Ditto Nation launches in January 2023; a monthly documentary series by Ben Ditto with additional podcasts, live streams and other exclusive content.

COMING SOON

The inaugural episode of Ditto Nation takes the form of a chat-show, with Ben Ditto in conversation with writer, editor and curator Shumon Basar. This show sets the scene for this new monthly documentary series, by examining "the self" within a contemporary technological environment. Future episodes will focus on how contemporary subcultures are formed by technology, environment, conflict and other factors. The monthly shows will be supplemented with podcasts and other adjacent content.This episode is only available to Patreon subscribers for the first 30 days. We hope you enjoy it...

DITTO NATION VIDEO #1: EXTREMELY SELFISH

Just a quick update to say thank you for all of your support so far. This account has been live for a week and we’ve hit 100 subscribers which is great. Last night we did the first official live stream about euthanasia, which I will post on here this evening. An audio (podcast, whatever) version of the first documentary is out in a week, and the open access version which anyone can see will be out in 3 weeks, along with episode 2 for subscribers only which we are currently editing. If you subscribed to a tier which guarantees Hall of Fame entry, please email a square format JPEG of your face to info@ditto-nation.com. I’m designing the physical membership cards which are gonna be going out in the next month so make sure you’ve sent your address if you are due one of those. Finally: have fun, and remember…. Semper Finger

UPDOOT

The first of our (pretty much) weekly live-streams. Recorded on Instagram Live, the topic is announced in advance and then we all talk about it for an hour. This week: Euthanasia, MAID, state-assisted death and monopoly on violence

DITTO NATION LIVE #1: EUTHANASIA

This week we talk about the ethics of datasets trained on existing artworks being used for generative AI projects like Dall-E, Midjourney and so forth, and legal cases being bought against Stability AI by artists and Getty Images. We also talk about some more general AI / ethics topics.

COMING SOON

DITTO NATION VIDEO #1: EXTREMELY SELFISH

UPDOOT

DITTO NATION LIVE #1: EUTHANASIA

DITTO NATION LIVE #2: AI ART ETHICS