The Institute of Network Cultures (INC) analyzes and shapes the terrain of network cultures through events, publications, and online dialogue. Our projects evolve around urgent publishing, alternative revenue models, critical design and making, digital counter culture and much more.

survey on working conditions of non-EU citizens in Dutch arts & culture

In Institute of Network Cultures, by Geert Lovink, October 23, 2020

Hello world! My name is Karina Zavidova, I am a designer, an independent researcher and a migrant in the Netherlands. I am currently conducting a survey on the working conditions…

Out Now: TOD#37 From Opinions to Images by Ulus Baker

In Institute of Network Cultures, by Eleni, October 22, 2020

Screenshot from "What is Opinion?", an interview/lecture from Ulus Baker, recorded, edited and produced by Aras Özgün in August 2001, audio cleaning and mastering by Ufuk Önen in Ocotber 2020.…

Chinese translation of Social Media Abyss (Geert Lovink, 2016)

In Geert, by Geert Lovink, October 22, 2020

I am proud to announce the publication of my first Chinese translation: Social Media Abyss from 2016, originally published in English by Polity Press, with other translations in Italian, German,…

Desktop Narrative Workshop

In Institute of Network Cultures, by Tommaso Campagna, October 22, 2020

When: November 3, 2020 14:00 - 18:00

Where: Kohnstammzaal, Amsterdam

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New Project – Tactical Visual Culture – Kick Off

In Tactical Visual Culture, by Tommaso Campagna, October 22, 2020

Tactical Visual Culture @ The Hmm To kick off our new research project Tactical Visual Culture, we partner up with The Hmm for a special event. 8 speakers, including researchers,…

De Kunst van de Kritiek: hybride, dialogisch en urgent

In The Art of Criticism, by Miriam Rasch, 20/10/2020

De Kunst van de Kritiek is een samenwerking tussen het Instituut voor Netwerkcultuur, Domein voor Kunstkritiek en vele nationale en internationale partners, die sinds 2015 bestaat. Wat kunnen internet en…

The Hmm @ Tactical Visual Culture

In Institute of Network Cultures, by Sepp Eckenhaussen, October 19, 2020

When: October 28, 2020 20:00 - 22:00

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Diary of a Stylist

In INC Longform, by Maisa Imamović, October 19, 2020

'After reading Diary of a Stylist e-commerce product pictures will never be the same.' – Geert Lovink, internet critic 'All at once this piece is a journal peppered with droll…

Shock Me. Please: On Pervasive Boring Creativity

In No Fun, by Jess Henderson, October 19, 2020

The following is an excerpt from my new book Offline Matters: The Less-Digital Guide to Creative Work, which can also be found in the current print issue of Amsterdam Alternative…

Link list on bitcoin & blockchain and other MoneyLab issues (part 9)

In MoneyLab, by Geert Lovink, October 15, 2020

Hydra darknet plans to operate outside of Russia https://bravenewcoin.com/insights/russian-darknet-marketplace-hydra-launches-dubious-ico Erhard Schuettpelz: review of Katharina Pistor, The Code of Capital https://www.zfmedienwissenschaft.de/online/circulation-revisited-4 One: new Amazon payment system with your palm (via Inte…

MoneyLab #X – Economythologies Scrapbook

In MoneyLab, by Geert Lovink, October 14, 2020

As part of our program for MoneyLab #X – Economythologies, we are embarking on a community scrapbooking project. Our aim is to develop a patchwork of ideas, images and references…

MoneyLab #X Australia – Program Update

In MoneyLab, by Geert Lovink, October 14, 2020

MoneyLab #X Launch November 5th-6th 2020 Ainslie+Gorman Arts Centre, ACT & Bett Gallery, TAS Livestreaming through the aether at economythologies.network The full two-day event programme for MoneyLab #X – Economythologies…

Economic Disobedience and Avenging the Imaginary in the Age of the Never-Ending Culture Wars

In Performing the Internet, by Nancy Mauro-Flude, October 12, 2020

Are we tired of talking about the obvious value of culture yet? If indeed, according to the Australian government, that art is useless and culture has absolutely no value, this…

Interview: Jess on ‘Offline Matters’ with MAEKAN

In No Fun, by Jess Henderson, October 11, 2020

An interview with long-time Outsider supporters MAEKAN about my new book Offline Matters. When did creative work become so boring? When did 'digital-first' come to dominate everything? ...and why is…

Pulling the Virtual Wool over Your Eyes: An Essay on Virtual Fashion and Control

In INC Longform, by Tom Robertson, October 7, 2020

Any reference to ‘virtual’ or ‘digital’ fashion will be concerning the software-based design process explained in the introduction and not other methods of digitisation within the industry. This will be…

1h call = 2h work

In ENTREPRECARIAT, by Silvio Lorusso, October 5, 2020

These last few days, inspired by Geert Lovink's upcoming essay on Zoom Fatigue, I've been thinking a lot about videoconferencing and telework. And then today I was asked to borrow…

Looking for the Back Door in ‘Appearances’ curated by Josephine Bosma

In Performing the Internet, by Nancy Mauro-Flude, September 27, 2020

Reflected in the virtual hall of mirrors we journey (or fall) from Kleist's "Locked and bolted paradise" to earth, with its "leaky promiscuity", simulations, and filtering systems. The "dirt and…

Dividual Privacy in the Era of Algorithmic Profiling

In Algorithmic Anxiety , by Patricia, September 22, 2020

This review was first published in the journal Global Media and Communication. You can find it here. Review: John Cheney-Lippold, We Are Data: Algorithms and the Making of Our Digital Selves, New…

The City Yet to Come: Transindividuation and Becoming in Future Queer Space

In INC Longform, by Annie Howard, September 14, 2020

In ‘The Metropolis and Mental Life,’ Georg Simmel gives a thorough account of the peculiar circumstances that city residents experience in daily life. Particularly in his call to investigate the…