Welcome to NCM’s growing library of research, articles and digital content. Explore insights from our exhibitions, conversations with thought leaders, newly commissioned digital works, films, audio pieces and more. Whether you’re an educator, researcher, student or simply curious, the Knowledge Hub connects you to the ideas shaping the future of communication and technology.
Australia Online: The Rise and Fall of Local Video Game Websites
Article • Mikolai Napieralski
Cracked: Data, Glass & Surveillant Noise
Article • Christopher O’Neill
The Truth About the Telegraph: Short Film
Video • GARUWA, Kieran Mpetyane Satour
In Conversation with the Curator | Jemimah Widdicombe
Article • Interview with Jemimah Widdicombe
Signal to Noise (and Back Again)
Article • Eryk Salvaggio
Waseda University X NCM | Professor Tetsuya Ogata
Article • Professor Tetsuya Ogata
Domestic O-series Guidebot Gives Customer New Leash on Life
Artist • Roshelle Yee Pui Fong and Matthew Ngamurarri Heffernan
Possible Noise
Article • Eryk Salvaggio
Five Minutes with Mel Huang
Article • Mel Huang
On the Topic of Faking It: Machine Learning and Authentic Acting in Modern Film
Article • Callum Stewart
NCM 2026: A new network is forming...
Article • Emily Siddons
From the telegraph to AI, our communications systems have always had hidden environmental costs
Article • Jemimah Widdicombe, Senior Curator at NCM and Research Associate, Museums Victoria Research Institute
First Words
Article • Camila Galaz
Rowan Savage Interview | The Making of Carrion Sentience
Video • Rowan Savage (salllvage)
Of Trans & Tech
Article • Jean Linis-Dinco
Lillian Schwartz: On human-machine relationships, nature and noise
Emily Siddons, Co-CEO and Artistic Director
Hideout for Runaway Robots
Artist • Grace Chan
Meet the Creative Team | FRIEND
Curator Note • Jemimah Widdicombe, Ryohei Murakami and Megan Cassar
In Conversation with Professor Inami and Stelarc
Video • Professor Masahiko Inami and Stelarc
The Truth About the Telegraph: Article
Article • Georgia Knight
DOOMSCROLL DREAMACHINE
Artist • Brandon Tay
Protective Seal
Artist • Elena Knox
Meet the 'Cobra' phone
Article • Jemimah Widdicombe
Waseda University X NCM | Professor Katsumi Watanabe
Article • Professor Katsumi Watanabe
Discussing Actual Intelligence with Dr Brett Kagan and Jenn Leung
Article • Jemimah Widdicombe, Dr Brett Kagan, Jenn Leung
Meet Zoe Meagher
Video • Zoe Meagher
A Robot of Many Minds: When Algorithms Take Human Shape
Article • Sarah Schömbs and Associate Professor Wafa Johal
EJ SON and OpenSpace Bae Talk about Thinking Bears, Robots and Technology
Artist • EJ SON, Kim Jung-hoon and Yoo Kyung-hye
Waseda University X NCM | Professor Shigeki Sugano
Article • Professor Shigeki Sugano
Shunsuke Aoki Talks Robots, Design and the Future of Human Machine Relationships
Article • Shunsuke Aoki, in conversation with Jemimah Widdicombe
From TikTok to RedNote: The Ever-Shifting Sands of How We Connect
Article • Clare O'Connor
Listening as Language: Rowan Savage in conversation with Joel Stern
Joel Stern
In Conversation with the Curators | Signal to Noise
Curator Note • Video
Curator in Conversation | ICD-Lab
Article • Professor Michio Okada, Shun Nishimura, Nao Ouchi
Curator in Conversation | JIZAI Body Project
Article • Dr Azumi Maekawa, Dr Mitsuru Muramatsu and Fumiya Nakano
Woven Soft Speaker Tutorial with Craftwork
Video • Craftwork
Five Questions with a Conservator | Ellie Thomas
Article • Ellie Thomas
elekhlekha อีเหละเขละขละ
Artist
In Conversation | Geoffrey Robertson
Article • Geoffrey Robertson
The Trouble of Robot Bodies
Article • Dr Belinda J Dunstan
Machine Eye: A Relational Experiment with an Embodied Large Language Model
Article • Aileen Ng and Rowan Page
Earth to Algorithm: The Materiality of Algorithmic Surveillance
Article • Tyne Daile Sumner
This Building is a Machine for Conversation
Article • Emily Siddons, NCM
Nokia Design Archive
Aalto University, Finland
The Telephone- How It Works
Video • NCM collection
Artificial Intelligence (AI) Action Summit
I Witnessed the Future of AI, and It’s a Broken Toy
Article • Caroline Mimbs Nyce
ON NET.ART, POSTINTERNET, AND CRYPTOART
Article • Vuk Ćosić, Marisa Olson, Auriea Harvey, and Jason Bailey
Spill Issue No. 01
Leonardo AI