New York Times • 27th December 2022 New York Times: Finding Community, and Freedom, on the Virtual Dance Floor On any given weekend, there are dozens of parties happening on VRChat, a platform where users assume fantastical avatars of their own design.
Financial Times • 27th October 2022 Financial Times: The golden age of AI-generated art is here. It’s going to get weird Tom Faber's deep dive on how software that can create almost any image from a few words will change human creativity.
The Guardian • 23rd August 2022 The Guardian: Rapper’s delight or weapons-grade nonsense? The app that uses AI to help MCs bust a rhyme New tech is promising to take rap artists to new lyrical heights. But will its algorithm be able to handle our novice writer’s rubbish rhymes?
Financial Times • 21st January 2022 Financial Times: What Cameo knows about celebrity Tom Faber explores the app which lets you pay celebrities to record personalised video messages, uncovering surprising truths about 21st-century fandom.
Financial Times • 18th January 2022 Financial Times: Why gamers are turning their backs on NFTs Developers see new revenue streams but players are suspicious of more in-game purchases.
Kinfolk • 16th November 2021 Kinfolk: Rage Against the Machine A conversation about the influence of invisible algorithms.
Financial Times • 10th May 2021 Financial Times: Pop stars mark out new territory in gaming The pandemic has accelerated the trend among musicians to reach audiences via video games.
The Guardian • 24th April 2021 The Guardian: ‘In the game, I knew myself as Hannah’ — the trans gamers finding freedom on Roblox 37m people use the gaming platform every day in search of adventure – and for teenagers exploring their gender identity, it is also a place of liberation.
Resident Advisor • 21st April 2021 Resident Advisor: What Twitch Means For Dance Music From Disclosure to Addison Groove, Amazon's livestream platform has offered artists a way to build audiences and make money during the pandemic—but will it last? Tom Faber investigates.
Pitchfork • 25th February 2021 Pitchfork: Decolonizing Electronic Music Starts With Its Software With the release of two free programs that encourage experimentation with global tuning systems, the musician and researcher Khyam Allami is challenging the Western biases of music production software.
Kinfolk • 1st December 2020 Kinfolk: Memes of Communication Are memes the ultimate expression of 21st-century folklore?
Financial Times • 18th November 2020 Financial Times: The futuristic visions of multimedia artist Lawrence Lek The film-maker on melding video games, music and political theory — and exploring our anxieties about a changing world.
Financial Times • 2nd November 2020 Financial Times: Is virtual reality the way forward for museums? The pandemic has seen cultural institutions flock to new technologies to try and access audiences at home. What can virtual reality offer curators and artists?