Boardroom with a View

By Geert Lovink, March 8, 2006

Over the weekend I have been to Banff, Canada, for the first ever meeting of the Banff New Media Institute advisory board. It’s early days for new director, Susan Kennard, who recently took over from the legendary Sara Diamond, who built and established this famous training and leadership instute, up in the Rocky Mountains. Susan [...]

Kole, a Nigerian now studying in New York pointed me...

The Rise of the Nigerian Blogger

By Geert Lovink, March 7, 2006

Kole, a Nigerian now studying in New York pointed me at The Blogger As Nemesis by Adebayo Williams. He writes: “Of all the dangers threatening the post-colonial state in Nigeria, none is more debilitating and potentially more devastating than the rise of the Nigerian blogger. Using tactics and electronics normally associated with advance espionage, taking [...]

Today I finished an online interview, conducted by Andre Mesquita...

Speed interview, conducted by Andre Mesquita (Brazil)

By Geert Lovink, March 7, 2006

Today I finished an online interview, conducted by Andre Mesquita from Brazil. It’s about tactical media, activism and art. Andre Mesquita contacted me in Orkut. He’s writing a thesis at the University of Sao Paolo about culture jamming art and activism in 90’s. Andre intends “to make a study of interventions and performances of artists [...]

Victor Fowler Calzada, the Head of Publications of the Cuban...

“I am into quality theory.”

By Geert Lovink, March 7, 2006

Victor Fowler Calzada, the Head of Publications of the Cuban International School of Film and Television asked me to repond to a thesis for Miradas, their electronic magazine. Their next issue will be focused on the impact of new technologies on recent audiovisual creations. This is what I wrote: What stroke me today, reading the [...]

Yesterday I wrote a response on a posting at Joi...

Creative Commons: a license or an organization?

By Geert Lovink, February 28, 2006

Yesterday I wrote a response on a posting at Joi Ito’s blog in which Creative Commons ‘presented’ a film (Teach by David Guggenheim). I didn’t go into the content of the film but raised the question what it means if CC ‘presents’ a film. Peter Howell wrote a response. 6- Geert Lovink @ February 28, [...]

Today an interview with me was posted, in German, on...

Interview with me on net critique (in German)

By Geert Lovink, February 28, 2006

Today an interview with me was posted, in German, on the Berliner Gazette list/website. It was conducted by Krystian Woznicki, who I first met in Tokyo in the late nineties. I have chosen to talk about Net Critique, the title of this blog. It is my, well known, call for a sophisticated genre called ‘net [...]

On the usually quiet ‘Deep Europe’ announcement list Spectre, an...

Arts and science debate on Spectre list

By Geert Lovink, February 28, 2006

On the usually quiet ‘Deep Europe’ announcement list Spectre, an ‘arts and sciences’ debate is raging. Today I added my two cents: “Why is arts & science equal to ‘bioart’? Why are the social sciences excluded in this whole debate? They are not science and who has decided this? The whole fixation on the figure [...]

“I work here, but I am cool”: Interview with Alan Liu

By Geert Lovink, February 28, 2006

A couple of days ago I finished a long and fascinating email interview with Alan Liu, author of The Laws of Cool. The interview first ran on the nettime mailinglist, a ten year old habit of mine. The image was provided by INC associate and Piet Zwart Institute student Nancy Mauro Flude. Thanks, Nancy! I [...]