net critique blog by Geert Lovink
By Geert Lovink, May 25, 2019
Hoewel we massaal bezig zijn met ontspullen, en we dus niet zitten te wachten op nog weer een nieuwe theepot of een andere stoel, groeit de aandacht voor design. Het label design wordt letterlijk overal opgeplakt. Wat is er aan de hand? Waarom is design zo populair? Dat is de vraag achter het Amsterdam Design [...]
By Inte Gloerich, April 17, 2019
MoneyLab #7: Geo-Politics of Financial Flows Save the date: Amsterdam, November 14 & 15, 2019. The Institute of Network Cultures is proud to announce the return of MoneyLab to Amsterdam: two days filled with presentations, workshops, performances and discussions by and with artists, academics, activists, geeks, and students about pressing financial issues. What is the [...]
By Inte Gloerich, April 5, 2019
State Machines: Reflections and Actions at the Edge of Digital Citizenship, Finance, and Art Join editors Yiannis Colakides, Marc Garrett, Inte Gloerich, contributors Max Dovey and Helen Kaplinsky, and respondent Ruth Catlow for short presentations with plenty for time for discussion. LOCATION: Furtherfield Commons, 269-271 Seven Sisters Road, London DATE: Tue, April 23, 2019, 6:00 [...]
By Sepp Eckenhaussen, March 27, 2019
Tussen 1983 en 1994 schreef de Stichting ter Bevordering van de Illegale Wetenschap (BILWET) een twintigtal teksten over hedendaags fascisme en verzamelde deze in een ‘fascismemap’. De map bevat onder andere een lezing over wolven, zes kleurplaten met Kuifje en Hitler, een analyse van getuigenissen van SS’ers, mijmeringen in Berlijn en een ambulant-wetenschappelijk artikel over filosofenmode. [...]
By Geert Lovink, March 19, 2019
“From where did you receive/research/develop your beliefs? The internet, of course.” -Brenton Tarrant On Friday, March 15th 2019, at 1:40pm, Brenton Tarrant walked into the first of two mosques in central Christchurch and began shooting indiscriminately, leading to the deaths of 50 people. Already there has been speculation about what drove such an attack. For [...]
By Kelly Mostert, March 13, 2019
Watershed Maps: Ecological Struggles in the Americas With Brian Holmes Amsterdam Alternative invites you to the 5th installment of its talk series which will revolve around questions regarding art and political mobilization in the Anthropocene. From the organisation: We are very excited to have Brian Holmes with us for this AA talk. Brian Holmes is [...]
AFTER CHIMERICA ART AND BIOREGIONALISM IN THE ANTHROPOCENE 27 MARCH | 17.00-19.00 incl. AFTERDRINKS | MASTER INSTITUTE OF VISUAL CULTURES Parallelweg 21, Den Bosch Free entrance! For decades, global growth was sustained by an uncanny illusion: underpaid Chinese workers produced the incredibly cheap goods that unemployed Americans consumed, while the Chinese Communist government financed the [...]
By Kelly Mostert, February 28, 2019
INC is happy to announce the publication of Communities at a Crossroads as the 28th book in our Theory on Demand series. The author of the book, Annalisa Pelizza, will be joined by Stefania Milan to discuss the book and open a discussion. Please join us on Monday April 15th at 17:00 hours at Spui25 [...]
By Barbara Dubbeldam, February 26, 2019
PLOKTA Presents: The Story of Technoviking. The documentary tells how an anonymous dancer in a street rave unintentionally became one of the first and most famous internet memes. After the movie, Matthias Fritsch, the maker of the original video, will have a conversation with Geert Lovink. Expect a varied program that includes the introduction of Press Lots of Keys to Abort (PLOKTA), a short film about microwaves, popcorn, a film from the collection of LIMA and unlimited free WiFi.
By Geert Lovink, February 24, 2019
Voorgedragen tijdens de presentatie van De Muur in Den Haag, voormalige Amerikaanse ambasade, 19 februari 2019. Wim Nijenhuis: De lach van Paul Virilio De film over Paul Virilio, Penser la Vitesse, die regisseur Stephane Paoli in 2008 gemaakt heeft in opdracht van Arte France en die in 2012 werd uitgezonden door de ARD, thematiseert het [...]
