Geert Lovink joins me in the studio for this new episode of Art in Permacrisis. Geert is a media theorist and the founder of the Institute of Network Cultures. He has a background in the Amsterdam squatting movement, he invented the notion of ‘tactical media’ several decades ago, and in recent years, he has focused on platform and social media critique. In this episode, we discuss his newest book, Platform Brutality. We talk about the violent turn of the tech overlords, technofeudalism, the question of tactical media today, antifascist figure design, and the special responsibility of art.
Links & references
Platform Brutality: Closing Down Internet Toxicity: https://valiz.nl/en/publications/platform-brutality
Notes on deletion and technological sacrifice: https://networkcultures.org/geert/2025/08/27/notes-on-deletion-and-technological-sacrifice
Geert’s two cents on the technofeudalism debate: https://networkcultures.org/geert/2024/03/22/cloud-capital-and-platform-regression-review-of-janis-varoufakis-techno-feudalism
The origins of the Duckrabbit: https://networkcultures.org/blog/publication/duckrabbits-unveiled-a-sneak-peek-at-the-postartistic-theory-and-practice
Geert on Douglas Rushkoff’s podcast Team Human: https://www.teamhuman.fm/episodes/ep-114-geert-lovink-on-sad-by-design
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Art in Permacrisis is a podcast on art and art work in the permacrisis. We invite guests who think, imagine, and organise. The podcast is published by the Institute of Network Cultures and Caradt. This episode was hosted by Sepp Eckenhaussen.
