Coronavirus and Web 2.0: Philosophical Questions and Answers by Lorenza Saettone

In Institute of Network Cultures, by Geert Lovink, May 6, 2020

A new INC essay, Coronavirus and Web 2.0: Philosophical Questions and Answers by Lorenza Saettone, now available, in Italian, here as pdf and here as an e-pub file. Thanks a…

MoneyLab 8: streaming series 11 May – 29 June

In MoneyLab, by Inte Gloerich, May 6, 2020

Initially planned as an IRL conference, MoneyLab #8 has been reformulated as a series of weekly streaming events to be held every Monday at 5 PM CET. All information about…

Teen Tonality: A Letter From 1918

In No Fun, by Ruth Les, May 5, 2020

Imagine being a teenager nursing soldiers during the 1918 pandemic. It’s near impossible. Six months ago, such a task of the imagination would have been of no interest. Just as…

Solo Dancing through Lockdown

In Living Industry, by Maisa Imamovic, May 4, 2020

♥ more on the current modes of waiting and the world’s impossibility to stay bored ♥ “‘What is urban space? What is a town? How are they composed at different…

Selfies Under Quarantine: Students Report Back to Rome (Episode 4)

In Institute of Network Cultures, by Donatella Della Ratta, May 1, 2020

Episode 1 with introduction: https://networkcultures.org/blog/2020/04/09/selfies-under-quarantine/ Episode 2: https://networkcultures.org/blog/2020/04/16/selfies-under-quarantine-episode-2/ Episode 3: https://networkcultures.org/blog/2020/04/23/selfies-under-quarantine-students-report-back-to-rome-episode-3/ Episode 4: LOVE (NOT) AT FIRST SIGHT In collaboration with Danielle, Shaina, Briana, Jackie, Marta, Gabriella, Sydney, Elena, Sophia and Natalia This week we read  excerpts from Eva Illouz’s Cold Intimacies.…

The User Condition 04: A Mobile First World

In ENTREPRECARIAT, by Silvio Lorusso, April 28, 2020

Nowadays, computers can be found inside cars, fridges and watches. So, what do we envision when we think of a computer user? Google Images will provide you mostly with images…

Telling the Bigger Video Story-Interview with Natalie Bookchin by Geert Lovink

In Video Vortex, by Geert Lovink, April 28, 2020

Natalie Bookchin’s work is synonymous with the Video Vortex network and the rise of YouTube. Whereas we got to know each other’s work in the turbulent net.art late nineties years,…

Zefi Kavvadia: No Country for Old Tweets

In Video Vortex, by Tommaso Campagna, April 28, 2020

An archivist’s-in-training impressions of life in the times of social networks By Zefi Kavvadia I am (training to be) a (digital) archivist. Coming from a more “traditional” humanities background (literature…

COVID-19 Diary: All Roads Lead To Lofi

In No Fun, by Ruth Les, April 26, 2020

In this edition of my COVID-19 Diaries I try to cyberflâneur, only to end up at lofi beats. Again, and again, and again.   5th April 2020: “Our very existence…

Ben Grosser-Geert Lovink Dialogue on Media Art in the Age of Platform Capitalism

In Geert, by Geert Lovink, April 23, 2020

US new media artist Ben Grosser and I met at the 2013 Unlike Us #3 Institute of Network Cultures event in Amsterdam where he presented his Demetricator, a free web…