Francesco Spampinato is a New York-based contemporary art historian and writer. He is Adjunct Professor at Rhode Island School of Design (RISD), Providence, and Ph.D. candidate in Arts et Média at Sorbonne Nouvelle, Paris. He is the author of Come Together: The Rise of Cooperative Art and Design, Princeton Architectural Press, New York (2015) and Can You Hear Me? Music Labels by Visual Artists, Onomatopee, Eindhoven (2015).

The Accelerationist - DAMN° Magazine

The Accelerationist

Alessandro Bava’s ecological manoeuvring Fond of the social and intellectual problems related to the increasing pervasiveness of the Internet, architect Alessandro Bava engages in many and various projects that address ecology t ...

Metalinguistic Games - DAMN° Magazine

Metalinguistic Games

Åbäke’s playground Åbäke can be described – on paper, at least – as a collective of four transdisciplinary graphic designers who established a studio in 2000. But contrary to any […]

Hyper-Objects - DAMN° Magazine

Hyper-Objects

Brenna Murphy meditates on digital ruins The works of artist Brenna Murphy are at once futuristic and archaic, exploiting technology to inform as well as to enable, resulting in pieces […]

Splendour in the Grass - DAMN° Magazine

Splendour in the Grass

Tokyo Picnic Club dreaming large Did you know that for over ten years now there has been a whole movement devoted to the right to picnic? Well, now you do. […]