net critique blog by Geert Lovink
By julianabrunello, May 3, 2010
For: A Wedge between private and public Symposium in interactivity and public space 22 April 2010 SESSION 2 – Interface Report by John Haltiwanger Alexander Galloway presented a deep investigation of interfaces. His first example is the contemporary airport, which is split into four stages. The first is the check-in kiosk, where we see the [...]
For: A Wedge between private and public Symposium in interactivity and public space 22 April 2010 SESSION 1 – Affect Report by John Haltiwanger Eric Kluitenberg’s presentation concerned the relevant future paths for affective interactive art. As a first example, Eric showed footage of Radio Ligna’s “remote controlled flashmob” I am(not)sterdam to highlight a central [...]
For: A Wedge between private and public Symposium in interactivity and public space 22 April 2010 SESSION 1 – Affect Report by Juliana Brunello Art, as part of public interaction strategy, is capable to break open the technological paradigm, which is colonialized by technology. When you analyze the role of technology in society or the [...]
For: A Wedge between private and public Symposium in interactivity and public space 22 April 2010 SESSION 1 – Affect Report by Juliana Brunello What does interactive art do to, with and/or on behalf of us? Gijs van Oenen thesis to this (these) question(s) is that this represents a function of the processes of the [...]
By admin, April 19, 2010
Symposium on interactivity and public space 22 and 23 April 2010 TrouwAmsterdam The two-day symposium – A wedge between private and public – looks at interactive art in public space from the perspective of three core concepts: object, interface and affect. On day one, theoreticians discuss and expand on these principles, while the second day [...]
By margreet riphagen, April 9, 2010
We were very happy with the large amount of people attending the CPOV Wikipedia conference in Amsterdam. However, for those of you who could not make it, there is a full video report of all presented lectures to be found here. Credits: The Critical Point of View conference is organized by the Institute of Network [...]
By sabine, March 5, 2010
In response to the increasing potential for video as a significant form of personal media on the Internet, the Video Vortex program examines key issues that are emerging around the independent production and distribution of online video content. With the rise of YouTube and alternative platforms, the moving image on the Internet has become expansively [...]
By serenawestra, March 1, 2010
by Shirley Niemans On monday March 1, Dutch newspaper NRC Next devoted two pages to articles on Google. One article by Peter Teffer, ”Maakt het internet ons dommer?” (does the Internet dumb us down?) features an interview with Geert Lovink. The other article is an experiment by two NRC reporters, Teffer and Pfauth, who attempted [...]
By margreet riphagen, February 3, 2010
Naar aanleiding van de Society of the Query conferentie, die gehouden is in november 2009, is er een interessant interview afgenomen met Siva Vaidhyanathan voor Vrij Nederland. Siva is de auteur van het boek ‘the Googlization of Everything‘ dat momenteel geschreven wordt. Een boek over één bedrijf, Google, een volledige cultuur, economie en community kan [...]
By admin, January 28, 2010
By Rachel O’Reilly Introduction Curatorial practice discussions and debates are still vastly under-programmed in Australia; they sometimes take place in terms of legacy discussions (individual shows/ provocateurs); philosophies of aesthetics; local ritual digestions of recent international publications; or as a showcasing of emergent forms. This is hardly surprising given it has only been recently that [...]
