The Portal

"Having been in contact with the Estúdio Livre project and people for some years, I greatly admire and appreciate their involvement in the question of "free media" and related politics."

"I'm always interested to follow the 16 Beaver group, and their related activities and initiatives. Their desire to maintain an active forum for meeting, interaction and discussion relates very much to my own sense for being an artist."

"A blog which I started last year, which may be a sort of search for the periphery and how sonic practices may make an experimental claim at being public."

"The collaborative projects of Norie Neumark and Maria Miranda I find very inspiring, and greatly value how they are seeking to engage the relation between actual and virtual sites."

"I've recently been discovering the Critical Practice project (connected to Chelsea College of Art), I'm immediately struck by the questions about "publicness" they are raising, and the openness with which they also seek to expose their research through on-line presence."

Online portfolio of the photographer Pieter Hugo, who took the pictures which accompany this month's Congotronics feature by Nick Richardson. Hugo, who was born in South Africa has travelled throughout the African continent extensively, taking photographs of subjects ranging from the remnants of the Rawandan genocide to Nigeria's prolific, vital and sometimes improvised film industry, Nollywood.

"Shot in the streets of Kinshasa, site of Muhammad Ali's legendary 'Rumble in the Jungle', "Karibu Ya Bintou" or "Welcome to Life in Limbo" is a short film with music from the 2010 album Kinshasa Succursale by Baloji. Electric finger piano (likembé) played by Konono N°1"

Vimeo channel of the 2010 instalment of the international festival of electronic arts, updated with picks from the ongoing programme of exhibitions, performances, screenings, conferences and more. Based in Newcastle Gateshead, Middlesbrough, and Sunderland, AV Festival is supported by The Wire and runs to 14 March. Click here for more information.

An online archive of the two previous instalments of the Siobhan Davies studios Parallel Voices talks, installations and performance events. Also, check the Siobhan Davies Replay online digital library which visually illustrates the choreographer’s practice and creative process through 36 key dance works. Previously curated by choreographer Jonathan Burrows and film maker Isaac Julien, the 2010 event is curated by Carsten Nicolai and supported by The Wire. Click here for more information on the forthcoming event, 17–19 March.

"And finally, it's painfully obvious but so true. Simon Reynolds is one of the most insightful writers of our generation and his Bliss Blog is a regular internet pit-stop for us."