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My revised diagram of photography and "photography-like" image types today. Is the term "indexical" still useful? In the diagram, I use 3 versions of this concept: directly indexical, selectively indexical, and statistically indexical. #Indexicality #MediaTheory #AIImages

My article "A Medium That Thinks: AI and Media Cognition" is completed - download from manovich.net/index.php/proj…

As researchers (or artists), we often use visualization to explore data. But what if we apply visualization methods to our careers? Using Claude, I created this visualization showing my publications, books, & key art projects - 1988-2025 #datavis

How do you visualize your research career? Here is the visualization I created using Claude. (Took me about 2 hours from the first to the final version.) My data file and HTML code are here — put your own data and make their visualization: drive.google.com/drive/folders/…

I have started recording audio versions of my texts using ElevenLabs and uploading them to Spotify. Each text is a section from one of my articles - about 800–1,600 words. I think this can be useful for students and others who prefer listening to reading: open.spotify.com/show/4Ek5tovSv…

I have started recording audio versions of my texts using ElevenLabs and uploading them to Spotify. Each text is a section from one of my articles - about 800–1,600 words. I think this can be useful for students and others who prefer listening to reading: open.spotify.com/show/4Ek5tovSv…

I have started recording audio versions of my texts using ElevenLabs and uploading them to Spotify. Each text is a section from one of my articles - about 800–1,600 words. I think this can be useful for students and others who prefer listening to reading: open.spotify.com/show/4Ek5tovSv…

The cover of the Italian edition of our book Artificial Aesthetics: Generative AI, Art and Visual Media. (Cover image by Francesco D'Isa.) The edition is now being printed, so it should be available very soon.

Sharing stages of my manual painting process, from the first sketch to the final tiny adjustments — about 60-70 hours in total. (December 20, 2025 - January 17, 2026).

A selection of my recent books: AI Aesthetics, Cultural Analytics, Unreliable Memories AI Aesthetics and the Anthropocentric Myth of Creativity Spanish edition of Artificial Aesthetics Chinese edition of The Language of New Media Chinese edition of Cultural Analytics

The translator Kristen Heyi Li and I are holding the Chinese edition of my book Cultural Analytics (released a few months ago). m.weibo.cn/status/Q12EZjr… #CulturalAnalytics #MediaTheory #DigitalHumanities #DataVisualization

How many professional artists are in the world today? No data about it exists, but it is possible to make approximate estimates by using some numbers available for a few countries. Here is what I found -

In October 2023 I published my "Letter to a Young Artist." What do I think about it more than two years later, given the progress of AI tools during this period? Would love to get your comments, whether you agree with my ideas, challenge them, or have a different take entirely.

I have added 7 new art projects created in 2023-2024 to manovich.art. Would love to hear your thoughts or any questions you might have! #DigitalArt #NewMedia #ContemporaryArt

Best wishes for the new year! (My drawing, pen on paper, 12/2014)

(2/2) 20 years ago (Nov 2005), I began developing what I'd later name Cultural Analytics—a new method for studying visual culture. Here are a few visualizations created in 2009-2013 in our lab: lab.culturalanalytics.info

(1/2) 20 years ago (Nov 2005), I began developing what I'd later name Cultural Analytics—a new method for studying visual culture. Here are a few visualizations created in 2009-2013 in our lab: lab.culturalanalytics.info

The Spanish translation of our book "Artificial Aesthetics" has been published this week. Many thanks to everybody at Ediciones Akal for making this possible!

My art project "Ideal City" exhibited at Bandung Photography Triennale (Indonesia, 2025)