David Byrne imagines a society that has gone totally offline—if only to suggest what a truly secure online life might look like.  More

  By David Byrne