Symbolic Solids or: The Contract of the Architect

* This is the manuscript version of my forthcoming article for a book edited by José Aragüez: The Building (Lars Müller publishers, 2016). “A computational approach enables architecture to be embedded with an extraordinary degree of information.“ (Michael Hansmeyer: www.michaelhansmeyer.com) I would like to discuss three of Michael Hansmeyer’s recent experiments in computational architecture (Platonic Solids (2009), … Continue reading

Berlin Feminist Film Week 2016.

Short note: I was planning to make a short post yesterday concerning the Berlin Feminist Film week but it didnt work out.This year the festival is taking place from 8th to 14th of March 2016 in various venues around Berlin.  Keep an eye out for the program and find the stuff on facebook. Several good films…

Telepolis bespricht Traceroute

 Peter Mühlbauer von Telepolis bespricht Traceroute. Jawohl!

[Grenzfurthner] hat er sich in einem Film auf die Reise nach der eigenen Identität als Nerd begeben: Traceroute, der auf der PhutureCon 2016 den Preis für den besten…

The Art Historian of Post-Modern Life

Dean Kissik writes for the Spike magazine about politicans and other non-artists as artists or about the dynamics that unfold once you start thinking about non-artists as artists.¹ Here are two quotes from the text and a shituationist reply. Glenn Beck, practises something similar and has very often been described as a “performance artist” himself.…

„Wir sind viel schlimmer als wir dachten, sind von uns selbst geschockt.“

Gedanken zu feministischer Militanz Was soll der Scheiß mit den Frauen*, die entweder friedlich oder „zickig“ sind? Wie verhalten sich Weiblichkeit und Aggression zueinander? Wie überwinden wir in der politischen Praxis die Freundlichkeit/das Lächeln, das wir gelernt haben? Was heißt Militanz für uns, was kann feministische Militanz sein? Auf jeden Fall mehr als nur ein […]

Screencritix-Review von „Traceroute“

Carl Burgess vom Screencritix-Blog hat Traceroute scheinbar wirklich gut gefallen. Yeah!

To start the film, Johannes takes the audience on a trip through his childhood and it was quite scary to watch – scary in it being almost a complete re…