Read, Watch & Listen

We explore how man-made, physical borders are represented, challenged and transgressed through the medium of film in our November cinema season.

Caroline Sinders argues that social media’s problems are a product of their very design.

Bitcoin might be faltering, but Bettina Warburg thinks that technology can still reinforce trust online.

Don’t be so sure, says Adam Greenfield, as he explores the thinking and impacts behind social credit. 

What makes a good violin? Violin maker and restorer, John Dilworth, investigates the history of violin making.

Barbican Young Curator Anahi Saravia Herrera shares her experience and documents their process of creating the first Young Curators' exhibition and its importance in the early stages of the development of the Barbican Archive.

Author and anime expert, Helen McCarthy presents a short history of anime at the Barbican and introduces the films selected for Anime’s Human Machines cinema season.

New Suns founder Sarah Shin explains the origins of the festival, and explores the literary work that inspired this year’s programme and theme - feminist approaches to technology.

We look back at our July 2019 Instagrammer, Sue Armitage to explore her Barbican shots.

Dr Beth Singler, a Research Fellow in Artificial Intelligence, draws on her experiences in Japan and her anthropological research to explore some of the philosophical ideas behind AI: More than Human.

We look back at our June 2019 Instagrammer, William Jones to explore his Barbican shots.

Cinema curator Tamara Anderson takes us back to the heady days of 1970s France and tells us how the films that came after the Nouvelle Vague were influenced by the turbulent political events of May 1968 – and why these films are still so relevant today.