The internet has arrived in theatre. But there’s more to it than just embedding a YouTube video or doing “something with Twitter”. These days theatre-makers are also internet users, and portrayed or reflected reality is also internet reality. And aren’t all stages, whether in the classic sense or public space, virtual places that can be […]
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Ego Updates: The internet and the asymmetry in us and outside of us
On the internet, people are finally themselves. But the web’s new openness and transparency only shows the surface while the important mechanisms of our lives are becoming less visible and manoeuvrable for many. Individuality and tenacity are falling by the wayside. Are our egos becoming an application of techno-modernisation? Or a commodity? If invisible changes […]
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 […]
Social media consultation
Leander Wattig, blogger, consultant and network professional, gives tips for beginners and the experienced on successful handling of social media in the culture industry. Please register for a 15-minute appointment at the info counter. Leander Wattig, born in 1981, is a blogger and contributes to stronger network connections in the book industry with projects like […]
The power of authenticity: social media as an artistic intervention
Geert Lovink is sure of one thing: “The internet is not going away, it’s here to stay.” The well-known Dutch media theorist has explored the function of organised online groups. He sees social media as a defining condition for exchange and communication in modern societies. In his lecture, he derives our modern-day understanding of digital […]
Hashtag: #nk1314
Maike Hank twitters under @ruhepuls and follows the events under the Net Culture hashtag #nk1314. As a Twitter envoy, she reads selected tweets, summarizes trends and plays the online debates back into the live discussion. Maike Hank is a journalist and has written online texts since 2002, which are now being published in book form […]