net critique blog by Geert Lovink
By Geert Lovink, November 10, 2017
Nadine Roestenburg, Van meme tot mainstream: internetkunst, esthetiek en offline luxe in een postdigitale wereld, Mu Eindhoven, 2017, 19,95 euro, te bestellen via de MU website: http://www.mu.nl/nl/shop/van-meme-tot-mainstream. De titel van het boek verwijst naar een van de meest karakteristieke eigenschappen van onze tijd: de kracht van het internet die ervoor zorgt dat iets in een [...]
By Inte Gloerich, October 31, 2017
For the further development of its hybrid publication strategy – combining digital and print books and other media – the Institute of Network Cultures is looking for an Intern with a strong interest in (digital) publishing 3-6 months, 4 days a week, starting February 2018 You will work on international publications in the field of [...]
By Miriam Rasch, October 12, 2017
In samenwerking met De Internet Gids – online pendant van Nederlands oudste literaire tijdschrift – is het experimentele e-boekje 40 verschenen. Een fictief essay, speciaal geschreven om gelezen te worden op de smartphone. Het is de derde editie in de reeks DIG Cahiers, die bestaat uit nieuwe, literaire publicaties van Nederlandse bodem. Ieder werk is [...]
By Miriam Rasch, October 10, 2017
We get into an Uber car, and the driver passes by the Kremlin walls, guided by GPS. At the end of the ride, the bill turns out to be three times as expensive than usual. What is the matter? We check the route, and the screen shows that we travelled to an airport outside of [...]
By Miriam Rasch, October 3, 2017
Op woensdag 13 september vond de presentatie plaats van het boek (papier en e-boek!) The Riddle of the Real City van Wim Nijenhuis. In de Balkenzaal van de Academie van Bouwkunst ging Wim Nijenhuis in gesprek met Rixt Hoekstra en Miriam Rasch, ingeleid door Maike van Stiphout. Hoe staat het met de verborgen premissen van [...]
By Inte Gloerich, September 21, 2017
INC proudly presents Theory on Demand #25: General Theory of the Precariat: Great Recession, Revolution, Reaction by Alex Foti DOWNLOAD / ORDER HERE. About the book From the fast-food industry to the sharing economy, precarious work has become the norm in contemporary capitalism, like the anti-globalization movement predicted it would. This book describes how the [...]
By Inte Gloerich, September 5, 2017
SIGNALS – an Exhibition of the Snowden Files in Art, Media and Archives September 12-26, 2017 | DIAMONDPAPER Studio | Köpenicker Straße 96 | Berlin For more information see www.berlinergazette.de/signals SIGNALS is the first project to critically engage with artists responding to the NSA-files leaked by whistleblower Edward Snowden. Considering the most relevant contexts in [...]
By Geert Lovink, July 18, 2017
“If the past 10 years have been about discovering post-institutional social models on the Web, then the next 10 years will be about applying them to the real world.” Chris Anderson, 2010, www.wired.com) So, what about politics? (November 3/4 2017 @ iMAL, Brussels) looks at initiatives that could be seen as the avant-garde of a new [...]
By Miriam Rasch, July 14, 2017
Following the conference Fear and Loathing of the Online Self and the publication of Culture of the Selfie: Self-Representation in Contemporary Visual Culture in May 2017, this episode of INC’s Zero Infinite podcast zooms in on the online self and selfies, with Ana Peraica, Wendy Chun and Rebecca Stein. In the studio, Inte Gloerich, Leonieke [...]
By ainibestari, July 6, 2017
Written by: Dwi Aini Bestari In attempt to exchange knowledge and broadening network amongst researchers, practitioners and communities as also aimed by the Institute of Network Cultures, I present an overview of potential networks in Indonesia which share relevant interests and agenda. Many Indonesian communities aim to create online publication in various formats such [...]
