Image

INC Newsletter March 2022

In this March newsletter, we have an open call for anyone affected by the Russian invasion in Ukraine to send in notes, reports, reflections or anything else connected to the war zone. We also update you on our new posts and publications. As always you can order our physical publications we have in stock for free on our website. Scroll down for more...
 

Open Call – Amplifying Voices from Inside the Ukrainian War Zone
Afbeelding
The Institute of Network Cultures is in solidarity with those affected by the Russian invasion in Ukraine. We are open to any form of reflections, tactical tools, notes, witness material and reports from or connected to the war zone. INC wants to amplify the artistic, activist, academic and critical voices of all those influenced by the Russian attacks. Please send an email to info@networkcultures.org specifying if you wish to share your identity or not, we aim to provide an open and safe environment to share content anonymously.

Please read these submitted diary entry and reflections below
Afbeelding
Dispatches from the Place of Imminence by Svitlana Matviyenko
February 12-13, 2022

The war, they say, is scheduled on Wednesday, February 16th. It tells a lot.

I do not think the full-scale invasion will happen. The Western media escalate the panic, which did not made sense to me at first, but now it seems they are doing it strategically, to deliver a message to one person only, P. continue reading...
Afbeelding
On Small and Big History, Reflections from a Sleepless Night by Yuliya Yurchuk
The third sleepless night. I badly want to check on my father, but what if he is peacefully sleeping and I will just rob him this ultimate joy – sleep? I am taking notes instead.

Yesterday night, last time I spoke with my father, it was totally dark on my telephone’s screen. He could see me on the camera but I could hardly see his contours. It should be dark everywhere inside, when it is dark outside. In this way, the planes will not realize that there are inhabited houses below them and hopefully won’t send their missiles on you. continue reading...
Read more about Ukraine

NEW PUBLICATIONS
Afbeelding
In the Time of Refuge. A Collection of Writings and Reflections on Art, Disaster and Communities

Edited by DAVID PLEDGER and NIKOS PAPASTERGIADIS

In this timely collection of essays and artistic works, we gain a spherical perspective on the role of the arts in addressing the challenge of climate change through the concept of refuge. This book follows from a pioneering five-year program of artistic experimentation and community action called Refuge in which artists... continue reading
 
Afbeelding
Hacking Art

by YANNICK WESTPHAL

The art of hacking. What does that mean? There are a lot of books with titles such as “The Art of <your topic here>”, however, interestingly, very few of them go down the art path. They mostly concentrate on technical details and describe different technologies, methods and techniques.

Deep technical analyses are interesting , but a philosophical and artistic perspectives often lacks. If “Art” is used in your title this is a missed opportunity to reflect on the artistic possibilities that arise from technology... continue reading
 
Afbeelding
No Shot Like Screenshot: Banal, Sublime and Dangerous

by DUNJA NEŠOVIĆ

Computational devices such as computers and smartphones give us an easy way of preserving the contents of their screens for myriad of purposes through screenshotting. Whether screenshotting serves a creative, documentational or even a surveilling purpose, it represents in Jacob Gaboury’s words, “one of the many vernacular computational practices, in that there is a great deal of variance in how they are used, modified, and disseminated.” ... continue reading
 

INC Books



You can order a free paper copy of our latest publications:
  • INC Reader #15 Critical Meme Reader: Global Mutations of the Viral Image 
  • VideoVortex Reader III 
  • Let's Get Physical. A Sample of INC Longforms.
  • Here and Now? Explorations in Urgent Publishing
Order here 

FROM THE INC BLOG
Afbeelding
Time Is an Unrenewable Resource – And You Know How We Are With Those

By Maria van der Togt
networkcultures.org/blog/2022/03/02/time-is-an-unrenewable-resource-and-you-know-how-we-are-with-those/
Afbeelding
What Do You Meme? An Evening About Memes and Mental Health

By Laurence Scherz
networkcultures.org/blog/2022/03/02/what-do-you-meme-an-evening-about-memes-and-mental-health/
Afbeelding
Dispatches from the Place of Imminence, part 2

By Svitlana Matviyenko
networkcultures.org/blog/2022/02/27/dispatches-from-the-place-of-imminence-by-svitlana-matviyenko-part-2/
Afbeelding
Letter from Ukraine (February 22, 2022)

By Dmytro Chepurnyi
networkcultures.org/blog/2022/02/25/dmytro-chepurnyi-letter-from-ukraine-february-22-2022/
Image
Pulsations of Dis/information: Diary of Kateryna Kobzdar from Lviv, Ukraine

By Kateryna Kobzdar
networkcultures.org/blog/2022/02/22/pulsations-of-dis-information-diary-of-kateryna-kobzdar-from-lviv-ukraine/
Image
desk-talk #5 / Derrick de Kerckhove

By @lbert Figurt
networkcultures.org/desktopia/2022/02/21/desk-talk-5-derrick-de-kerckhove/
Image
Dapps vs. Apps

By Michael Dieter
networkcultures.org/moneylab/2022/02/15/dapps-vs-apps/
Image
On platformization permeation: intersectionalists perspectives from India

By Gianmarco Cristofari
networkcultures.org/blog/2022/02/03/on-platformization-permeation-intersectionalists-perspectives-from-india/
Image
A Poem about Suggested Reactions
By Maisa Imamovic 

networkcultures.org/livingindustry/a-poem-about-suggested-reactions/
Image
Latest Version of the Sad by Design/We Are Not Sick Performance
By Geert Lovink

networkcultures.org/geert/2022/01/26/latest-version-of-the-sad-by-design-we-are-not-sick-performance/
 
Image
MONEYLAB NFT ESSAY PRIZE
By Geert Lovink

networkcultures.org/moneylab/2022/01/21/moneylab-nft-essay-prize/
Image
Q&A with Business Consultant Maik Baumgaertner
By Geert Lovink

networkcultures.org/geert/2022/01/11/qa-with-business-consultant-maik-baumgaertner/
Afbeelding
Stop Being Reasonable: On Nonviolence in Social Media Comment Wars  
By Chloë Arkenbout

networkcultures.org/thedigitalgutmensch/2022/01/05/stop-being-reasonable-on-nonviolence-in-social-media-comment-wars/


Institute of Network Cultures
Networkcultures.org

You can unsubscribe here.