Some played the poietic generator over zoom. No need to say anything. No
need eiteh for zoom actually.
http://poietic-generator.net/?p=1026

Olivier Auber


On Sun, Jul 5, 2020 at 3:00 PM Patrice Riemens <patr...@xs4all.nl> wrote:

>
> Ola Ola
>
> On 2020-07-03 11:27, Geert Lovink wrote:
> > Dear nettimers,
> >
> > I suppose many of you who’re into teaching have had an intense and
> > exhausting period of giving online classes.
> >
> > I am trying to gather experiences of what’s now called ‘Zoom
> > fatigue’. Of course this is by no means limited to Zoom and extends
> > to Microsofts Teams and Skype, Google Classrooms etc. The experience
> > also shows up in the cultural sector, in businesses and in the busy
> > everyday or freelancers that have to speak to clients. We all made
> > long hours.
> >
> > My question is a strategic one. Should we, in the near future, refuse
> > to give online classes and have management meetings like this? The IT
> > management class is already promoting the ‘blended’ model,
> > expecting a backlash of the excessive video conferencing hours of the
> > past months.
> >
> > Do you want to send me (or post here) some sentences or paragraph how,
> > exactly, you experienced the move to video conferencing and the
> > fatigue?
> >
> > Is there something wrong with the user interface? Is the ‘live’
> > aspect important or should we rather return to pre-produced videos? As
> > you all know, the relation (or tension) between ‘streaming’ and
> > ‘online video’ is an old one.
>
> Well, on that one, methink Giorgio Agamben (him again!) had the
> definitive answer:
>
>
> https://eutopiainstitute.org/2020/05/requiem-for-the-students-giorgio-agamben/
>
> (there are more sites carrying the same translantion by Alan Dean, I
> choose the one with the nicest pic)
>
> > Some of us also made remarkably positive experiences. When the people,
> > the content and context is right, an online conference that matters
> > turned out really interesting. There are so many things to discuss,
> > new connections to be made, hearing from those who have been excluded
> > from the dialogues and discourses so far. The ‘stack of crises’
> > may be distressing but the resistance, worldwide, also grows. Under
> > what circumstances it is desirable to come together like this?
> >
> > This much is clear. We need to gather and organize, mobilize. How
> > should ‘our’ Zoom look like? One that is inspiring, very likely
> > limited in time, more focussed dialogues, perhaps even voting,
> > facilitating both consensus AND debate?
> >
> > Is there a top limit to the use of video as community tool?
> >
> > Best, Geert
> >
> > ps. Here at the Institute of Network Cultures we made some experiences
> > ourselves with the MoneyLab #8 event, organized by Aksioma in
> > Ljubljana, originally scheduled for late March 2020, that was quickly
> > turned into an 8 part lecture series:
> > https://vimeo.com/networkcultures.
>
> Let's be frank here: there were interesting talks/interventions, but in
> term of outreach/public impact/participation, it was an unmitigated
> disaster. Beter then to revert to purely literary text exchanges - like
> nettime.
>
> Cheers to all, and take care: The Winter is Coming.
> p+7D!
>
>
>
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