Those who want to go places on the internet with a pseudonym have to overcome many obstacles. The creator of Granaton made up her first virtual avatar in 1999 and saw the emotional potential of a name. A gallery owner, she analysed the necessary aspects for pseudonyms in the art world and the importance of […]
Rabea Edel
Selfie publishing. Filter identities, self-emoticons, non-sense
“Every man for himselfie .” Culture critics regard selfies as the death rattle of a declining Western world. Others consider them as the most accessible and effective current means of performative self-conviction. Depending on your perspective, selfies are the next big thing in art – or they make the term art obsolete. Christiane Frohmann talks […]
What’s mine is yours: New copyright laws in digital culture production
Thanks to digitalisation, culture production is in a period of radical change. The paths which creative professionals, companies and cultural institutions can follow today are becoming more manifold and at the same time – both consciously and unconsciously – more dependent on copyright. We will be looking at concrete examples of various developments. Presenter: Rabea […]
My digital video diary: Jonas Mekas in conversation
Since the ‘60s Jonas Mekas has filmed his life and experiences in an autobiographical way, which he likes to describe as “notes”, “sketches” or “diary films”. A few years ago, he turned to digital photography, leaving behind his Bolex. In 2007, he produced short YouTube clips about his everyday life for the project “365 days” […]
Do you click me? E-campaigns in the area of culture
Paula Hannemann is Campaigns Director at Change.org Germany. Change.org is one of the largest e-campaigning platforms worldwide and in December 2013, it sent out an appeal from “Writers against Surveillance” with the participation of over 500 writers from 82 countries, among them Nobel Laureates. It advises public bodies and organisations on strategies for success and […]
Beyond Facebook – A Brief Tour of New Online Communities
Through the lens of Dunbar’s Number, Participation Inequality, and the Intimacy Gradient, John Ngo takes us on a brief tour of online communities and social networks to give us a glimpse of how social networks might be designed in the future. Moderation: Rabea Edel John Ngo, born in 1982, stopped by Berlin en route to […]
Skype talk with the Afghanistan graffiti artist Shamsia Hassani
“In Kabul, graffiti is not illegal”, says Shamsia Hassani, but it not very widespread, yet. For a couple of years now the young artist has been spreading the word about her art, at home and abroad. International audiences connect with her via Facebook and she teaches what she knows to students in Kabul. She will […]
The nightmare of participation – skype lecture and talk
If everyone has a say, how can there be consensus? Participation is not a cure of all evils; it is a crux of our times. In his “Trilogy of Participation”, architect and author Markus Miessen demands us to be more willing to have conflicts in its place. Especially in the area of the culture industry. […]
„Bitcoin – The Documentary“ – screening and skype talk
On 3 January 2009, at the height of the global financial crisis, Satoshi Nakamoto set up the Genesis Block, which formed the founding stone for a completely new kind of currency: the bitcoin. It is a virtual currency that was born out of the internet, for the internet. With the help of a quickly expanding […]