Posts Tagged: artistic responses

Walter Langelaar: The Artistic Intervention of the Web 2.0 Suicide Machine

By Rania (Ourania) Dalalaki, March 9, 2012

Opening up the second section of the first day of the conference (Artistic Responses to Social Media on the 9th of March) , Walter Langelaar introduced the Web 2.0 Suicide Machine, its functionality in relation to social media platforms and the spectacle of reactions that followed the project’s release. (Click here for the video of Walter [...]

Dmytri Kleiner: The Responses of Thimbl, R15N and deadSwap to Social Media Platforms

By Rania (Ourania) Dalalaki, March 9, 2012

Dmytri Kleiner – the surprise speaker in the session Artistic Responses to Social media-  presented three examples of free, open-source platforms created by himself and the Telekommunisten. All three art projects, Thimbl, R15N and deadSwap aimed to revolutionize communication through performative, artistic interventions. Starting his presentation, Kleiner highlighted that the Internet has always been about [...]
Artists play a crucial role in visualizing power relationships and...

Museums and artists take a stand against the dominance of social media

By marcstumpel, October 13, 2011

Artists play a crucial role in visualizing power relationships and disrupting subliminal daily routines of social media usage. They are often first to deconstruct the familiar and to facilitate an alternative lens to understand and critique these media. As a matter of fact, Thierry Geoffroy / Colonel, is one of the artists who pressingly calls [...]