Letizia Chiappini: Why I feel unsafe and stay in the Netherlands

In Institute of Network Cultures, by Geert Lovink, March 25, 2020

It’s early morning and the Italian news is dramatic. The Corona virus hits Northern Italy with a magnitude comparable to China. My mother and my grandmother are there, alone. Confined…

Launch of LAVA, Letters from the Volcano-Issue #1: Be Water

In Institute of Network Cultures, by Geert Lovink, March 25, 2020

Letters from the Volcano is an experimental zine conceived by Franco “Bifo” Berardi and developed by Mitra Azar, Hugo Sir, and a small group of agitators from the four corners…

The Cloud Sailor Diary: Shanghai Life in the Time of Coronavirus

In INC Longform, by Tsukino T. Usagi, March 19, 2020

              I remember the last conversations my former colleague José and I had one year ago. At that time, we were working in a…

SURVIVING NAPOLI: Befriending the Virus

In No Fun , by Ruth L, 17/03/2020

Dalia Maini is a Neapolitan curator and cultural worker who was fired last week from her job in Berlin. She is 27 years old and has lived there for the…

The User Condition 02: A Tentative Chronology of the Industrialization of Web Interfaces (work in progress)

In ENTREPRECARIAT, by Silvio Lorusso, March 11, 2020

  Apple's "revolutionary user interfaces" In a previous post, I hypothesized that the evolution of web user interfaces can be understood as their progressive automation which, following the paradigm of industrialization,…

MoneyLab #8 postponed due to Coronavirus

In MoneyLab, by Inte Gloerich, March 10, 2020

We are sorry to announce the postponement of MoneyLab#8 to a date to be defined for reasons of force majeure (coronavirus). In fact the National Security Council of the Republic…

The (Nearly) Complete Bilwet Archive

In Bilwet, by Barbara Dubbeldam, March 9, 2020

The (nearly) complete BILWET archive, made in the nineties, was rescued from web decay by Jaap Vermaas and has found its new home at  https://networkcultures.org/bilwet-archive/.

Jenseits programmierter Traurigkeit, Erklärung zu Hanau

In Geert, by Geert Lovink, March 6, 2020

Von Geert Lovink Vorgetragen bei der Eröffnung der Digikonferenz der Bundeszentrale für politische Bildung im Mousonturm in Frankfurt am Main, 5. März 2020. Am allerwichtigsten ist das Motto: „Ihnen zuhören,…

Ulay’s Proposition: Two last words — my interpretation: death simple

In Affiliated Researchers, by Nancy Mauro-flude, March 5, 2020

Valē Ulay – a shining Nucleus in the world of Performance Art. He radiated commitment to freedom and responsibility to all he came in contact with. When I first met…

Ulay’s Proposition: Two last words — my interpretation: death simple

In Performing the Internet, by Nancy Mauro-Flude, March 5, 2020

Valē Ulay - a shining Nucleus in the world of Performance Art. He radiated commitment to freedom and responsibility to all he came in contact with. When I first met…