net critique blog by Geert Lovink
By sabine, February 3, 2009
This is a quick reminder that the call for contributions for Video Vortex Split closes on February 5, 2009. The call is pasted below and available online at www.networkcultures.org/videovortex. CALL FOR CONTRIBUTIONS: VIDEO VORTEX 4 On 22-23 May, 2009 the fourth edition of Video Vortex will take place in Split, Croatia. The Department of Film [...]
By margreet riphagen, January 16, 2009
Interview with Matteo Pasquinelli by Klubradio http://backyardradio.de/files/mp3/matteo.pasquinelli034.interview.mp3 Surfing the waves of crisis – from energy, to environment to the current financial crisis, Pit Schultz and Matteo Pasquinelli talk failed metropolis, cyberpunk and underground culture. A history lesson for urban survival in the future, they discuss notions from J.G. Ballard, digital sub cultures and parasitic cybernetics. [...]
By margreet riphagen, December 18, 2008
The book Animal Spirits: A Bestiairy of the Commons, by Matteo Pasquinelli has arrived from the printers. Congratulations, Matteo! We are very proud to present this third book in the Studies in Network Cultures series, and we are planning a book launch on Tuesday January 13, 2009 at 17h00. The location and programme will be [...]
By margreet riphagen, December 17, 2008
AM open course ware is an initiative of the Institute of Network Cultures, MediaLAB Amsterdam and the Hogeschool van Amsterdam – University of Applied Sciences. It’s based on a similar initiative by MIT OpenCourseWare. The aim of IAM open course ware is to make education material of Interactive Media available for everyone who is interested [...]
By sabine, November 19, 2008
Our colleagues in Rotterdam have launched the alpha version of a portal of methods and tools which can be used throughout the user-centered design process. The research department (‘lectoraat’) at Communication and Multimedia Design at the Rotterdam University of Applied Sciences, with research professor Ingrid Mulder, has worked on this toolkit with a research group [...]
By margreet riphagen, November 6, 2008
De maakbaarheid van de nieuwe media professional, een interview met Emilie Randoe -voormalig directeur van het Instituut voor Interactieve Media aan de Hogeschool van Amsterdam- door Geert Lovink. Download het hele interview hier. Tekst: Geert Lovink en Emilie Randoe Aan dit boekje werkten mee: Jo van der Spek, Sabine Niederer en Margreet Riphagen. Vormgeving: Katja [...]
By sabine, October 17, 2008
The second day of the Video Vortex Ankara conference opened with a panel on Participatory Culture, which started with a presentation by Michael Liegl about Share. Share is a series of jam sessions in NYC (and other cities) that Liegl characterized as multi-modal space, and perceived as a sociological object of study. (http://share.dj/share/). Liegl’s documentary [...]
By margreet riphagen, October 9, 2008
The Institute of Network Cultures proudly presents its fourth reader: Video Vortex Reader: Responses to YouTube To be launched on Friday October 10, 2008, at Video Vortex 3 in Ankara!! http://std.comd.bilkent.edu.tr/videovortex/ The Video Vortex Reader is the first collection of critical texts to deal with the rapidly emerging world of online video – from its [...]
By margreet riphagen, September 18, 2008
The Internet of Things is the second issue in the series of Network Notebooks. It’s a critique of ambient technology and the all-seeing network of RFID by Rob van Kranenburg. Rob examines what impact RFID and other systems, will have on our cities and our wider society. The notebook features an introduction by journalist Sean [...]
By sabine, September 7, 2008
Geert Lovink’s most recent book ‘Zero Comments: Blogging and Critical Internet Culture’ (Routledge 2007) has now also been translated into German! Left: Zero Comments: Teoria Critica di Internet. Bruni Mondadori, 2008. Right: Zero Comments: Elemente einer kritischen Internetkultur. Transcript Verlag, 2008. Read more about this on Geert’s blog.
