Berlin preview of Conceptual Paradise film

By Geert Lovink, June 21, 2006

On Tuesday night a last event in a series happened that I curated together with Tesla/Podewil and Transmediale, here in Berlin. Our guest was Stefan Roemer from Munich. We sceened his film Conceptual Paradise on the history of conceptual art. The documentary contains a long range of famous artists and theorists (here you see Lawrence [...]

Theses on New Media and the City Exchange between Pavlos...

Theses on New Media and the City

By Barbara Dubbeldam, June 1, 2006

Theses on New Media and the City Exchange between Pavlos Hatzopoulos and Geert Lovink Theses on New Media and the City PH: Are digital technologies transforming urban spaces? GL: Much unlike many theorists have speculated about, there is no immediate effect. Maybe you express a wish, but as a matter of fact architects and urban [...]

Pavlos Hatzopoulos invited me to contribute a short piece for...

Theses on New Media and the City

By Geert Lovink, June 1, 2006

Pavlos Hatzopoulos invited me to contribute a short piece for a new online journal published in Greece. It is named “Re-imagining Democracy” and it will focus on theoretical and practical innovations that might renew the field of democracy. The journal will be bilingual (Greek-English) and is funded by the Athens-based Papandreou Foundation. The text was [...]

I have just posted a short article, in Dutch, about...

Creative Class Struggles in Amsterdam

By Geert Lovink, June 1, 2006

I have just posted a short article, in Dutch, about the breakdown of the ‘creative class compromise’ in Amsterdam. The polemic piece points at the growing isolation of autonomous practices in (legalized) squats and theatres, in favor of a creative industries policy that favors middle class young professionals. It was written for the Amsterdam Index [...]

Distributed Aesthetics workshop (material)

By Geert Lovink, May 18, 2006

Over the past weekend a small workshop took place at the Wissenschaftskolleg, where I am currently fellow. I applied for a grant from the Otto and Martha Fichbeck foundation, and won the competition. The proposal was written together with Anna Munster from the Fibreculture group in Sydney and built on our theses on ‘distributed aesthetics’. [...]

Today I received the final version of an email interview...

German Support for Iraqi Radio Journalists (Anja Wollenberg)

By Geert Lovink, May 16, 2006

Today I received the final version of an email interview I did with Anja Wollenberg a couple of months ago. Anja is part of a German NGO that supports Iraqi radio journalists. We had to wait until the two German engineers, who were kidnapped in Iraq, were released. A strange policy but anyway… that’s the [...]

The Hidden Persuaders of Culture

By Geert Lovink, May 10, 2006

While strolling through Potsdam I dived into the old city hall and found this GDR slogan on the wall of the entrance hall (“Culture is every second heartbeat of our lives”). Hans Marchwitza (1904-1965) was a local communist hero, a fighter on many of the 20th century fronts, and a proletarian writer as well, as [...]

Last week there was some time to roam around Berlin...

Art Biennale of the Nations in Berlin

By Geert Lovink, May 8, 2006

Last week there was some time to roam around Berlin so we went to see films, exhibitions and hung out in parks, cafes and restaurants. On May First we went to see the Soviet War Memorial. One afternoon we went to see the 4th Berlin Biennale, a survey show of contemporary arts. It’s obvious that [...]

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This morning I finished an email interview with yet another...

Interview with Sole 24 Ore: Crushing the Web 2.0 Myths

By Geert Lovink, April 21, 2006

This morning I finished an email interview with yet another Italian newspaper, this time Sole 24 Ore. Vito Lops sent me a long list of questions and I answered a good 2/3 of them. The material is timely and covers topics such as the rising influence of venture capital in the Web 2.0 domain, the [...]