Understanding Today’s Culture

Short texts about art, culture and human experience in a networked world

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Comprendre la culture d’aujourd’hui

Minimalist illustration depicting the Network Walker crossing a global cultural mosaic composed of the word “culture” in multiple languages, symbolizing the circulation of ideas, time and human experience in global networked culture.

Art Digital Express | Let’s Talk Culture

I invite you to discover a series of short texts that examine themes such as global networked culture, cultural circulation, memory, human presence and the way we inhabit an increasingly interconnected world.

These texts form a chronicle of global networked culture. They encourage us to take short pauses to observe the cultural transformations that are already shaping our everyday lives.

These reflections are based on my observations of the evolution of the Web since the mid-1990s and on more than twenty years of publishing in digital spaces.

Over time, this series may also include topics drawn from my other reflections on art, poetry, media and contemporary creation.

Each micro-essay explores a single idea in 300 to 400 words and can be read independently.

Links to more in-depth articles are provided for readers who wish to explore certain topics further.

What if we tried to understand today’s culture together?

Simply choose a title to begin reading.

Micro-Essay 01 — We Already Live in a Global Networked Culture
Micro-Essay 02 — You Are Already Part of Global Culture
Micro-Essay 03 — You Already Choose Your Culture
Micro-Essay 04 — Publishing Is Not Enough. You Also Need the Chance to Be Seen.
Micro-Essay 05 — You Are Already Leaving Traces in Global Culture
Micro-Essay 06 — You Already Use Artificial Intelligence
Micro-Essay 07 — How Far Can a Publication Go?
Micro-Essay 08 — Why Do Some Human Traces Endure Through Time?
Micro-Essay 09 — Who Will Shape Cultural and Artistic Recognition Tomorrow?
Micro-Essay 10 — Why Continue Making Art in a Digital World?
Micro-Essay 11 — Why Do We Still Need Artists?
Micro-Essay 12 — The More Digital the World Becomes, the More Important the Human Becomes
Micro-Essay 13 — Why Continue Writing Poetry in a Digital World?
Micro-Essay 14 — Let’s Be Human with AI
Micro-Essay 15 — Has Publishing Their Work Become Part of an Artist’s Job?
Micro-Essay 16 — Has the Web Become a Cultural Space in Its Own Right?
Micro-Essay 17 — What Is Culture For in a Digital Society?
Micro-Essay 18 — How Do Images and Videos Shape Global Culture?
Micro-Essay 19 — Discovering Global Culture Through Conversations with AI
Micro-Essay 20 — Daring to Publish: An Individual Act, a Global Cultural Phenomenon
Micro-Essay 21 — Do Our Choices Shape the Culture of Tomorrow?

More micro-essays will be added over time.

A Reflection That Evolves with Each Essay

Throughout this series of micro-essays, we explore different dimensions of global networked culture. The first texts examine how traces of human experience circulate, how they become visible, how they endure over time, and how they gain cultural recognition. The reflection then expands to artistic creation, the role of artists, and the importance of human experience in a digital world.

The following texts explore the publication of artworks and the Web as a cultural environment. They lead to a more fundamental question: what role does culture play in our lives and in the evolution of humanity?

This progression invites us to understand not only how culture circulates, but also how we participate in it. We inherit a global culture that encompasses the full diversity of human cultures, and we contribute to keeping it alive and transforming it.