A Savage Journey into the Heart of Digital Cultures
22-23 May, Rome, Italy
This conference aims at exploring the state of the online self by raising questions about its status as a focal point of contemporary power/networks. Is the online self merely a product of software predictability and viral marketing? Is there any space left for self-determination? Or should we search elsewhere for new forms resistance by changing our political categories and perspectives? Which contradictions are at play? How and where can we locate the spaces of performativity of the online self?
PLEASE REGISTER HERE (free)
22 MAY 2017
Location: John Cabot University (Via della Lungara 233, Rome)
09:45 – 10:00 Introduction
Geert Lovink
Teresa Numerico
Peter Sarram
Donatella Della Ratta
10am – 1:15pm BEHIND AND BEYOND SELFIES (short coffee break at 11am)
Olga Gourionova
Ana Peraica
Rebecca Stein
Fabio Cristiano & Emilio Distretti
Jillet Sara Sam
1:15pm Lunch
3pm – 5:45pm POLITICS AND AESTHETICS OF MASK DESIGN (short break at 4pm)
Biella Coleman
Franco Berardi
Daniel de Zeeuw
Alberto Micali
23 MAY 2017
Location: Roma Tre University (Via Ostiense, 234, Rome)
10am – 12:45pm ONLINE SUBJECTIVITY THEORY (short coffee break at 11am)
Wendy Chun
Jodi Dean
Marco Deseriis
Julia Preisker
12:45 Lunch
2pm – 3.15pm ARTISTIC PRACTICES OF THE ONLINE SELF
Natalie Bookchin
Katherine Behar
3.15pm-3.30pm break
3.30pm-6.00pm ART & MULTIMEDIA PROJECTS (short break at 4:30pm)
Simon Boas
Antonia Hernandez
Sarah Newman
Francisco Gonzalez Rosas
Marguerite Elisabeth Kalhor
Daniel Newman & Keith Hartwig
Patrick Lichty
Torus Mutlu
Paula Van Beek (video)
9pm EXHIBITION AND LIVE TALKS
Location: ESC Atelier Occupato (Via dei Volsci 159, Rome)