BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 CALSCALE:GREGORIAN PRODID:adamgibbons/ics METHOD:PUBLISH X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H BEGIN:VEVENT UID:23271@offbeat.amsterdam SUMMARY:Platform Power DTSTAMP:20260601T215235Z DTSTART:20260624T180000Z DESCRIPTION:Artificial intelligence\, platform consolidation\, geopolitical struggles over\ndigital infrastructure\, and increasingly polarized onlin e cultures have\ntransformed the terrain of public life. Critique of digit al systems is no longer\nconfined to specialists. But what comes after dia gnosis? A conversation\norganized by the Institute of Network Cultures.\n\ nFor over two decades\, the Institute of Network Cultures has critically e ngaged\nwith digital culture through research\, artistic experimentation\, and\npara-academic forms of public engagement. How have the conditions fo r critique\nchanged?\n\nIf earlier moments of network culture were shaped by promises of openness\,\nparticipation\, and distributed organization\, the present conjuncture raises more\ndifficult questions. What forms of cr itique remain possible when digital\ninfrastructures increasingly mediate politics\, labor\, culture\, and knowledge?\nHas the object of critique it self shifted — from websites and social platforms\nto AI systems\, synthet ic media\, logistics\, and new forms of algorithmic\ngovernance?\n\nAt the same time\, the institutional conditions for critique have also changed.\ nAs universities and cultural institutions face increasing pressures of\np recarity\, quantification\, and commercialization\, para-academic spaces s uch as\nthe Institute of Network Cultures have taken on renewed significan ce. But how\ncan critical and experimental spaces sustain themselves while maintaining\nautonomy?\n\nAs the opening event of the Institute of Networ k Culture’s Exit Fest — marking a\nmoment of institutional transition as I NC reimagines its future beyond the\nuniversity — this event brings togeth er leading thinkers in media theory and\ncritical network cultures. The co nversation reflects on platform power\, the\nchanging conditions of critiq ue\, and the institutional and collective forms\nthrough which critique mi ght still be sustained — both within and beyond the\nuniversity.\n\n\nSPEA KERS\n\nTiziana Terranova is Professor of Cultural Studies and Digital Med ia Theory at\nthe University of Naples “L’Orientale.” A major theorist of network culture and\ndigital capitalism\, her work explores digital labor\ , automation\, platform\neconomies\, and the digital commons. She is the a uthor of Network Culture (2004)\nand After the Internet (2022).\n\nNed Ros siter is Professor at the Institute for Culture and Society\, Western\nSyd ney University\, and a theorist of media infrastructures\, logistics\, and \norganized networks. His work examines how digital systems reorganize lab or\,\ninstitutions\, and political life\, with particular attention to aut omation\,\nplatform economies\, and new forms of organization.\n\nYuk Hui is Professor of Philosophy at Erasmus University Rotterdam and one of\nthe leading contemporary philosophers of technology. Known for his concept of \ncosmotechnics\, his work explores the relationship between technology\, culture\,\necology\, and planetary futures\, challenging universal underst andings of\ntechnological development.\n\nAnna-Verena Nosthoff is Junior P rofessor of Ethics of Digitalisation at the\nUniversity of Oldenburg and C o-Director of the Critical Data Lab at Humboldt\nUniversity Berlin. Her wo rk examines platform power\, AI\, cybernetics\, and\ndigital governance\, with particular attention to Big Tech\, political\nsubjectivity\, and cont emporary forms of technological control.\n\nGeert Lovink is founder of the Institute of Network Cultures and Professor of\nArt and Network Cultures at the University of Amsterdam. His work spans tactical\nmedia\, organized networks\, platform critique\, and alternative forms of\npublishing and d igital organization. He is the author of numerous books on\ninternet cultu re and networked media.\n\nMarc Tuters(introduction) is Assistant Professo r of Media Studies at the\nUniversity of Amsterdam and co-director of the Open Intelligence Lab. His\nresearch focuses on platform cultures\, propag anda\, conspiracy theories\, and\ndigital infrastructures\, with particula r attention to online political movements\nand media ecologies.\n\nJernej Markelj (chair) is a Lecturer in New Media and Digital Culture at the\nUni versity of Amsterdam. His research focuses on affective politics of digita l\nmedia\, agentic imaginaries of AI\, and online gender. URL:https://offbeat.amsterdam/event/platform-power GEO:52.3685931;4.8896879 LOCATION:SPUI25 - Spui 25-27\, 1012 WX Amsterdam STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:alternative,amsterdam-centrum,books,capitalism,ecology,experimen tal,gender,opening,spui X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

Artificial intelligence, platform consolida tion, geopolitical struggles over digital infrastructure, and increasingly polarized online cultures have transformed the terrain of public life. Cr itique of digital systems is no longer confined to specialists. But what c omes after diagnosis? A conversation organized by the Institute of Network Cultures.

For over two decades, the Institute of Network Cultur es has critically engaged with digital culture through research, artistic experimentation, and para-academic forms of public engagement. How have th e conditions for critique changed?

If earlier moments of network c ulture were shaped by promises of openness, participation, and distributed organization, the present conjuncture raises more difficult questions. Wh at forms of critique remain possible when digital infrastructures increasi ngly mediate politics, labor, culture, and knowledge? Has the object of cr itique itself shifted — from websites and social platforms to AI systems, synthetic media, logistics, and new forms of algorithmic governance?

At the same time, the institutional conditions for critique have also c hanged. As universities and cultural institutions face increasing pressure s of precarity, quantification, and commercialization, para-academic space s such as the Institute of Network Cultures have taken on renewed signific ance. But how can critical and experimental spaces sustain themselves whil e maintaining autonomy?

As the opening event of the Institute of N etwork Culture’s Exit Fest — marking a moment of institutional transition as INC reimagines its future beyond the university — this event brings tog ether leading thinkers in media theory and critical network cultures. The conversation reflects on platform power, the changing conditions of critiq ue, and the institutional and collective forms through which critique migh t still be sustained — both within and beyond the university.

Speakers

Tiziana Terranova is Professor of Cultural Studies and Digital Media Theory at the Univers ity of Naples “L’Orientale.” A major theorist of network culture and digit al capitalism, her work explores digital labor, automation, platform econo mies, and the digital commons. She is the author of Network Culture (2004) and After the Internet (2022).

Ned Rossiter is Professor at the Institute for Culture and Socie ty, Western Sydney University, and a theorist of media infrastructures, lo gistics, and organized networks. His work examines how digital systems reo rganize labor, institutions, and political life, with particular attention to automation, platform economies, and new forms of organization.

Yuk Hui is Professor of Philosophy at Erasmus U niversity Rotterdam and one of the leading contemporary philosophers of te chnology. Known for his concept of cosmotechnics, his work explores the re lationship between technology, culture, ecology, and planetary futures, ch allenging universal understandings of technological development.

< em>Anna-Verena Nosthoff is Junior Professor of Ethic s of Digitalisation at the University of Oldenburg and Co-Director of the Critical Data Lab at Humboldt University Berlin. Her work examines platfor m power, AI, cybernetics, and digital governance, with particular attentio n to Big Tech, political subjectivity, and contemporary forms of technolog ical control.

Geert Lovink is founder of the Institute of Network Cultures and Professor of Art and Network Cultur es at the University of Amsterdam. His work spans tactical media, organize d networks, platform critique, and alternative forms of publishing and dig ital organization. He is the author of numerous books on internet culture and networked media.

Marc Tuters(introduction ) is Assistant Professor of Media Studies at the University of Amster dam and co-director of the Open Intelligence Lab. His research focuses on platform cultures, propaganda, conspiracy theories, and digital infrastruc tures, with particular attention to online political movements and media e cologies.

Jernej Markelj (chair) is a Le cturer in New Media and Digital Culture at the University of Amsterdam. Hi s research focuses on affective politics of digital media, agentic imagina ries of AI, and online gender.

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