Internet Culture X Society: A Crash Course in Art & Media Technology

Name: Internet Culture X Society: A Crash Course in Art & Media Technology
Start: 2024-11-05T19:00:00+01:00
End: 2024-11-05T22:00:00+01:00
Location: Eendrachtsstraat 10, 3012 XL Rotterdam, Netherlands

Schedule

Tue Nov 05 2024 at 07:00 pm to 10:00 pm

UTC+01:00

Location

Eendrachtsstraat 10, 3012 XL Rotterdam, Netherlands | Rotterdam, ZH

Are you a well-traveled and wizened denizen of Internetland, or did you grow up immersed in digital culture? Then this Crash Course, co-hosted by Alex Falk & Kendal Beynon, is for you!
In this sixth season of the crash course, we’ll turn our focus to the Internet and the impact digital culture and online phenomena have on us as individuals and as a society.
The internet and its culture have undeniably reshaped our lives and society in multifaceted ways. It has for example enabled global connectivity and brought instant access to a wealth of knowledge. However, this connectivity and access also led to challenges such as misinformation, privacy concerns, and digital divides.
Internet culture, with its memes, trends, and online communities, has influenced how people communicate, express themselves, and form identities. It has blurred geographical boundaries, fostered new forms of creativity and collaboration, and amplified diverse voices. Yet, also raises concerns about mental health, who gets to govern and moderate these digital spaces, and that it seems increasingly more difficult to distinguish between the online and offline reality.
As the internet’s impact on society continues to grow in complexity, artists continue to critique, question, and reveal how internet technology and its culture intertwine.
Throughout four interconnected evenings, we will look at how internet culture has influenced our sense of identity, how we communicate, the way we build communities, and how information flows. Invited artists, other researchers, and experts working in the field of digital culture will help us break down each subject and look at it from different perspectives, both critical and laudatory.
05/11/2024: Internet Culture x Identity
In this first edition of the crash course, we will examine how the Internet has changed how we shape, express, defend, and celebrate our identity, both online and offline.
With presentations by: Manique Hendricks , Julia Janssen , Carmen de la Roca and Alia Leonardi
07/11/2024: Internet Culture x Communication
In the second edition, we take a closer look at how new channels of communication have changed the speed and scope with which we can now express ourselves, and how this affects our language.
With presentations by: Marijn Bril, Lilian Stolk and Mariana Fernández Mora
12/11/2024: Internet Culture x Community
In the third edition, we move our focus from individual to group interaction within online communities, whose dynamic nature changes how we socially interact and form communities in the physical world.
With presentations by: Thomas Walskaar , Roel Lutkenhaus, and Leo Scarin
14/11/2024: Internet Culture x Information
For the fourth and final installment of the crash course, we will take a macro perspective by looking at how information spreads, is accessed, used, and misused on the internet, and how this impacts the world around us. With: Alex Zakkas & Tamara Babik, Natalia Sánchez Querubín and Dasha Ilina
These events are open to join in person, or via interactive livestream. Tickets are available for each single event, or as a combo-ticket for all four events at a discount. Hope to see you there!