Memes, Irony and Ugliness

By Idil Galip, December 17, 2021

Several months ago, I was having a conversation with my friend Chloë about the future of memes and she asked me what my favourite meme was. The question stumped me at first, because how could I pick one? My brain is a meme dumpster, where families of memes exist in chaotic harmony, and trying to [...]

Call for Proposals – Memes Beyond the Image

By Chloë Arkenbout, December 1, 2021

The Institute of Network Cultures is looking for theorists, researchers, journalists, artists, activists, designers and other creatives and thinkers that are working on meme studies and practices, that want to participate in two upcoming events: A workshop during the concluding programme of the Berlin Transmediale 2021–22 festival at Transmediale Studio in Berlin on the 27th [...]

Recap: Critical Meme Reader Launch @ Spui25

By Chloë Arkenbout, November 23, 2021

On the occasion of the launch of the ‘Critical Meme Reader, Global Mutations of the Viral Image’, edited by Chloë Arkenbout, Jack Wilson and Daniel de Zeeuw, we dived into meme studies on the 7th of October at Spui25. Beyond the so-called ‘Alt-right’ and its attendant milieus on 4chan and Reddit, memes have passed the [...]

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Memes, Irony and Ugliness

Call for Proposals – Memes Beyond the Image

Recap: Critical Meme Reader Launch @ Spui25