🚫 🛠️ We are disapointed to report that an application for the role of "Digital Artist in Residence" at University College Cork (UCC) submitted by The Institute earlier this year has not been successful.
The project was titled "The Luddite Academy" and proposed to bring the current resurgence of luddite theory and praxis to bear on the university's digital arts and humanities departments.
We proposed to 1) Audit the university's dependence on Big Tech 2) Experiment with alternatives with students and staff, including but not limited to hosting our own (experimental) digital services and 3) Document everything so that it could outlive the residency.
While this particular application failed we will endeavour to find another home for this work in 2026.
