Posts Tagged: report

Report on Radical Networks in Berlin

By Inte Gloerich, October 30, 2018

I went to Radical Networks in Berlin (19-21 October 2018). It was a very inspiring experience and I took notes feverishly for 3 days. The program was diverse and inclusive, in-depth but accessible to non-techies. I worked out the notes of the talks that I found especially interesting a bit further and added references below. [...]

A reflection on Evgeny Morozov’s thesis: the ‘smart city’ as the transition point for the private city

By grainne, April 3, 2017

Is our contemporary reality one of the free global citizen or the ‘smart’ engineered cyborg? Evgeny Morozov on the revolution of our hassle-free lifestyle. Do you remember that Google search for a hummus bar five months ago? Or the Facebook credentials you exchanged in return for city WiFi last week? Or those photos of last [...]

Europeana – Aggregating Europe’s cultural heritage

By morgancurrie, November 15, 2010

Former worker at Knowledgeland, Harry Verwayen started off his presentation by mentioning what he would not cover in his talk, namely viable revenue models to apply in this day and age (since according to Verwayen, this has been greatly covered on Wired co-founder Kevin Kelly’s blog). Thereafter, Verwayen directly mentions what he finds an effective [...]
Test_Lab: Urban Screen Savers 20 May 2010, 20:00- 23:00 hrs,...

Test_Lab: Urban Screen Savers: Event Report

By julianabrunello, May 27, 2010

Test_Lab: Urban Screen Savers 20 May 2010, 20:00- 23:00 hrs, V2_, Eendrachtsstraat 10, Rotterdam The interactions between the urban space as means of artistic expressions and the dilution of such intervention by commercialization of such spaces was explored and critically examined in the Test Lab. Six live demonstrations by artists: Michelle Teran Matthias Oostrik Rui [...]

Follow the Money – Conference on 14.01.2010 at de Balie

By margreet riphagen, January 15, 2010

www.followthemoney.nu (video availabe) Conference on 14.01.2010 at de Balie Short summary by Juliana Brunello First Welcome: Hans Maarten van den Brink welcomes us participants to the conference. He shortly explains that this is the 11th edition of the circuit of conferences done by Mediafonds, Sandberg Institute and for the first time with Erasmus University. The [...]

US09 Report: Paul Klotz on light as artistic medium

By sabine, December 4, 2009

Paul Klotz is an applied art engineer and light designer who focuses on interactive light installations for public spaces. By means of light and sound installations which react to and integrate the movements of the passersby or of the people which interact with them, he attempts influence the movements and behavior of people in public [...]

US09 Report: Mettina Veenstra on Public Screens and Social Capital

By sabine, December 4, 2009

Mettina Veenstra is the principal researcher and coordinator of the theme public spaces at Novay Research. Novay is a research institute for ICT driven innovation. Her presentation today at the Urban Screens conference focused on what public displays can do for public space in terms of stimulating encounters and interactions between people in public spaces. [...]

Video Vortex V – Day 2 – Online cinema

By margreet riphagen, November 29, 2009

What will happen to web cinema as we shift from learning to see and how to feel to learning how to participate in this new electronic space of modernity? Andrew Clay is the first speaker in the morning session and talks about web cinema; Mind the Gap! He is lecturing in Critical Technical Practices at [...]

Video Vortex V – Day 1

By sabine, November 23, 2009

System Flaws and Tactics After the opening speech by Bram Crevits (Cimatics) and Geert Lovink (Institute of Network Cultures), the 5th edition of Video Vortex kicked off at the amazing Atomium in Brussels. The first session addressed System Flaws and Tactics. This session was inspired by the inherent errors, disabilities and restrictions of online video [...]

From Weak Ties to Organized Networks

By margreet riphagen, July 3, 2009

Proudly we present the Winter Camp report; From Weak Ties to Organized Networks – Ideas, reports and Critiques. about the publication: In March 2009 the Institute of Network Cultures brought 12 networks to Amsterdam for a week of getting things done. Aim of Winter Camp was to connect the virtual with the real in order [...]