Berlin, February 04, 2017, http://transmediale.de First the three panelists each had 10-15 minute presentations, followed by a longer discussion, all moderated by Krystian Woznicki. Jutta Weber talked about technology, the fact that technology is not neutral. She talked about databases and their never-ending-list-like structure that is very different from the narrative storytelling inherent in prior,…
Berlin, Febuary 4, 2017, http://transmediale.de This session was dedicated to the “others” that help to mediate between humans and the “real” whatever that is: Non-human agents that could emerge in the form of algorithms, but also technological layers, and, actually, anything. Even a stone could be an actor, if we go by the new materialism…
Berlin, February 03, 2017, http://transmediale.de/ A busy panel with lots of people: Jessie McLean, media artist, presenting eternal Photoshop climbing video. Grada Kilomba, writer and artist, focusing on colonial and postcolonial topics, emancipation of marginalized groups. Susan Schuppli, media artist, utilizing found footage of massacres to question mediated evidence. Ryan Bishop, media/political theorist talking about…
Berlin, Haus der Kulturen der Welt, Feb 3, 2017, https://transmediale.de Felix Stalder (moderator): Tracing Information Society Timeline exhibited at NGBK. If we feel that a new paradigm is “here”, isn’t it already too late to think about it? Doesn’t it mean we are already right in the middle of it? Jutta Weber: Technosecurity, globalization of…
Hong Kong, 5pm September 29, 2016, Creative Media Colloquium Drever is a sound artist and professor at Goldsmiths, University of London. The major part of the lecture took place at a rapid speed with references raining in the intervals of seconds. At moments it seemed – in the words taken from one of Alan Kwan’s…
Hong Kong, SAAL, Unit D 3/F King Wan Industrial Building, 21:00 August 19, 2016, FB Noise to Signal is an irregular noise and improvised music event. This time it took place in what appeared to be a recording studio and record shop in an old industrial building in Kwun Tong. Walking there on a rainy…
Seoul (세운상가 가열327호 개방회로), August 5 – August 19, 2016, www.3hragency.com, opencircuit.co.kr Sewoon Sangga, a large market complex near Jogno 3-ga in the center of Seoul, was quiet and half deserted on the Saturday afternoon when I was finding my way through the maze of little shops and warehouses selling mostly electronic goods. It was…
Seoul, August 12, 2016 (screening), http://www.mmca.go.kr In addition to exhibitions, MMCA also organizes a screening program that introduces artists-filmmakers. The screenings take place in comfortable cinema space within the building and are freely accessible with the purchase of a standard museum ticket. Much better than watching these art movies on some more or less uncomfortable…
Hong Kong, August 4, 2016 18:30 – 20:00, http://www.springworkshop.org An artist talk by Tyler Coburn. Coburn wrote a book in which a schizophrenic writer-for-hire is fantasizing about the internet cloud, what it is, where it is and what it means (based on Coburns personal experience as a writer-for-hire). Coburn then organized readings from his book…
