Publications

This is an overview of publications that were published in the context of Going Hybrid. (It does not include research process-related blogposts, like progress updates or best practice overviews. These can be found on the research blog.)

From July to December 2021, The Hmm published six texts in The Hmm Dossier #8: Hybrid Events, including reports of experiments with digital livestreams, interviews with experts, and more. ‘The Hmm Dossier #8: Hybrid Events’, The Hmm, 2021, https://thehmm.nl/dossier/dossier-8-hybrid-events/.

In March of 2022, Geert Lovink and Sepp Eckenhaussen were interviewed by Witte Rook about hybrid culture, NFTs, and basic income. Esther van Rosmalen and Roelina Aukema, ‘Entrepot: Institute of Network Cultures’, Witte Rook, 22 March 2022, https://witterook.nu/artikelen/entrepot-institute-of-network-cultures/.

For the Going Hybrid blog, the artist duo Labor Neunzehn wrote Reframe the Network, outlining the philosophical and technical background that informs the architecture of their web-based project All Sources Are Broken.  Labor Neunzehn, ‘Reframe the Network: Parallel Narratives and Media Obsolescence as Post-Digital Publishing Practice,’ Institute of Network Cultures, 12 October 2022, https://networkcultures.org/goinghybrid/2022/10/12/reframe-the-network-parallel-narratives-and-media-obsolescence-as-post-digital-publishing-practice/.

During one of its design sprint days, the Hybrid Publications research group of Going Hybrid created the Minizine: Elements of the Conversation Starter, which maps out the types of content that make a cultural event report worthwhile. Minizine: Elements of the Conversation Starter (Amsterdam: Institute of Network Cultures, 14 November 2022), https://networkcultures.org/goinghybrid/2022/11/14/minizine-elements-of-the-conversation-starter/

Reporting on the first activities of the Participatory Livecasting research group, Clara Balaguer created the audio-text hybrid publication Please Turn the Page – ‘an abridged and imperfect
transcript of multiple meetings’. Clara Balaguer, ‘Please Turn the Page’, Institute of Network Cultures, 15 March 2023, https://networkcultures.org/goinghybrid/2023/03/15/please-turn-the-page/.

During the Going Hybrid conference ‘In-Between Media: Hybrid Tactics in the Crisis Era’ (9-10 March 2023), a team of reporters including Kate Babin, Victor Chaix, Senka Milutinović, Jordi Viader Guerrero, Ray Dolitsay, Jasmin Leech, Valeria Ferrari, and Dunja Nešović documented the program, resulting in the In-Between Media conference report. ‘In-Between Media Conference Report Collection (Videos and Text)’, Institute of Network Cultures, 11 April 2023, https://networkcultures.org/goinghybrid/2023/04/11/in-between-media-conference-report-collection//.

Ashley Maum and Ebissé Wakjira, who participated in the Hybrid Publications group on behalf of Framer Framed, recorded the Framer Framed Podcast: A Deep Dive into Cultural Publishing. Ashley Maum and Ebissé Wakjira, ‘Framer Framed Podcast: A Deep Dive into Cultural Publishing’, Framer Framed & Institute of Network Cultures, 11 September 2023, https://networkcultures.org/goinghybrid/2023/09/11/framer-framed-podcast-a-deep-dive-into-cultural-publishing/.

In October 2023, The Hmm, MU, and affect lab launched the Toolkit for the In-between, an online space full of experimental experiences, examples, and knowledge about hybrid events. This digital toolkit is the result of an aligned research project. Explore the toolkit here: https://toolkitfortheinbetween.com/.

On the 4th of October 2023, the Living Archives research group discussed their findings with each other and guests during the live radio broadcast Living Archives TALKSHOP on RaRaRadio. Listen back to the Living Archives TALKSHOP here: https://www.mixcloud.com/RARARADIO_EHV/talkshop-living-archives-04102023/.

The final results of Going Hybrid are collected in Screentime Airtime Facetime. This hybrid book will be launched in January of 2024.