What Doesn’t the Algorithm See? With Rosa Menkman and Joanna Zylinska

In Institute of Network Cultures, by Agnieszka Wodzińska, May 15, 2021

“We need to focus on what remains unrendered, or unseen – what we are blind to.” - Rosa Menkman On Friday evening May 14, 2021, the National College of Art…

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…

Body of Work: Alina Lupu’s Precarious Strategies

In Institute of Network Cultures, by Malin Dittmann, May 12, 2021

The moment I write this I am a design student at the Royal Academy of Art, The Hague, where I am enrolled in the industrial design master program. I currently…

A Theory of Digital Hygiene

In Institute of Network Cultures, by Maurice Dharampal, May 12, 2021

…Cleanliness is godliness And God is empty just like me. – Zero by The Smashing Pumpkins (1996) Cleanliness is next to Godliness Since the COVID-19 pandemic, our interaction with the…

The Digitarian Society @ Tetem

In Institute of Network Cultures, by Sepp Eckenhaussen, May 12, 2021

When: May 25, 2021 19:00 - 20:00

…

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…

(screenwriting) ²

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…

Emanuele Braga/Macao: The Dream of Income

In MoneyLab, by Geert Lovink, May 2, 2021

THE DREAM OF INCOME AND THE NIGHTMARE OF THE END OF WORK Income without conditions, mythological animals, platforms and privatized planets By Emanuele Braga/Macao Armed with spray cans we’ve been…

Kid Cudi wears a dress. Breaks the internet.

In NO FUN, by Jess Henderson, May 2, 2021

A cultural commentary on Kid Cudi's dress appearance on SNL and new indicators towards what's brewing in pop music. From the Dispatches at NO FUN Magazine. Kid Cudi showed up…

What are the Specters of Control?

In Specters of Control, by Anna-Verena Nosthoff & Felix Maschewski, April 30, 2021

A short Hauntology of the Digital »Mind no longer goes more ghostly than a ghost« – Warren McCulloch The specter of control is a small icon, not bigger than the…

Op zoek naar de Robin Hoods van de crypto-kunst – een gesprek met Inte Gloerich

In MoneyLab, by Inte Gloerich, April 30, 2021

"Inte Gloerich probeert in het kader van haar PHD als onderzoeker voorbij de hype van crypto-kunst te kijken. Ze schrijft momenteel aan een proefschrift waarbinnen meerdere toekomstscenario’s van blockchain aan…

Going Online: The Computer, Privacy & Data Protection Conference in gather.town

In Going Online, by Marijn Bril, April 28, 2021

Gathering in the early 2000s For Going Online, I research events on the internet: last January CPDP conference went online. The Computers, Privacy & Data Protection Conference normally takes place…

Going Online: samenkomen in een virtueel gebouw tijdens IMPAKT Festival

In Going Online, by Marijn Bril, April 27, 2021

In Gesprek met Arjon Dunnewind over IMPAKT Festival 2020: Zero Footprint  Voor de blogserie Going Online ga ik in gesprek met ontwerpers, curatoren en programma makers over online evenementen. Jaarlijks…

Link list on NTFs, crypto art, blockchain and other MoneyLab issues (part 11)

In MoneyLab, by Geert Lovink, April 25, 2021

Jonathan Zittrain & Will Marks: Enjoy Complexity-What Critics Don’t Understand About NFTs https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2021/04/nfts-show-value-owning-unownable/618525/ Dror Polen: NFTs and the Future of Work https://www.drorpoleg.com/nfts-and-the-future-of-work/ "Thousands of store owners who had taken out…

Audio, Text and Reading Today: Interview with Geert Lovink

In Geert, by Geert Lovink, April 23, 2021

By Lucia Tonelli & Giorgia Giacomini We’re MA students in Communication and Graphic Design at ISIA Urbino, Italy and we’re researching the act of publishing for Jonathan Pierini’s Graphic Production…

‘Zoom Etiquette’ as Prescribed by the University

In NO FUN, by Jess Henderson, April 22, 2021

This post continues on from the last dispatch from inside of the institution, 'Disturbing Moment of the Day (DMOTD): Letter from the University' to map yet another coordinate onto the…
Read older posts