Posts By: Laurence Scherz

Full program announced! In-Between Media: Hybrid Tactics in the Crisis Era

By Laurence Scherz, January 31, 2023

A two-day conference on (hybrid) media tactics and togetherness in the field of art and activism, taking place at SPUI25, Framer Framed, OT301, and online. Day one @ Spui 25, Amsterdam, and online March 9, 2023 10:00 – 18:00 Day two @ Framer Framed, Amsterdam, and partly online March 10, 2023 10:00 – 18:00 Party [...]

Stuck on the Platform: A Night of Raving Against the Internet

By Laurence Scherz, November 21, 2022

With Geert Lovink, Annet Dekker, Lucien Le Chevalier, justin case, Mo Wrights Where: OT301, 1054 HW Overtoom 301, AmsterdamOpen: 19:00 – 01:00 hrsFREE Timetable: 19:00 – doors open 19:30  – start program, conversation between Annet Dekker and Geert Lovink 20:45 – 21:45 – drag performance and DJ set by Lucien Le Chevalier 21:45 – 23:30 – DJ [...]

OUT NOW – Critical Meme Reader II: Memetic Tacticality edited by Chloë Arkenbout and Laurence Scherz

By Laurence Scherz, November 10, 2022

The (political) power of memes has moved beyond virtual images. The distinction between the virtual and ‘real life’ no longer applies, or perhaps was never really there. Their effects (or should we say affects?) are moving through digital infrastructures, policy, regulations and bodies. If memes are used as a tool by the alt-right to mobilize [...]

Open Call: Lab voor Online Kritiek

By Laurence Scherz, April 20, 2022

Het Domein voor Kunstkritiek en De Nieuwe Garde organiseren dit voorjaar een avontuurlijk lab rondom digitale kunstkritiek en essayistiek, waarin we met elkaar in de online publicatievormen duiken. Een lab voor Nederlandse en Vlaamse cultuurjournalisten, essayisten en makers met experimenteerdrift die (ver) voorbij de lineaire tekst willen kijken. Meld je aan voor deze driedaagse met [...]

Adventurous Writing at the Domein voor Kunstkritiek Lab Days

By Laurence Scherz, March 22, 2022

This spring, Domein voor Kunstkritiek and De Nieuwe Garde are organizing an adventurous lab on digital art criticism and essays, in which they will dive into online publication forms together. A lab for Dutch and Flemish cultural journalists, essayists, and makers with a passion for experimentation who want to look (far) beyond the linear text. [...]

What Do You Meme? An Evening About Memes and Mental Health

By Laurence Scherz, March 2, 2022

On Thursday the 24th of February 2022, a few people gathered in the beautiful building that is Felix Meritis, situated on the Keizersgracht in Amsterdam, to sit down and talk about memes and their impact (or non-impact) on mental health. Some were sitting on stage—as was yours truly—while others sat in the audience, ready to [...]