Culture

Exploring the work of Jennifer Causey and her online photo project, The Makers and the impact of the broader maker movement. People, empowered by the internet, are making things again.

One interesting signal we were tracking back at the time of making Issue 1 was "digital nomadism" or the new kinds of work configurations enabled by the web. This reality has obviously accelerated considerably since we first wrote about it.

This "mobile laboratory" initiative by BMW and Guggenheim was an interesting manifestation of the optimistic 'change is possible if we want to make it' vibe prevailing at the time (2011-12).

A quick exploration on what has been called 'presentism' (Douglas Rushkoff) or the never ending present. How does this influence our longer term perspective and our ability to make sense?

Guy Fawkes, Friedrich Nietzsche and now, Anonymous. The shape-shifting cyber vigilantes are ever-present wherever there is a stir in the people, thriving amidst chaos, evading classification and baffling their opponents with their coded logic.

Berlin is a manifestation of all that The Alpine Review thinks about: It lives the notions of a flat, networked world, of constant remixing of ideas, of crafts and technology and culture intersections. Its only natural that it was our city in focus for Issue 1.

Big cities are constantly changing, shops and restaurants opening and closing, neighbourhoods gentrifying, others being re-discovered, some declining or simply becoming sleepier.

French photographer and installation artist Clement Briend has a Banksian fetish, attempting an innovative methodology to engage with public space, nature and the cityscape.

If our educational institutions and workplaces could be reimagined for the digital age, what would they look like? Perhaps just like your favourite coffee shop.