Return of Gogbot

Saturday 20th August, 2022 - Bruce Sterling

*Wow!  Better go to Enschede!

 

Summary:
– The world is on fire, but GOGBOT Festival in Enschede, NL, makes for a better future!

Theme of 2022 = SO FUTURE, FROM SOLARPUNK TO METAF*CK

FREE FESTIVAL / XPO / OUTSIDE CYBERPUNK AREA
Thursday 8 –  Sunday 11 September 2022 @ Enschede, NL
official opening GOGBOT 2022 | complete program

MEGA MUSIC PROGRAM!
– Thursday 8 sep Kick-off Mayhem @ WARP
– Friday 9 sep: GOGBOT Indoor Techno Festival @ Muziekcentrum Enschede
w/ Cera Khin, Ghost in the Machine, Matrixxman, Tommy Four Seven & more
– Saturday 10 sep: Acid Rave Night @ Metropool
w/ Thomas Heckmann & more

FREE GOGBOT SYMPOSIUM – SO FUTURE
Saturday 10 sep @ Muziekcentrum Enschede
speakers: Jacob Lillemose, Bruce Sterling.

get your tickets now or be forgotten!

GOGBOT FESTIVAL 2022

SO FUTURE!

from solarpunk to metaf*ck

75 artists, 6 xpo’s
75 DJs, 3 club nights
1 future

www.gogbot.nl for all expo info and participating artists!

September 8 – 11 | Enschede, NL
official opening: Thursday September 8 | 20.00 @ Stationsplein, Enschede

The world is on fire ? Climate catastrophes, economic crises, wars, extreme polarization and environmental disasters – predicted for decades by scientists, freethinkers and artists – are increasingly manifesting in the here and now. Shit is real, yo! Denial is no longer an option!

The role that technology plays in the cause and solution of the major climatic, sociological and economic problems of the 21st century is becoming an increasingly urgent conversation. The survival of humanity and future memes are at stake ? Even the status quo of metaversed tec billionaire CEOs and corruptable politicians is finally starting to realize that something needs to change in our attitude towards the future of planet earth; a future, if it were up to them, conceived and designed by the status quo themselves… say what, now!? A more decentralised structure like the anti-capitalist, pro-technology Solarpunk/Ecopunk movement might be a better alternative to being a slave to Big Tec ?

GOGBOT asks: who has the power when it comes to shaping the future? And what do we want to change about this distribution of power? Can the world still be saved, or are we metaf*cked!?

SO FUTURE!
In these hectic times of constant (dis)information and brainless entertainment overload, our future is too often presented in a simplified way, either extremely dystopian or naively utopian. Obviously, we all need to distance ourselves from these indiscriminate narratives from time to time, so that we can rest and recover before resuming the fight for a truly better world. At such trying times, the philosophies of our great leader Doge offer solace as we ironically exclaim: “yet another careless Silicon Valley meets Hollywood image of the future … so future! much likes! very google! many technology! such consumer!

all participating artists + program: gogbot.nl

COMPLETE TIMETABLE
Playmodes – Espills (large-scale audiovisual laser installation)
Branchy Games – Pluma
Lu Yang – Doku the Self
SOLARPUNK
The subtitle ‘From solarpunk to metaf*ck’ also refers to the solar/ecopunk movement, which, from a rebellious and anti-capitalistic point of view, strives for a world in which technology, nature and mankind achieve perfect symbiosis. Solarpunk has a do-it-yourself attitude and is deeply rooted in ideologies – and in doing so is at odds with exploitative mentality of Big Tec. Is solarpunk a way of thinking that can help us usher in a healthy future? 
METAF*CK
Big Tec and Silicon Valley operate as self-appointed notorious gatekeepers when it comes to the distribution of ideas about the future. Consider, for example, the way Mark ‘Facebook” Zuckerberg shamelessly annexed the Metaverse as a concept from Neal Stephenson’s 30 year old scifi novel Snow Crash. GOGBOT speaks out against these and other cases of blatant ‘metaf*cking’ and is pushing for a reconsideration of existing power structures! 
Earth 2050
Jonas Staal & Jan Fermon, Collectivize Facebook: A Pre-Trial
Sabrina Ratté – Floralia II
Stanza – The Nemesis Machine
GOGBOT 2022
YOUNGBLOODS

Since 2008, GOGBOT scouts the best talents from creative tech and art graduates across the Netherlands, providing selected artists with a professional platform to share innovative tec art and radical social ideas. The collaboration culminates in a big exhibition in WARP Technopolis during the festival. The youth is the hope of our future, now even more than ever!

Emma Grima – Vulva Monologues
Radina Yotova – Now You See Me
Hung Lu Chan – Embassy of Aliens
Ila Kolosovs – Sputnik
GOGBOT 2022
MEGA MUSIC PROGRAM

GOGBOT brings you 3 club nights across Enschede – the night time is the right time!

GOGBOT 2022 partners: 100% FAT, AKI Artez, decilux, Enschede Promotie, Gemeente Enschede, itmotr, Fragma, Gentle Rent, Gonzo Circus, KITT Engineering, Loxam, Metropool, Ministerie van OCW, Museum of the Future, Muziekcentrum Enschede, Provincie Overijssel, Prins Bernhard Cultuurfonds, Rijksmuseum Twenthe, Saxion, Sickhouse, Spacebar, TEC ART, TETEM, Total Image, Tuccer, Univerty Twente, WARP Technopolis, Wilminktheater
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