Posts By: Andrew Erlanger

Unlike Us: Looking Ahead

By Andrew Erlanger, April 25, 2013

It’s been an exciting few years for the Unlike Us initiative, with three conferences, a published reader, an iPad magazine and countless blog posts. Adopting a unique perspective that combines artistic, academic and activistic elements, both social media monopolies and their decentralized alternatives have been analysed in great detail. With Unlike Us #3 having drawn to a close, [...]

Unlike Us #3 – The Videos

By Andrew Erlanger, April 24, 2013

Unlike Us #3 is now online! If you missed out on this year’s conference or would like to experience it again, be sure to check out our Vimeo channel, where each presentation can be viewed in its entirety: https://vimeo.com/channels/unlikeus3 Taking place in Amsterdam from the 22nd to the 23rd of March, Unlike Us #3 featured [...]

Simona Levi – Tactics 2.0: Learn in the Net, Act Everywhere

By Andrew Erlanger, March 25, 2013

The tools of the web pose unique opportunities to transform overarching political structures, spawning real and positive change at a fundamental level. Rounding out the second day of Unlike Us #3, Spanish activist Simona Levi took the stage to reflect on what we’ve learned from the internet and how this might be extrapolated to all [...]

Nathan Freitas – ‘Checking-In’ for the Greater Good

By Andrew Erlanger, March 25, 2013

How do we best respond to the problems and frustrations coterminous with our widespread adoption of mobile social media? According to Nathan Freitas, the answer may lie in building new solutions or enhancing existing alternative structures. In his lively Unlike Us presentation, the global human rights activist argued that rather than merely scoffing at the [...]

Tobias Leingruber – The Future of Identity in a Digital World

By Andrew Erlanger, March 24, 2013

Tobias Leingruber is part of the Free Art and Technology Lab, a diverse collection of artists, engineers, scientists, lawyers and musicians who strive to enrich the public domain ‘one mutha-fuckin LOL at a time’. Embracing this spirit, the Munich-based communication designer spent years remixing the web with various hacks before turning his attention to Mark [...]

I Am Other/Undisclosed

By Andrew Erlanger, March 19, 2013

Please complete the following sentence: I am… How many different responses can you come up with and, more importantly, what do they say about you? In 1954, Manfred Kuhn and Thomas McPartland developed the twenty statements test, an influential instrument used to measure self concept. The test requires respondents to complete the sentence “I am…” [...]
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Facebook in film: Crystal Pillars

By Andrew Erlanger, February 27, 2013

In 2012, Constant Dullaart publically revealed his Facebook password as part of a Terms of Service performance at New York’s New Museum. For many, this might be seen as the most terrifying of social media prospects; a radical yet voluntary act perhaps best likened to stripping oneself bare in the heart of a crowded metropolis. So what [...]
Who am I? This question, asked so often, is deceptively...

British government suggests we are what we tweet, but what does this mean for social network citizens?

By Andrew Erlanger, February 19, 2013

Who am I? This question, asked so often, is deceptively profound and intrinsically difficult to answer. But this hasn’t deterred the British government from trying. In a new report titled Future Identities, the government has sought to understand our contemporary expression of the self and, perhaps unsurprisingly, the findings indicate that we are what we tweet (or post, like, [...]