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Telling the Bigger Video Story

Natalie Bookchin’s work is synonymous with the Video Vortex network and the rise of YouTube. Whereas we got to know each other’s work in the turbulent net.art late nineties years, this particular story started with a DVD I got from Natalie, containing The Trip (2008), a video collection of early YouTube fragments, which Natalie reassembled into an imaginary travel around the globe, shot during car trips on all continents. What has always defined Natalie Bookchin’s work is her ability to recreate unity out of dispersed fragments. We, as users, may feel lost and desperate, but the artist gives us hope again that we can overcome distraction and senseless multi-tasking by creating an all-together new meta narrative that is human—again. This is database cinema as you always imagined it, overcoming the isolation of the individualized voice-as-image while paying respect to the unique status that each of us has.

Hyperscenario's van het gebruik van artificiële intelligentie

Niet de intelligente technologie als kunstmatige intelligente, maar de manier waarop mensen deze technologie inzetten levert een verantwoorde toepassing op. Op dit moment wordt innovatie op het gebied van data, algoritme en computerkracht nog niet maximaal benut. Met enig sociaal onbenul, of met gebrek aan inbedding via wetgeving, kunnen ondenkbare scenario’s werkelijkheid worden. We verkennen er hier een aantal waarbij technologie op een verrassende manier wordt ingezet. Daarbij zijn voorbeelden van hyperpersonalisering van adviezen, het recht op ongezien zijn en preventieve handhaving, en voorbeelden waar digitale representaties toe kunnen leiden. Van hieruit kunnen we de discussie starten hoe we als samenleving technologie willen duiden en inzetten. Hoe kunnen we van gebruiker van slimme systemen komen tot een rol als opdrachtgever van ondersteunende technologie?

Sad by Design (the essay)

Geoblocking and global video culture

How do global audiences use streaming platforms like YouTube, Netflix and iPlayer? How does the experience of digital video change according to location? What strategies do people use to access out-of-region content? What are the commercial and governmental motivations behind geoblocking?Geoblocking and Global Video Culture explores the cultural implications of access control and circumvention in an age of VPNs. Featuring seventeen chapters from diverse critical positions and locations – including China, Iran, Malaysia, Turkey, Cuba, Brazil, USA, Sweden and Australia.

Essay: Extinction Bauhaus

EU president Ursula von der Leyen wants Europe to tap into its inner avant-garde. In her inaugural State of the Union speech from September 16, 2020, she pledged to revive the historical Bauhaus - the experimental art school that married artistic form with functional design, founded a century ago in Weimar, Germany. Their objective was to democratize the experience of aesthetics and design through affordable commodity objects for the masses. Today, the European Union sees a chance to create a new common aesthetic born out of a need to renovate and construct more energy-efficient buildings. “I want NextGenerationEU to kickstart a European renovation wave and make our Union a leader in the circular economy,” von der Leyen said. The new Bauhaus is not just an environmental or economic project, “it needs to be a new cultural project for Europe. Every movement has its own look and feel. And we need to give our systemic change its own distinct aesthetic—to match style with sustainability. This is why we will set up a New European Bauhaus—a co-creation space where architects, artists, students, engineers, designers work together to make that happen. This is shaping the world we want to live in. A world served by an economy that cuts emissions, boosts competitiveness, reduces energy poverty, creates rewarding jobs and improves quality of life. A world where we use digital technologies to build a healthier, greener society.”

Not the usual travel video to the Philippines.

Exploration of the Video Essay format about the impact of political and cultural factors in the Philippines.