The Test_Lab Smart Hybrid Forms<\/em>\u00a0on Thursday 27 October\u00a0is all about artistic research into plants\u2019 sensitivity to light, touch, frequencies, chemicals and electrical signaling. On 9 November we launch Geert Lovink’s new book Stuck on the Platform<\/em> (Valiz), with a discussion about our current technological predicament. The Tryday on 11 November features three artists and their\u00a0research that’s part of the PHxV2_ Digital Art Residency. A day later, on 12 November there’s a V2_Klub-evening:\u00a0Samsara<\/em>. On 18 November we invite you to a reading group about Achille Mbembe’s new book (that’s published by V2_). And of course there’s an Open_Lab in November, and we’re on Operator Radio too.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Media theorist and internet critic Geert Lovink<\/strong> argues that we can reclaim the internet on our own terms.\u00a0Celebrating the launch of his new book,\u00a0Stuck on the Platform<\/em>\u00a0(Valiz, 2022), on this evening we discuss our current technological predicament and look for ways out of the digital slump. Following a presentation of the book, digital anthropologist Payal Arora<\/strong> and Bits of Freedom-director Evelyn Austin<\/strong> will join the conversation. How do we make sense of the rising disaffection with the platform condition, and what can be done about it?<\/p>\n
This Tryday will show the progress and ongoing research of the PHxV2_ Digital Art Residency, a project of V2_ in cooperation with Pro Helvetia that enables\u00a0artists, designers and cultural practitioners\u00a0to explore the notion of artificial inequality. The ‘Trydays’ are one-off events that take place on a Friday during the Kunstavond, giving\u00a0artists an opportunity to ‘try-out’ a new work, installation or performance. The Tryday on Friday 11 November features research by\u00a0Daniela Brugger<\/a>,\u00a0F\u00e9licien Goguey<\/a>, and\u00a0Lukas Truniger<\/a>.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n
In the Marginalia Reading Group of\u00a0November 18, from 18:30 \u2013 21:00 we will discuss The Earthly Community. Reflections on the last utopia<\/em> by Achille Mbembe.\u00a0Mbembe explores what remains of the human subject in an age when the instrumentality of reason is carried out by and through information machines and technologies of calculation. We ask readers to collect their notes, as the discussion in the online gathering will be\u00a0built around the group\u2019s collection of marginalia. Participation costs \u20ac5,-.\u00a0The\u00a0event will\u00a0 take place\u00a0on\u00a0Zoom. You\u00a0will receive the link on the day of the\u00a0 event.\u00a0You can purchase the book\u00a0in the V2_store<\/a>,\u00a0and make sure you have\u00a0read the book before attending!<\/p>\n