Clicktivism debate on Russian television (rt.com)

Clicktivism debate on Russia Today (RT):

“Is clicktivism a real game-changer? Or does it create an illusion that you really change something? Can clicktivism replace real social activism? If you click on something, does it mean you will engage in something positive? Is the role of facebook and twitter overestimated when it comes to revolutionary changes? CrossTalking with Alex Halavais, John Perry Barlow and Geert Lovink.”

http://rt.com/programs/crosstalk/clicktivism-halavais-barlow-lovink/

Interview with Konrad Wojnowski about Probabilistic Aesthetics of the Avant-Garde

By Geert Lovink, May 7, 2024

Download as PDF The Polish theorist Konrad Wojnowski has written an excellent book about the artistic pre-history of ‘probabilistics’ and predictive arts. Based in Krakow where he teaches at the Institute of Literature and Theatre Studies of the Jagiellonian University, Konrad is also part of UKRAiNATV, where I got to know him. INC has recently [...]

Interview with Geert Lovink on the 2010s Web by Ingrid Luquet-Gad

By Geert Lovink, April 22, 2024

Download as PDF The starting point of this interview was a pragmatic need for context: for of my PhD, I wanted to unpack particular concepts of Geert Lovink and expand on others. As a researcher with a background in art criticism, my investigation centers on the artworld of the 2010s, its tired mainstream institutions and [...]

Cloud Capital and Platform Regression – Review of Yanis Varoufakis, Techno Feudalism

By Geert Lovink, March 22, 2024

Download as PDF A meme is spreading: capitalism is dead. We’re toiling around in its carcass. Nothing appears as it seems in this zombie state of affairs. But why didn’t we notice? There’s confusion all over. Climate, Covid, Ukraine, Gaza. Is history accelerating, or, rather the opposite, stagnating, even regressing? In his latest book Techno [...]