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ISSA: Building the Archipelagos of the Future

By Klara Debeljak, December 9, 2024

From the 4th to the 9th of October, 2024, ISSA (Island School of Social Autonomy) facilitated a collective building action and series of lectures, workshops, and discussions in Vis, guided by the central theme of To Live Together. The aim was to build new ways of “being, living, and learning together beyond the ruins of [...]

Dual Book Launch @Framer Framed of System of Systems’ Managing Displacement Series

By Geert Lovink, November 27, 2024

12 Dec 2024 18:00 – 20:00, Framer Framed, Oranje-Vrijstaatkade 71, Amsterdam On 12 December 2024 at Framer Framed, System of Systems launches the first two books in their Managing Displacement series: Outsourcing and Extraction. System of Systems is a research project that analyses the bureaucratic, spatial, and technological conditions shaping Europe’s migration landscape. The themes [...]

Naked Logic: Lecture of Boldizsár Hordós at Metaforum X, Budapest

By Geert Lovink, November 12, 2024

I am happy to teach computer history at a fine arts university. Besides, I also work with small kids. Part of my job is to pry phones out of their hands—not the most pleasant part of the day. This is partly because (as with every mandatory intervention) it stirs up more chaos than it prevents. [...]

Infrastructure that Sticks: Digital Affect Within Sovietcore

By Salome Berdzenishvili, November 4, 2024

Жить тяжело и неуютно Зато уютно умирать (Living is difficult and confining, But dying is liberating) The words written above are an excerpt from the song Sudno (Boris Ryzhy) by post-punk band Molchat Doma from Minsk. These words also often loop over the reels on post-Soviet aesthetics found online – the ones of decayed brutalist [...]

Introduction to MetaForumX in Budapest

By Flóra Barkóczi, October 26, 2024

Welcome to MetaForum X, the fourth edition of the MetaForum conference series, taking place in Budapest, Hungary, from October 24-26, 2024. Although this event is not about nostalgia, it is impossible not to reflect on the legacy of the historical MetaForum series. The first three editions between 1994 and 1996, emerged at a time of [...]

Full Program of Metaforum X – Permacrises, October 24-26, 2024, Budapest

By Geert Lovink, October 14, 2024

Editorial Team: Flóra Barkóczi, Geert Lovink, Áron Lődi, Diana McCarty, Zsolt Miklósvölgyi and János Sugár Download conference program booklet here: Metaforum_Handout_Full_2024 Embracing the legacy of the three MetaForum conferences (1994-96), MFX continues to highlight the urgent issues of the times with a reflection on contemporary crisis surfing. The theme of PermaCrises examines the persistent breakdown [...]

Sign the BAN X in EUROPE Petition and Join the Campaign

By admin, October 12, 2024

Europeans must unite against Elon Musk’s influence. If you are in the EU or a supporter of its values, we urge you to sign this petition to ban his platform X. Please sign the petition on change.org here. Your name and data will not be published. More info and updates on the campaign website. The [...]

Full Program of Platform Blues  – Conference at University of Canberra, November 21, 2024

By Geert Lovink, October 10, 2024

Location: Building 1, Level A, Room 21 (Theatre), Bruce (ACT), Australia More information: https://networkcultures.org/events/platform-blues-one-day-conference-at-university-of-canberra/ Free entrance but please register here: https://events.humanitix.com/platform-blues Opening: 10:00 – 10:15am Welcome – Julian.Knowles (Dean of the UC Faculty of Art & Design), Geert Lovink and Denise Thwaites Session 1: 10: 15 – 11:15am Hiding in and from the internet: Avoidance and Dissociation [...]

The Slow Cancellation of Online Libraries (part 2)

By Henry Warwick, October 7, 2024

Part 1: https://networkcultures.org/blog/2024/09/22/henry-warwick-the-slow-cancellation-of-online-libraries/ We’re in an interesting juncture where smaller libraries are easily transported (I have a USB drive that will hold 64GB of data that is literally the size of my thumbnail.) These are available in 128GB as well. The problem is, the “hero” level systems like UBUweb / libgen / sci-hub / etc. [...]

Bro is Making Me Rethink My Childhood😱 | Talking Heads, Time Travelers & Hauntology

By August Kaasa Sundgaard, September 12, 2024

 For the past couple of years, a certain type of animation has haunted me. It’s an AI-manipulated image that brings its human subjects to life by simulating speech, lip movements, and facial expressions. In these ‘talking head animations’ or ‘digital puppets,’ the background remains static while only the subject’s face moves or changes. The [...]