K Pop Culture explored at London’s V&A
An exhibition dedicated to the global phenomenon of the Korean Wave (aka Hallyu) which has challenged the currents of pop culture worldwide today.
Discover Every Noise at Once by Glenn McDonald
Curated by Spotify’s genre taxonomist Glenn McDonald, Every Noise at Once is the most incredible music genre database you will likely come across online. Fancy some oxaca indie or some neurofunk? What about some sovietwave instead?
Whether you are a legit mainstream pop listener or a brave music explorer, Every Noise at Once has got something for you.
In its creator’s words: “Every Noise at Once is an ongoing attempt at an algorithmically-generated, readability-adjusted scatter-plot of the musical genre-space, based on data tracked and analyzed for 5,620 genre-shaped distinctions by Spotify as of 2021-10-08. The calibration is fuzzy, but in general down is more organic, up is more mechanical and electric; left is denser and more atmospheric, right is spikier and bouncier”.
Occupy White Walls: the curatorial game that is reshaping virtual exhibitions
Developed by the UK-based tech startup Stickypixels, OWW is an AI powered platform that allows players to curate exhibitions in a free, fun and interactive way.
An introduction to… the Metaverse
The Metaverse concept is rather complex, a contemporary work in progress being shaped by users and companies exploring the field, still far from being fully determined. We asked Alexander Reppel, reader in Marketing at Royal Holloway University of London to break down the jargon and help us understand the metaverse hype.