I just posted an interview with me, conducted by the...

Interview with me by Juliane Stiegele on slowing down time (in German)

By Geert Lovink, June 30, 2010

I just posted an interview with me, conducted by the German artist Juliane Stiegele, here on my pages site. It’s in German and is meant for an upcoming publication on the issue of slowing down time. The book will be called Utopia Toolbox. She wrote to me: “The contributions, texts, interviews, artworks, pictures are coming [...]

Notes on the Memory of the Future Conference, Gent (B),...

Back from Gent–Notes on Memories of the Future

By Geert Lovink, June 26, 2010

Notes on the Memory of the Future Conference, Gent (B), June 25, 2010 I just got back from a long day Amsterdam-Gent-Amsterdam on the train (the ‘very fast’ Thalys (TGV) train had a delay of 55 minutes–such a joke!) where I attended an excellent one day conference curated by Stoffel Debuysere. The event examined the [...]

In the German newspaper FAZ (Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung) of Monday...

Essay on Franco Berardi & Info Psychopathology in the FAZ

By Geert Lovink, June 22, 2010

In the German newspaper FAZ (Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung) of Monday June 21, 2010, I got a piece on the Italian media theorist Franco Berardi and his work on the psychopathology of information overload. Here it is, in German. Early May I met ‘Bifo’ in his hometown Bologna and soon after read two of his recently [...]

Teaching at the European Graduate School

By Geert Lovink, June 20, 2010

This week I taught a class on critical internet research at the European Graduate School, high up in the Alps in Saas-Fee. It was the third time (after 2007 and 2009), this time as an EGS professor. After Hendrik Speck, Friedrich Kittler, Bruce Sterling and Lev Manovich it was my turn. The topics we covered [...]

To experience the circle Italian autonomist thinkers in their own...

Late Report on the Uninomade Meeting (May 7/8, 2010)

By Geert Lovink, June 16, 2010

To experience the circle Italian autonomist thinkers in their own biotope is certainly a privilege. Uninomade is a network from ‘the social movements’ and organizes its meetings in different parts of the country. The topic of the Mestre meeting on May 7/8 2010 (near Venice) was ‘digital commons’. Special feature of this meeting was the [...]

On Martha Nussbaum’s Not For Profit

By Geert Lovink, June 15, 2010

(German translation of this blog posting here on the Berliner Gazette site) It is easy to agree with Martha Nussbaum’s latest manifesto essay Not For Profit. Yes, democracy needs the humanities. There is too much emphasis in society on economic growth–and education is not counter-balancing this tendency enough. We need more music classes, theatre, literature, [...]

There is an article of me in the latest issue...

The Underground Feeling

By Geert Lovink, June 1, 2010

There is an article of me in the latest issue of the Australian arts magazine Artlink. The theme of this issue is The Underground. I haven’t seen the issue yet so I can’t say what its main message is. There is a slight return of the term underground in the mainstream press. They need it. [...]

I certainly plan to join the Facebook exodus. I am...

Join the Facebook Exodus on May 31!

By Geert Lovink, May 27, 2010

I certainly plan to join the Facebook exodus. I am confident a lot of others will do so as well. It was just a matter of time, waiting for the right moment. Now it’s there: Monday May 31 and it’s called Quit Facebook Day. I don’t think it is necessary to, again, list all the [...]

African Trends Summary of a trend-monitoring brainstorm at the Rockefeller...

2010s: An African Decade?

By Geert Lovink, April 27, 2010

African Trends Summary of a trend-monitoring brainstorm at the Rockefeller Foundation Bellagio Centre (Italy). “The Worldcup kicks off the African decade.” (Bono) Will this be the case? To what extend is this a media myth that only needs to be debunked? 50 years of independence, the world soccer championship and the UN conference on millennium [...]

Beware of Software–Safety Vest designed by Mieke Gerritzen (for Droog Design)

By Geert Lovink, April 18, 2010

(yet another amazing collaboration with Mieke Gerrritzen, available through Droog Design, who organized this project) Beware of software vest Designer: Mieke Gerritzen with text by Geert Lovink Material: polyester safety vest + transfer print Lot: #2914 (50 safety vests) These vests warn the wearer of an environment increasingly composed of information. The danger in a [...]