Highlights from Ouishare 2016

By Max Dovey, June 6, 2016

We are hiring an Intern for Moneylab#3

By Max Dovey, May 17, 2016

The Institute of Network Cultures is looking for an intern with writing, research and production skills, for the organisation of MoneyLab#3: Failing Better that will take place on 1 /2 Dec 2016 in Amsterdam. Internship period: 29th August until 16 December 2016 (0.6 – 0.8 fte). MoneyLab is a network of researchers, artists, hackers and [...]

Temporary Marriages in a Blockchain City

By Max Dovey, April 29, 2016

A short review from Blockchain City workshop organised as part of Design and The City Conference 19 – 22 April 2016 http://designandthecity.eu/programme/lab-of-labs/blockchain-city/ http://designandthecity.eu/ Last week I got married in Amsterdam, twice in fact. The marriages were part of a demonstration to show how smart contracts and blockchain technology can create user-generated contracts between strangers. We [...]

Moneylab#3 : Failing Better

By Max Dovey, April 21, 2016

*SAVE THE DATE* MoneyLab#3: Failing Better A collective attempt to fail better with artists, critics and activists that are all feeling the pinch. Amsterdam, December 1 & 2, 2016 Organized by the Institute of Network Cultures (HvA) Introduction After Bitcoin forked, and remains in tatters, it is now blockchain technology that ignites visions of de-regulated [...]

Re-designing democracy

By Max Dovey, April 13, 2016

‘Decentralizing Democracy – on our terms’ was organized and hosted by Waag Society on 8th March 2016 On Wednesday 8th March Waag society invited a selection of speakers to discuss democracy and digital software. The evening predominantly showcased outcomes of a two-year E.U funded project by D-Cent titled ‘Digital Tools for a Social Democracy’. Much [...]

Financial reporting on the Panama Papers and Speculative Outcomes

By Max Dovey, April 4, 2016

Yesterday evening journalists began to emerge from the depths of 2.6tb of data extracting recognizable names that have been hiding billions of dollars in lucrative locations with farcical letterbox companies. So far much of the Western press has been focused on the Icelandic prime minister, Sigmundur Gunnlaugsson, and Vladimir Putin, while we anticipate much more [...]

The Many Promises of Blockchain

By Max Dovey, March 21, 2016

Michel Bauwens and The Promise Of The Blockchain Thursday 25 February 2016 This event was organised by FIBER and De Brakke Grond and was part of FIBER’s Coded Matter(s) series and the year programme of the De Brakke Grond ‘All Future Memories’ De Brakke Grond, Amsterdam ‘Michel Bauwens and The Promise Of The Blockchain’ was [...]

Raluca Croitoru: Immaterial Institute of Research and Experimentation

By Max Dovey, December 11, 2015

Immaterial Institute of Research and Experimentation by Delaney Clark The fourth presenter of the Artistic Interventions in Finance panel was Raluca Croitoru. In her performance piece, she took the stage as representative of the Immaterial Institute of Research and Experimentation. By looking at different methods of recording transactions that developed throughout time, the research collective [...]

Primavera de Filippi: Blockchain Technology as Distributed Governance Tool

By Max Dovey, December 11, 2015

Primavera de Filippi: Blockchain Technology as Distributed Governance Tool By Anissa Jousset “The modern way in which artists are collaborating and producing is actually going against the traditional conception of copyright.” Primavera De Filippi is a researcher at the National Center of Scientific Research (CNRS) in Paris. She is faculty associate at the Berkman Center [...]

EquityBot by Scott Kildall

By Max Dovey, December 11, 2015

I’m an Artist, not a Business Person By Dominique Verschragen And as an artist, Scott Kildall emphasizes that everything is tradable, even human feelings. On his website Scott Kildall describes himself as a cross-disciplinary artist who writes algorithms that transform various datasets into 3D sculptures and installations. At MoneyLab#2 he presents his project EquityBot, an [...]