Category: social networks
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Cultural groups and academics take over social networking sites
OK, not really, but Theory.org.uk has a Facebook account now, MySpace has a group called “multimedia electronic literature and art: the subversive and avant-garde” and a number of the edgier arts and academic groups have MySpaces, such as Worm, in R’dam, and the C’Lick Me festival has a MySpace. And of course many people are…
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Scholars and Artists
In the last couple of months I have enjoyed meeting a host of really interesting scholars and artists. I’ve written about those I was seeing or meeting in an official way–keynote speakers, panelists, interviewees, etc. But, I also met quite a few people in a more casual way who are also doing research and or…
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Evolution of Worm
Now I will also finally finish writing about my meeting with Hajo, which I only half-covered before it was time for me to leave the Netherlands, and I’m anxious to get it all down. –I’m sure at least a few other people will write about the conferences I attended, but I’m the only one who…
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The heart of the Worm
Having caught up everything about the graduation show, now I’ll get to the meeting I had this morning, with Hajo Doorn, director of Worm. I’ll start by saying that of all the meetings and conversations I’ve had about how different institutions work here in the Netherlands, this was by far the best. In addition to…
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Back to live blogging
OK, I charged the battery a bit, so now back to live reporting on the first day, just in time for the very last talk by Florian Cramer. I’ll go back and post my notes from the others later. A nice intro by Matthew Fuller who mentions that among other things, Florian has won in…