Working with new media in the part of South Asia that I come from is something like crossing a tightrope on a bicycle. The bicycle which could have helped me along were I on my way on flat ground makes the crossing that much more precarious. Consider the bicycle to be the single computer and the internet connection which I use along with at least seventeen other people, friends, colleagues, neighbours and complete strangers.
ReadThere is a last enterprise that might be undertaken. It would be to seek
experience at its source, or rather, above that decisive turn where,
taking a bias in the direction of our utility, it becomes properly human
experience. (Bergson, 1991: 184).
An Analysis From #jan25 to #geziparki
ReadThe second edition of DICTIONARY OF WAR, July 22 and 23 in Muffathalle Munich
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The record industry is in the process of being outflanked by
means of the very processes that it has come to rely upon. Since the
60's its continual efforts to create new needs has meant that it
nurtured an everchanging musical soundscape that is now mutating at
such a pace that it cannot keep track long enough to harness these
musical evolutions in the direction of profit. That fact that it
doesn't achieve this harnessing has the remarkable effect of making the
'new' last longer! A longevity that comes from our always being able to
place ourselves amidst a continual re-definition of these sounds. Even
in terms of format, the profit-orientated shift to a CD market which
may have meant that back-catalogues could be re-sold has also worked to
deliver an on-line tap of musical history at the same time that vinyl
pressing has become cheaper. These and other factors feed into the
accelerating mutation that in turn creates a dissatisfaction with what
the industry can offer.
World-Information.Org is an trans-national cultural intelligence provider, a collaborative effort of artists, scientists and technicians. It is a practical example for a technical and contextual environment for cultural production and an independent platform of critical media intelligence.
World-Information City is a one-week programme of events addressing global issues of intellectual property and technology in conjunction with changing urban landscapes.
ReadFrom February 27th to 29th young artists, filmmak- ers, musicians, theorists and activists from all over Europe and many other parts of the world meet at the Muffathalle in Munich for NEURO; a number of events, speeches, discussions, presentations, performances, concerts and actions reflecting the pulse of the age. About two years after the first make-world festival, NEURO will again interface with current debates around migration and mobility, racism and nationalism, civil society and global mobilisation, networking and new technologies, informatisation and precarious labour, education and control society, common organising, and digital culture.
ReadThereis no place in the Netherlands for the odd one out. Strangers can beassimilated or deported and sick people can be cured or euthanised, butthe dreamer and the bohemian will not fit in a straight-jacket. Thereare only paved roads to follow in this country and those who cannot orwill not follow these roads are doomed. Sooner or later that odd oneout will be given a choice: either he will lay hands on himself or hewill be lend a hand with his choice. After that he can rot in his graveuntil after long the time is ripe to memorise his peculiarity at astrictly limited occasion.
ReadTechno-parasieten zijn volgens de definitie van Hobijn 'apparaatjes die gebruikmaken van gedeeltes van onze verworvenheden, speeltjes behept met opmerkzaamheid die technische storingen tot gevolg hebben.' Technoparasiet 00020004C leeft van de lantaarnpaal. Het is een soort bloemkelk dat het regenwater opvangt en het licht van de lantaarn omzet in energie, met als doel het creëren van een potentiaal verschil. Het regenwater wordt gebru ikt om het proces te versnellen. Hiermee wordt eerst de zinklaag aangetast en op den duur ook de ijzerlaag aangevroten zodat de lantaarnpaal wordt doorgezaagd en omvalt. Een andere parariet klimt in een spiraalachtige beweging langs de lantaarnpaal omhoog. Het motortje loopt op lichtenergie, heel langzaam. Boven aangekomen slaat hij ineens het glas en lamp kapot, vermoord zo zijn voedingsbron en valt dan naar beneden.
ReadAaron Swartz is the founder of Demand Progress, which launched the campaign against the Internet censorship bills (SOPA/PIPA) and now has over a million members. He is also a Contributing Editor to The Baffler and on the Council of Advisors to The Rules.
ReadJulian Stallabrass is a lecturer, writer, curator and photographer.
Artist | Critical Engineer
ReadOmar Robert Hamilton is an independent filmmaker and the producer of the annual Palestine Festival of Literature. He was born in London in 1984, and studied English Literature at Wadham College, Oxford. He now lives in Cairo.
ReadHeadquartered in San Francisco, the BLF is a privately-held,
worker-controlled shadow entity with no phone number and no permanent
address. Our highly secure operating environment and extralegal status
guarantee our clients the acme of service, while our internationally
recognized creative team delivers unmatched "wow."
"Luther Blissett" is a multi-use name, an "open reputation" informally adopted and shared by hundreds of artists and social activists all over Europe since summer 1994.
ReadBrian Holmes, is an art critic, theorist and activist, particularly involved with the mapping of contemporary capitalism.
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