=============================================== <ambit> in conversation with Geert Lovink moderated by Iliyana Nedkova ===============================================
The first in a series of events exclusively for <ambit> members and friends. Catch up with 'networks guru' Geert Lovink during his first visit to Scotland.
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Wednesday, 2 July 2003, 6-8pm Stills, 23 Cockburn Street, Edinburgh EH1 1BP ------------------------------------------------
================================================ Networks: from Internet mailing lists to weblogs ================================================
The days of cyberutopia are over. After the dotcom crash and 911 an atmosphere of general uncertainty has taken over the Internet. What effects do surveillance, hacktivism and infowar discourses have on cyberculture at large? Is the emphasis of artists and activists on surveillance creating a culture of suspicion and paranoia, an atmosphere of distrust?
This conversation will look at the collapse of the 'Syndicate' mailing list network in August 2001 and discuss the similarities between information warfare and certain net art strategies. What are the implications of filtering out 'trolls' and spammers? What new possibilities are presented by weblogs and what are their limitations? Also a sneak preview of 'Discordia' weblog - a new initiative, aimed at the global new media arts community.
Refreshments will be provided, plus the chance to own signed copies of Geert Lovink's latest books: 'Dark Fiber', a collection of esssays on Internet culture; and 'Uncanny Networks', collected interviews with media theorists and artists.
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<ambit> in conversation with Geert Lovink organised by New Media Scotland and Stills, the first in an occasional series of events designed specially for <ambit> members and friends.
An audio archive of the <ambit> in conversation series will be made available via New Media Scotland's web site at http://www.mediascot.org/ambit/conversation
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Geert Lovink is a media theorist, net critic and activist. He is a former editor of the media art magazine Mediamatic, and the co-organizer of many events including Next Five Minutes, Ars Electronica, Tulipomania and International Browserday. Together with Pit Schultz, he founded the international 'nettime' network. He now lives and works in Sydney. More info at http://www.mediascot.org/ambit/conversation
Iliyana Nedkova is a curator, producer and researcher of old and new media art exhibitions and events. Her past projects have included Digital Weekend, REMOTE Forum, Desktop Icons, Crossing Over, Virtual Revolutions, The Right One, Blind Dating Technology, and Spacecraft. Iliyana lives in Edinburgh and works both with New Media Scotland as a freelance Curator and Stills as Associate Curator. More at http://www.mediascot.org/ambit/conversation
For further details please contact:
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New Media Scotland tel: +44 131 477 3774
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Scotland, UK http://www.mediascot.org
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a m b i t : networking media arts in scotland
post: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
archive: http://www.mediascot.org/ambit
info: send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
and write "info ambit" in the message body
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