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Open Letter: Belarus and the Need for a New European University for Eastern Europe

In Institute of Network Cultures, by Geert Lovink, June 14, 2021

Initiated by Ellen Rutten at University of Amsterdam and colleagues from Italy and Germany I contributed to the open letter below, signed by Olga Tokarczuk, Judith Butler, Boris Groys, Saskia…

Ben Grosser: Why Instagram’s Like Hiding Saga is a PR Stunt

In Institute of Network Cultures, by Geert Lovink, June 14, 2021

Instagram’s Like Hiding Saga is a PR Stunt: What Facebook’s Darling Hopes You’ll Forget About Social Media Metrics By Ben Grosser In the spring of 2019 Instagram announced to the…

Key Notes Part 1: The Presenter’s View

In The Cloud-Based Designer, by Paul Bille, June 13, 2021

Let other artists do the work for you! The more you know what other artists have been up to, the easier it is to skip past all the bits which…

La Repubblica interview: From Sad by Design to Zoom Fatigue

In Geert, by Geert Lovink, June 8, 2021

Interview with Geert Lovink by Annarita Briganti For La Repubblica, May 31, 2021 Italian online version: https://www.repubblica.it/cultura/2021/06/08/news/geert_lovink_viaggio_nello_stress_da_iperconnessione_la_tecno-tristezza_si_verifica_quando_e_tutto_troppo_e_dobbiamo_smet-304844326/ Italian version as pdf: Lovink interviee 06_08_21 Original English email version: Annarita Briganti:…

Post-precariteit

In INC Longform, by Sepp Eckenhaussen, June 3, 2021

Drie principes voor cultuurwerk, beleid en solidariteit na Covid19 Om in de Nederlandse cultuursector te werken moet een verschrikking zijn. Kunstenaars verdienen gemiddeld bruto 18.340 euro per jaar. Dat…

The Digitarian Society @ Tetem met Geert Lovink en Chloë Arkenbout

In Institute of Network Cultures, by Chloë Arkenbout, May 31, 2021

In de driedelige serie The Digitarian Society onderzoekt Tetem samen met mediakunstenaar Roos Groothuizen en gasten van het Institute of Network Cultures, Waag en PublicSpaces wat er nodig is om…

desk-talk #3 / Eleonora Roaro

In D E S K T O P I A, by @lbert Figurt, May 29, 2021

Time for a third desk-talk. → in case you missed the previous clips, #1 and #2 + + side note + + I feel this very video-idiolect (videolect?) of mine,…

Will Gaming Become Tomorrow’s Music Stage?

In Institute of Network Cultures, by Maurice Dharampal, May 28, 2021

The pandemic is causing labels to hold out with album rollouts for the time concerts are allowed again. This streamlining of revenue models is quite common but doesn't sit well…

Impressions from the VideoVortex Rome/Zoom Event

In Video Vortex, by Geert Lovink, May 28, 2021

Documentation of Video Vortex #13: Play, Pause, Reset On May 27, 2021 a two hour 'hybrid' VideoVortex event took place in Rome, live from the rooftop of the John Cabot…

Join Us at the Video Vortex Hybrid Event: Play, Pause and Reset (Thursday May 27)

In Video Vortex, by Geert Lovink, May 25, 2021

Video Vortex Hybrid Event: Play, Pause and ResetThursday, May 27, 2021, 06:00 PM CEST - 08:00 CESTTo compensate for the real life events that we are all missing so much,…

MoneyLab #12 Wellington (NZ): Viral Tokenization

In Geert, by Geert Lovink, May 22, 2021

When: June 4, 2021 - June 5, 2021

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Program of MoneyLab #12 Wellington: Viral Tokenization

In MoneyLab, by Geert Lovink, May 21, 2021

On 4 and 5 June, 2021 Te Whanganui-a-Tara Wellington will host the 12th edition of the international MoneyLab conference series in collaboration with the Institute of Network Cultures (Amsterdam, NL) and the…

Notes on the WdKA’s Removal of a Pro-Palestine Resistance Students’ Banner

In ENTREPRECARIAT, by Silvio Lorusso, May 18, 2021

Yesterday, a students’ banner in solidarity with Palestine was removed from the walls of the Piet Zwart Institute of Rotterdam. The Willem de Kooning Academy, whose the PZI belongs to,…

Towards a Toolkit for Going Online

In Going Online, by Marijn Bril, May 14, 2021

In this research blog, I’ve collected conversations with artists, designers, curators, and program makers about what it meant to ‘Go Online’ as a cultural event. We spoke about metaphors, strategies…

Co-Conspirators: The ‘Rock Revival’ Pow-Wow

In NO FUN, by Jess Henderson, May 13, 2021

Who else is pushing for the return of rock? A continued investigation into mainstream music's gestures towards a rock revival. From the Dispatches at NO FUN Magazine. In Parts I and II,…

“Social Media are not the New Smoking”: Interview with Geert Lovink by Juan Íñigo

In Geert, by Geert Lovink, May 13, 2021

Published in Spanish in the Latin-American online edition of Jacobin: https://jacobinlat.com/2021/05/13/las-redes-sociales-no-son-el-nuevo-tabaquismo/. English original below. Juan Íñigo: In a recent article you talked to several theorists about "zoom fatigue," a term…

The Return of a Genre Nobody Asked For

In NO FUN, by Jess Henderson, May 9, 2021

Machine Gun Kelly is on a mission to ‘bring back pop-punk.’ Can guitar sounds make a comeback after the total ubiquity of hip hop and rap? From the Dispatches at…

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In D E S K T O P I A, by @lbert Figurt, May 5, 2021

in France they say "scénario", but the accent mark gets easily unnoticed - and you're already thinking 'bout the worst case version of it in Italy we prefer "sceneggiatura", but…

Going Online: Ars Electronica In Kepler’s Gardens

In Going Online, by Marijn Bril, May 4, 2021

A Conversation with Veronika Liebl For Going Online, I ask designers, curators, and program makers about the events they’ve held online. This time: Ars Electronica. From the 9th to 11th…

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