net critique blog by Geert Lovink
By Maria van der Togt, March 2, 2022
[The extraction of time] It’s a sunny Saturday afternoon on the 26th of February, as I make my way up the stairs of a round shaped former office building on the Donauweg in Sloterdijk. A building that was once the residency of Serbian and Polish construction workers. But not today, today it’s a place for [...]
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 [...]
By Geert Lovink, March 1, 2022
The third sleepless night. I badly want to check on my father, but what if he is peacefully sleeping and I will just rob him of this ultimate joy – sleep? I am taking notes instead. Yesterday night, last time I spoke with my father, it was totally dark on my telephone’s screen. He could [...]
By Svitlana Matviyenko, February 27, 2022
February 25-26, 2022 The first day of war leaves 137 dead, 316 injured; by the end of the third, the numbers are up to 198, including 3 children, and 1,115 injured, 33 of which are children. Among the killed, as we learn on the morning of the 25th, are thirteen border guards of Snake Island [...]
By Svitlana Matviyenko, February 25, 2022
I began this diary two months ago when our everyday life started showing the signs of persistent militarization in response to the Russian troops building up near the Ukrainian border. Registering the nuances of this transformation seemed important. Like many, I thought the tension would dissolve, but this is a war diary now. February 12-13, [...]
By Geert Lovink, February 25, 2022
(This is an email, posted on the nettime list by Janos Sugar and published here with the consent of the author Dmytro Chepurnyi. Keep in mind: this was written before Russia’s invasion of Ukraine on February 24, 2022. On Twitter Ileana Nachescu @Ileana_voix remarked: “In hours and hours of coverage by the BBC, and hours [...]
By admin, February 24, 2022
The Institute of Network Cultures is in solidarity with those affected by the Russian invasion in Ukraine. We are open to any form of reflections, tactical tools, notes, witness material and reports from or connected to the war zone. INC wants to amplify the artistic, activist, academic and critical voices of all those influenced by [...]
By Kateryna Kobzdar, February 22, 2022
Ukrainians have been living in a permanent state of hybrid war with Russia since February 2014, when Russia occupied Crimea and part of Donbas. But the new cycle of Russian aggression against Ukraine began in May 2021. Spontaneously and unprecedentedly, Russia started to deploy troops near the borders of Ukraine. Here are small fragments of [...]
By Geert Lovink, February 18, 2022
Nu in de boekhandel, 15 euro, of te bestellen via https://www.starfishbooks.org/product/joost-smiers/ JOOST SMIERS (INC auteur!) ZWERFLAWAAI EN ANDER (ON)GEWENST GELUID Rust, reuring, overlast We gruwen bij de gedachte dat in onze steden en dorpen de stilte van het graf zou heersen. De vraag is dan wat we aan geluid in de publieke ruimte prettig vinden, [...]
By Tommaso Campagna, February 14, 2022
In the Time of Refuge Edited by David Pledger and Nikos Papastergiadis In this timely collection of essays and artistic works, we gain a spherical perspective on the role of the arts in addressing the challenge of climate change through the concept of refuge. This book follows from a pioneering five-year program of artistic experimentation [...]
