I Read Where I Am contains visionary texts about the future of reading and the status of the word. We read anytime and anywhere. We read of screens, we read out on the streets, we read in the office but less and less we read a book at home on the couch. We are, or are becoming, a different type of reader. How will we grapple with compressed narratives and the fluid bombardment of text? What are the dialectics between image and word? How will our information machines generate new reading cultures? Can reading become a live, mobile social experience? To ...

In Outer Space as Extreme Scenario, a range of specially-commissioned and previously published pieces have been collected which investigate how the exploration of outer space has inspired and challenged artists, designers, thinkers, and the general public. This eBook, the seventh in the series of Blowup readers released by V2_, explores the extreme scenario that is outer space. It forms part of the ongoing research into Innovation in Extreme Scenarios carried out by V2_Lab…

We Are All Crew is the fourth Blowup Reader. It was edited on occasion of the centenary of Marshall McLuhan’s birth and the Blowup event at V2_. This e-Book explores the intellectual legacy of Canadian communications and media guru Marshall McLuhan. The e-Book was released alongside a three day celebration that included an art exhibition, film screening, and keynote lecture…