Juergen Berkessel

Juergen Berkessel

United States
Artist, musician, and digital strategist in Bradenton, Florida, and founder of Polymash. Juergen writes The Intersect on the reciprocal influences of technology and the arts.
15
Jun
Contrast Is Meaning, Not Just Style

Contrast Is Meaning, Not Just Style

When everything is technically correct and tonally identical, who's left to tell you what matters?
7 min read
09
Jun
What the Building Knew First

What the Building Knew First

The best work in this issue couldn't exist anywhere else.
8 min read
18
May
Going Backward to Go Somewhere New

Going Backward to Go Somewhere New

Every upgrade leaves something behind, and someone eventually goes back to fetch it.
8 min read
11
May
The Same Sky, Two Feelings

The Same Sky, Two Feelings

Wonder and surveillance use the same propellers.
8 min read
04
May
This Medium Always Survives Its Own Funeral

This Medium Always Survives Its Own Funeral

Photography keeps surviving its own funeral. I'm not sure it's the medium we think it is.
7 min read
27
Apr
Wrenches, Paper, Waste: Organic Holds its Ground

Wrenches, Paper, Waste: Organic Holds its Ground

Fold, cut, assemble, repeat. This week we're celebrating the artists who insist on doing it the hard way - and asking why that feels so radical right now.
7 min read
20
Apr
Meaning at the Threshold

Meaning at the Threshold

Where do we turn when technology meets the unrepeatable?
7 min read
25
Mar
Tools in the Back Room, Not on the Wall

Tools in the Back Room, Not on the Wall

When is AI just the plumbing?
9 min read
24
Feb
When Everything Works Too Well

When Everything Works Too Well

Comfort, consistency, and the slow death of surprise.
9 min read
27
Jan
Banned, Withdrawn, and Refused

Banned, Withdrawn, and Refused

The art we don’t see shapes the story too.
9 min read