Posts Tagged: blockchain

Blog Report MoneyLab #6: Blockchains Beyond Fintech

By Inte Gloerich, March 18, 2019

By André Sekulla The panel ‘Blockchains Beyond Fintech’ was moderated by Ronja Trischler. As an introduction, she gave a short insight into the topic and her own research. In addition to the application of the cryptocurrency, there are already other exciting and interesting areas in which blockchain technology is gaining attention. For example, for plagiarism [...]

Blog Report MoneyLab #6: Anthropology of Money

By Inte Gloerich, March 13, 2019

By Tatjana Seitz Social media and other tech giants are in a serious crises for the first time, Geert Lovink pointed out at the kick off of the first session of MoneyLab #6. Dominating revenue models that have been under scrutiny since the first edition of Moneylab in 2014 Coining Alternatives, are proving themselves unsustainable [...]

Making the Blockchain Civic – article out now

By Inte Gloerich, February 28, 2019

“In May 2018, researchers from the Amsterdam University of Applied Science’s Faculty of Digital Media and Creative Industries, Northumbria University’s interdisciplinary NorTH Lab, and local—Amsterdam-based—professional partners gathered for a speculative design charrette to explore the opportunities and challenges of designing for futures of civic good with blockchain technologies. This design charrette was intended to broaden [...]

Students design blockchain wallet game

By Inte Gloerich, June 4, 2018

The INC asked students of the Master Digital Design at the Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences to explore the interface design of blockchain wallets. This is the brief they received: When Bitcoin first came to the financial scene in 2009, it found fertile ground in a post-financial crash society; alternatives to the closed financial technologies [...]

Save the Date: Flying Money conference (22-23 May)

By Inte Gloerich, March 21, 2018

On 22 and 23 May 2018, the City of Amsterdam and the Institute of Network Cultures from Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences are organizing the conference Flying Money: investigating illicit financial flows in the city. Unique in the Netherlands in terms of its nature and size, this European conference will focus on issues concerning the [...]

Spui25 book presentation pictures online

By Inte Gloerich, February 27, 2018

In this event, we launch and present ‘MoneyLab Reader 2: Overcoming the Hype’ and ‘Artists Re:Thinking the Blockchain’. Both publications explore alternative imaginaries for future finance and a crypto-infused world. The editors of both publications will engage in a discussion on the uses of the blockchain beyond profit-based narratives, the opportunities of bottom-up financial strategies, [...]

Presenting MoneyLab Reader 2 & Artists Re:Thinking the Blockchain

By Inte Gloerich, February 13, 2018

Creative Visions for Blockchain and Digital Economy 22 February 2018 5 pm – 6:30 pm Spui25, Amsterdam Reserve a spot here. In this event, we launch ‘MoneyLab Reader 2: Overcoming the Hype‘ and present ‘Artists Re:Thinking the Blockchain‘. Both publications explore alternative imaginaries for future finance and a crypto-infused world. The editors of both publications [...]

The Blockchain as a Modulator of Existence

By Inte Gloerich, February 7, 2018

By: Oliver Leistert The advent of the blockchain as a protocological internet layer for values corresponds to a continuing monetization pressure and ongoing expansion of identification strategies. Notwithstanding these trajectories, behind this prospected killer application resides first of all a sovereign chronological regime that has the capacities to proof and modulate the existence, identity and [...]

Artists Re:Thinking the Blockchain

By Inte Gloerich, January 26, 2018

The Institute of Network Cultures is part of the EU-funded State Machines project, which investigates new relationships between states, citizens and the stateless made possible by emerging technologies. One of our partners in this project, the London-based gallery Furtherfield, published an impressive exploration of blockchain technology, not from the point of view of the newest [...]

Save the Date: MoneyLab in London on 20 January 2018

By Inte Gloerich, November 1, 2017

A day-long programme of workshops, discussions and experimentation exploring the relationship between financial technologies, artistic practice and contemporary culture. Brett Scott (The Heretic’s Guide To Global Finance), Ruth Catlow (Furtherfield), Geert Lovink (Institute of Network Cultures), Demystification Commitee plus more TBA. MoneyLab is a programme of critical research exploring the connections between contemporary art, financial [...]