Monthly Archives: August 2011

GLI.TC/H 2011

Rosa Menkman | 29 August 2011, 4:16 am

GLI.TC/H was a simple idea that was hatched upon the notion of folks gathering together and engaging/chatting/debating the issues/theories/concerns of failure, systems, art, && glitches.
We were able to realize this gathering last year in Chicago. GLI.TC/H 2010 brought people together for five days of glitchy art, hacking/coding workshops, discussions, screenings, lectures, and realtime audio/video performances. All events were free & open to the public and ended up exposing an extremely diverse, amazingly deep, somewhat quirky community.


Masters of Media: The Animation

Minke Kampman | 19 August 2011, 12:23 pm | tags: , , , ,

I ran into this animation and couldn’t resist the temptation to share it here. It’s an animated documentary called ‘The Masters of the Media‘. It analyses monopolization in the Media Industry.


Saskia Korsten’s Thesis Abstract Voted Among Top in LABS 2011

Edward Shanken | 18 August 2011, 7:30 pm

The Leonardo Abstracts Service (LABS) connected with the journal Leonardo) recently announced the results of its competition for top MA and PhD abstracts submitted to its English language database from scholars around the world.  Korsten’s abstract for her thesis, “Reversed Remediation. How Art Can Make One Critically Aware of the Workings of Media” (New Media MA, UvA, 2010) was…


Wikimania Day I: Plenary led by Sue Gardner and Q&A panel with the WMF Board of Trustees.

Ilektra Pavlaki | 15 August 2011, 9:35 am | tags: , , , , , , , , , , , ,

Sue Gardner, Executive Director of the Wikimedia Foundation, had a very difficult task to accomplish: in 25’ she had to report on the Foundation’s activities during the year 2010- 2011, but also to treat the attendees to a sneak preview of next year’s action plan.

She did not have to try hard, however, to electrify the audience.…


Haifa, here I come: Wikimania 2011, Part I

Ilektra Pavlaki | 10 August 2011, 3:21 pm | tags: , , ,

03/08/2011, 08:20 am - Schiphol airport. Holding a small handbag in one hand and a packet of cinnamon cookies in the other, I was waiting to check in for my flight to Tel Aviv, Israel. From Tel Aviv I would take a shuttle taxi to Haifa, where Wikimania 2011, the annual international…