We're told to balance work and life. When did rest become one more task to complete?
Simon Mullan's studio holds work from actual building sites: overalls, tiles, stolen cable, cut into material and hung on the wall. During a Mae Symposium in his Berlin studio, that same refusal to separate work from identity opened into a wider question: is work-life balance eve
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What Can We Build Between the Life We Live and the Life We Want?
Shuaitong Zong's paintings opened a conversation about success, ambition and the emotional life that continues underneath them. Four different experiences raised another question: if we never really arrive, what can we…
Why Is It So Easy to Fall for the Illusion of a Relationship with a Chatbot?
If you ever ran into someone you follow online, an actor, a musician, a face you've watched for years on a screen, you would probably smile at them like you already knew them. They would have no idea who you are. This…
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In an age of visual overexposure, what makes some images stay with us while others disappear?
\Try to remember one image you scrolled past this morning. Just one.\ Chances…
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Camille is a fluid creative who seamlessly shifts between different artistic…
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This Christmas, are you looking for a meaningful way to celebrate the…
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Egle: Hi Katya, welcome to Mae! Let’s start with a brief introduction. Katya:…
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Hi, we're Mae, and we connect people through the power of art. Join us for…
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I am not sick. I am broken. But I’m happy to be alive as long as I can paint. -…
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