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.

Archeology of Virtual Worlds

In INC Longform, by Davide Banis, January 11, 2021

I’m driving recklessly. The city unfolds as I whip past shops, offices, and other cars. All of a sudden, I see a heavy truck rushing towards me at top speed.…

The Great Parler Hack

In Institute of Network Cultures, by Eleni Maragkou, January 11, 2021

In the aftermath of the chaotic coup-that-wasn’t incited by a Brady Bunch of QAnon conspiracists, Proud Boys, and everyday American Trumpists on January 6, 2021, their newfound home, alternative (read:…

Interview met Mieke Gerritzen over Help jezelf!

In Geert, by Geert Lovink, January 6, 2021

Interview met Mieke Gerritzen over Help Je Zelf! De opkomst van self-design Door Geert Lovink “Ben jij een testo-junkie? Ja, Nee.” “Verzin jouw eigen familie”, “Hoe geliefd ben jij?” “De…

Teaching Into the Void

In INC Longform, by Donatella Della Ratta, January 6, 2021

Tried to save myself but my self keeps slipping away Tried to save myself but my self keeps slipping away Tried to save myself but my self keeps slipping away…

randomestic afterthoughts

In D E S K T O P I A, by @lbert Figurt, December 31, 2020

Yesterday night, while trying to fall asleep, a stylized icon visited me. Maybe it's the pressure of this year, clumsily coming to an end (although we all know perfectly well…

notfinal.pdf

In Living Industry, by Maisa Imamovic, December 24, 2020

notfinal.pdf is a surgically attached pdf file that behaves like a big cloud, in order to collect the post-production material of an individual’s lived experience. The idea of notfinal.pdf originates…

Work&Relax: On Total Work in the University

In No Fun, by Jess Henderson, December 22, 2020

Late into the pandemic, the University announced a new area on the top floor titled 'Work&Relax.' Made up of a set of interconnected rooms, the space is at the far…

OUT NOW: Emotive Images Educational Toolkit

In Tactical Visual Culture, by Tommaso Campagna, December 21, 2020

Digital visual cultures come with an abundance of more playful, ironic, and emotive imagery, such as GIFs, memes, and emojis. Just as we have studied the prominence of cat videos…

2x / a versatile blogpost

In D E S K T O P I A, by @lbert Figurt, December 18, 2020

2x universe entering the hasty gates In times of (renewed) forced immobility, an old funny sketch comes in handy - and it's both a bittersweet laugh and the perfect trigger…

Extinction Bauhaus: On von der Leyen’s Proposal

In Geert, by Geert Lovink, December 16, 2020

By Geert Lovink, first published by the Berlin magazine The Arts of the Working Class, here. EU president Ursula von der Leyen wants Europe to tap into its inner avant-garde.…

OUT NOW: TOD#39 Lives of Data edited by Sandeep Mertia

In Institute of Network Cultures, by Chloë Arkenbout, December 15, 2020

Lives of Data maps the historical and emergent dynamics of big data, computing, and society in India. Data infrastructures are now more global than ever before. In much of the world,…

MoneyLab #9 Helsinki videos now available online

In MoneyLab, by Geert Lovink, December 15, 2020

The team of ML #9 is happy to let you know that the post-production of MoneyLab #9 is now done. After combining materials from the stream and zoom sessions and…

Article out now: The City as a License. Implications of Blockchain and Distributed Ledgers for Urban Governance

In MoneyLab, by Inte Gloerich, December 14, 2020

By: Inte Gloerich, Martijn de Waal, Gabriele Ferri, Nazli Cila, and Tara Karpinski Read it here: The City as a License. Implications of Blockchain and Distributed Ledgers for Urban Governance…

Impakt Festival Presents Disrupt and Reflect

In Institute of Network Cultures, by Geert Lovink, December 12, 2020

https://disrupt.impakt.nl/#OPENING_SCREEN "Dopamine is the metaphor of our age," says Geert Lovink in ‘Sad by Design’ (2019). We seek instant gratification. Online shopping fulfills our wildest and most superficial desires in…

Watch Albert Figurt’s Desktop Narrative Workshop here

In Tactical Visual Culture, by Tommaso Campagna, December 9, 2020

Albert Figurt is an Italian video-artisan, independent researcher and Video Vortex member. In this series of videos, which are recordings of his Desktop Narrative Workshop he gave on the 3rd…

Internesia: The Techno-Persuasion To Forget

In No Fun, by Jess Henderson, December 9, 2020

We begin recalling a story from something seen online only to realize midway through that the facts are hard to retreive... Internesia: The Techno-Persuasion To Forget Originally published in MARCH…

Is That All There Is? The Critical Role of 21C Art Mediums (2020)

In Performing the Internet, by Nancy Mauro-Flude, December 8, 2020

…I stood there shivering in my pyjamas and watched the whole world go up in flames. And when it was all over I said to myself, 'Is that all there…

The Conspiracy Theorist as Influencer

In Institute of Network Cultures, by Eleni Maragkou, December 8, 2020

Here’s a conversation starter: "What do you do?" "I research conspiracy theories." This response is usually met with varied forms of excitement and curiosity: "Oh, sick, I love conspiracy theories!",…

No Problem: Design School as Promise

In ENTREPRECARIAT, by Silvio Lorusso, December 7, 2020

@neuroticarsehole, 2020. GRAPHIC DESIGN IS SHIT CODING IS SHIT ALL I WANT IS REVENGE – Sticker found in Berlin The Promise A promise is something that is put forward.…

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