Dear Spectres, all the best to you, and a happy 2014!
The programme and the speakers of the international four-day NEW INDUSTRIES CONFERENCE: Money and Debt in the Post-Industrial World (HMKV at Dortmunder U, 16-19 January 2014) are finally online! The NEW INDUSTRIES CONFERENCE examines the global financial crisis, the consequences of de-industrialisation, and the emergence of new forms of industry. A programme of lectures, discussions and panel talks awaits visitors from Thursday night to Sunday afternoon. Participants include the Italian philosopher Maurizio Lazzarato (author of Die Fabrik des verschuldeten Menschen, 2012); economic correspondent for the German newspaper tageszeitung (taz) Ulrike Herrmann (author of Der Sieg des Kapitals 2013); the German cultural theorist, filmmaker and professor Christina von Braun (author of Der Preis des Geldes, 2012); Chaos Computer Club’ spokeswoman Constanze Kurz; Amsterdam-based Bitcoin activist Denis "Jaromil" Roio; Italian sociologist Elena Esposito; the former Berlin Senator for Culture and supporter of an unconditional basic income Adrienne Goehler; the philosopher Matteo Pasquinelli (Berlin/London) as well as the brothers Ralph and Stefan Heidenreich, authors of the book Mehr Geld (2008/2011). You can download PDF documents containing the complete conference program as well the short biographies of the participants via the following page: http://www.hmkv.de/_en/programm/programmpunkte/2014/Veranstaltungen/2014_NIF_Konferenz.php The conference will be accompanied by UTOPIA STOCK EXCHANGE, a trading game developed and organised by the artists’ collective Invisible Playground. http://www.utopiastockexchange.de/ Please find the press release for the NEW INDUSTRIES CONFERENCE (in English/German) as well as the press release for UTOPIA STOCK EXCHANGE (in German) in the press section on our website. Sincerely yours, Inke Arns PS: In case you cannot make it ... The entire conference will be documented on video - which will be made available on YouTube, Vimeo and other platforms soon after the event. ------------------ Dr. Inke Arns Artistic Director Hartware MedienKunstVerein (HMKV) at the Dortmunder U Leonie-Reygers-Terrasse, 44137 Dortmund Office: Hoher Wall 15, 44137 Dortmund, Germany T + 49 - 231 - 496642-0 F + 49 - 231 - 496642-29 [email protected] www.hmkv.de NEW INDUSTRIES FESTIVAL HMKV at the Dortmunder U and Union-Viertel/Rheinische Str. 14 September 2013 - 26 January 2014
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