net critique blog by Geert Lovink
By Miriam Rasch, November 3, 2014
At the launch of the latest issue of art magazine Kunstlicht I gave a short talk about online art criticism. Using my own experience in online literary critique and the transfer from paper to e-publishing, I want to introduce the concept of hybrid criticism. (The slides are in Dutch, but still easy to follow I [...]
By patricia, October 16, 2014
The MoneyLab team and the Design Thinkers Group is organising a design battle in March 2015. In preparation of this battle, we are organising a (invite only) prototype design fiction brainstorm this Monday the 20th at the Dutch Design Week in Eindhoven. What does money look like in 2030? We realize our current financial system [...]
By Miriam Rasch, October 9, 2014
Out now! The Allure of the Selfie: Instagram and the New Self-Portrait by Brooke Wendt. Over 130 million images with the hashtag ‘selfie’ have been uploaded to the social media platform Instagram. In The Allure of the Selfie: Instagram and the New Self-Portrait, Brooke Wendt examines the significant hold that the ‘selfie’, or the digital [...]
By Geert Lovink, October 6, 2014
Join http://www.digitalsocial.eu! NESTA is leading a pioneering research on Digital Social Innovation (DSI) funded by the European Commission. Insights from the research will help formulating advices to the Commission on how best support grassroots innovation to grow and increase its impact. In the context of the research, the definition of DSI is ‘a type of [...]
By patricia, September 30, 2014
Video Vortex #10: Art, Activism & Archives Round Table , Talks, Discussions & Screenings 31 October & 1 November in Istanbul Archive Bootcamp 3 & 4 November in Ankara Video Vortex #10 opens on Friday October 31 at Salt Beyoglu with a film program showing Natalie Bookchin’s Long Story Short, Rabih Mrouré’s Pixelated Revolution [...]
By Miriam Rasch, September 19, 2014
Read a long interview with Henry Warwick on the Hybrid Publishing Lab blog, talking about his views on libraries, why the term piracy should be abandoned, and open access. Henry Warwick’s Network Notebook Radical Tactics of the Offline Library was published by the INC last June, order a copy or read online here. To download [...]
By patricia, September 5, 2014
Radical Software @W139 by Daniel de Zeeuw On August 27th, I moderated two lecture performances at the Radical Software art symposium at W139 in Amsterdam, by Jelena Vesić and Rachel O’Reilly. (Tonight) September 4 (at 7 p.m.) Lee MacKinnon will give a talk about love and technology and romantic literature as media technology from love letters to sophisticated algorithms [...]
By Miriam Rasch, September 4, 2014
For the further development of its electronic 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 January 2015 You will be producing international publications in the field of [...]
By patricia, July 14, 2014
VIDEO VORTEX 10 ISTANBUL – ART, ACTIVISM, ARCHIVES BAU GALATA, DEPO İSTANBUL AND SALT GALATA 31 OCTOBER & 1 NOVEMBER 2014 The 10th annual meeting of Video Vortex is to be hosted in Istanbul at three adjacent institutions all involved in this year’s topics: art, activism and archives. The two-day event of workshops, speaker-led sessions, [...]
By margreet riphagen, June 26, 2014
Yes, it’s been 10 years surfing the tsunami of internet cultures. The Institute of Network Cultures celebrates today this anniversary.
