Transmediale 2016: Necessary Conversations Off-the-Cloud Marc Garrett writes about strategies for solidarity discussed in the Off-the-Cloud-Zone at this year's Conversation Pieces at Transmediale festival 2016.
"Last year’s festival explored the marketing of big data in the age of social control. This year, the chosen format was entitled conversationpiece, with the aim of enabling a series of dialogues and participatory setups to talk about the most burning topics in post-digital culture today. To give it grounding and historical context the theme was pinned to the “backdrop of different processes of social transformation, 17th and 18th century European painters perfected the group portrait painting known as the “Conversation Piece” in which the everyday life of the aristocracy was depicted in ideal scenes of common activity.” In recent years the festival has scafolded its panels, workshops and keynotes to grand, central themes to guide its peers and visitors, along with a large-scale curated exhibition. If we view the four interconnected thematic streams- Anxious to Act, Anxious to Make, Anxious to Share and Anxious to Secure - we might guess that the festival curators are also anxious to save all the resources (and celebrations) for next year, which is after all, Transmediale's 30th birthday. So, I was curious to see how my brief time here would unfold..." http://www.furtherfield.org/features/review-transmediale-2016-necessary-conversations
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