Issue #164 Remembering Steve Kurtz (1958–2025) of Critical Art Ensemble, Part 1

Remembering Steve Kurtz (1958–2025) of Critical Art Ensemble, Part 1

Nato Thompson, Claire Pentecost, Brooke Singer, David Garcia, Rich Pell, and Lucas Fortunato

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Heidi Kumao and Brooke Singer of the Critical Art Ensemble Defense Fund at a rally for Steve Kurtz and Robert Ferrell on the day of a grand jury hearing in Buffalo, NY, June 15, 2004. Photo: Beatriz da Costa. Courtesy of the Estate of Beatriz da Costa.
Issue #164
June 2026










Notes
1

This tragic tale is better told at .

2

The Baderna Collection, coordinated by Rogério de Campos, was published by Conrad Editora do Brasil in the early 2000s, bringing together a series of titles that inspired a new generation of activists in the country.

3

The event Tactical Media Brazil was organized by Giseli Vasconcelos and Tatiana Wells, members of the Metáfora collective, together with Ricardo Rosas, editor of the website Rizoma.net, in partnership with Derek Holzer (N5M).

4

See André Mesquita’s Insurgências Poéticas, based on a master’s thesis from 2008 that can be accessed at . Also see Daniel Hora’s research on hacker art from a 2016 doctoral dissertation—an e-book can be accessed at .

5

The work is available at .

6

The research was carried out under the supervision of Prof. Dr. Alex Galeno. It was funded by CAPES (Coordination for the Improvement of Higher Education Personnel), a foundation of Brazil’s Ministry of Education.







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