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Money and Art: an Interview with Max Haiven in CRIT

By admin, June 10, 2014

Max Haiven is an assistant professor in the Division of Art History and Critical Studies at NSCAD University. In a previously unpublished interview conducted in October 2013, Haiven corresponds with IMPAKT Festival (Utrecht, Netherlands) about his multifaceted research, teaching, collection, exhibition, event and publishing project about the cultural dimensions of finance capitalism and the radical imagination. More information [...]

Crowdfunding theory under construction – report from Amsterdam’s first academic research seminar

By admin, June 6, 2014

What is certainly true about the relatively new phenomenon of crowdfunding is that theory lacks behind practice. Should you happen to work with the former, it is furthermore difficult to be aware of other academic and research projects on the topic, since many are undergoing and yet to be published. In this context, the initiative [...]

Reader of Tulipomania Dotcom (2000) Again Available

By admin, May 27, 2014

Thanks to Eric Kluitenberg the reader of the Tulipomnania DotCom conference has been retrieved and is available online and for download as PDF at the Institute of Network Culture’s ‘Publications’ section. This predecessor of MoneyLab was conceptualized late 1999 by Geert Lovink and Eric Kluitenberg and intended to develop an informed critique of the politics [...]
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Irina Enache: Reporting from the Bitcoin Conference of the Year

By admin, May 27, 2014

“This is the Bitcoin conference of the year. If you ever wanted to attend a Bitcoin event, this is the place to be” said John Matonis, the Executive Director of Bitcoin Foundation, in the opening key note address. The audience felt the same – over 1000 attendees from at least 50 countries could be found [...]

It’s all in the code – report from the Dutch National Bitcoin Congress

By admin, May 19, 2014

Two important Bitcoin events took place last week in Amsterdam. One of them was the Bitcoin 2014 international conference that took place from Thursday 15th to Saturday 17th of May (report on this will follow soon on the MoneyLab blog). The other one was the Dutch National Bitcoin Congres held at the Dialogues House (ABN [...]

European Commission: call for experts on crowdfunding

By admin, May 7, 2014

As discussed in a previous post – Crowdfunding regulation developments and possible implications – Part 1: Europe – one of the recently proposed initiatives of the European Commission was to establish an expert group that would inform it about crowdfunding. This expert group would furthermore develop a ‘quality label’ in the industry, namely to promote [...]

Crowdfunding regulation developments and possible implications – part 1: Europe

By admin, April 14, 2014

At the ‘MoneyLab: Coining Alternatives’ conference, we discussed crowdfunding as an alternative revenue model for the creative sector. ‘Alternative’ in this context is defined in relationship to mainstream finance models. One point of differentiation is the legal framework nexus – ‘alternatives’ are, for now, outside of it. Crowdfunding, however, might soon not be. Compared to [...]

Call for Contributions: The INC MoneyLab Reader

By admin, April 4, 2014

Call for Contributions: The MoneyLab Reader INC Reader #10 Edited by Geert Lovink and Nathaniel Tkacz MONEYLAB The MoneyLab project – launched late 2013 by the Institute of Network Cultures and the University of Warwick – considers sprouting alternative digital-economic forms, radical experiments with crypto-currencies, payment systems and revenue models against the backdrop of the [...]

Brian Holmes – Money Unlimited: Consequences of Quantitative Easing

By admin, March 27, 2014

Brian Holmes has long been a key voice in the critical and activist oriented discussions on economics and is especially active on the Nettime mailing lists. Recently, he has been looking at issues surrounding global supply chains and their effects on society. Holmes began his speech by stating that the time of ‘supermoney’ is now, [...]

Ending the MoneyLab event in (hacking) style!

By admin, March 18, 2014

For MoneyLab attendees & interested folks, The hacking community at TechInc (Technologia Incognita) have a wonderful proposal for ending the MoneyLab event. What? An invitation to attend their hack & research space for drinks & discussions on coining alternatives & hacking society. When? Sunday, March 23 after 4 p.m. Where? Technologia Incognita – Amsterdam Hackers [...]