net critique blog by Geert Lovink
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. [...]
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 [...]
By Geert Lovink, October 31, 2024
(Text of the speech by Ágnes Básthy on the first day of Metaforum X, Budapest, October 25, 2024) “‘Krisis’ was originally a medical concept which designated, in the Hippocratic corpus of texts, the moment when the doctor decided whether the patient would be able to survive the disease. Theologians reprized the term to indicate the [...]
By T.V. Team, October 29, 2024
By Tommaso Campagna, October 28, 2024
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 [...]
By Pure Anna, October 15, 2024
This text is a love letter to Isa, to hyperbass, to XF, to the demoscene, and a reminder that life, in all its complex and technologically mediated glory, is a canvas for radical self-creation and empathy. Isaka Links: Soundcloud Bandcamp Symbios.wiki Instagram Her new EP Elytra drops October 18th on SFX I first encountered Isaka’s [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
By Eke Rebergen, October 12, 2024
By now, everyone knows that the normally smooth functioning world of information and communication is not to be trusted or taken for granted. Designers and researchers devise methods, protocols, checks and regulations to somehow ward off the inherent possibility of technology-enhanced evil. An entire industry of design ethics and (digital) security has emerged that not [...]
