Mehr Rechte gegen die Kunst | n.n. -- notes & nodes on society, technology and the space of the possible, by felix stalder

26 January, 2012 - 14:14 by felix

Heute ist unsere Kommentar gegen die eben gestartete Initiative kunsthatrecht.at im Standard erschienen. Titel: Mehr Rechte gegen die Kunst. Untertitel: Die Kulturkämpfer für eine Verschärfung des Urheberrechts schneiden sich ins eigene Fleisch.

Notes & nodes: society, technology and the space of the possible, by Felix Stalder

Talks & Events

11.06. Fascism, Unreason and the Paradox of Modernity (Vienna)

02.06. Totale Technologie. Künstliche Intelligenz, Social Media und der globale Faschismus. (Salzburg)

10.05. The Collapse of the (Western) Model of Reality (Vienna)

28.04. Körperbezogene Daten und planetares Denken (Berlin)

11.04. Civilization, Technology and Consciousness (Screening, Basel, CH)

Projects & Institutions

Zurich University of the Arts

Latent Spaces (current research project)

Creating Commons (previous research project)

World Information Institute (Vienna)

Technopolitics Working Group (Vienna)

Recent Books

Sternberg Press, 2025

Aksioma, 2023

Autonomedia, 2022

Diaphanes, 2021

Polity Press, 2018

Suhrkamp Verlag, 2016

Less Recent Books

Der Autor am Ende der Gutenberg Galaxis, Buch & Netz, 2014
Digital Solidarity, PML/Mute, Winter 2013
Vergessene Zukunft. transcript Verlag, 2012
Cultures and Ethics of Sharing / Kulturen und Ethiken des Teilens Innsbruck University Press, 2012
Deep Search. The Politics of Search Beyond Google Studienverlag / Transaction Publishers, 2009
Manuel Castells and the Theory of the Network Society. Polity Press, 2006 and Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Jagiellońskiego, 2012
Open Cultures and the Nature of Networks. edited by Kuda.org, Futura publikacije, Novi Sad and Revolver - Archiv für aktuelle Kunst, Frankfurt a.M. (October 2005)
Making Money. Notes on technology as environment Ph.D. Thesis, Faculty of Information Studies. University of Toronto, 2001
README! ASCII CULTURE AND THE REVENGE OF KNOWLEDGE. FILTERED BY nettime, Autonomedia, NYC, 1999
List of all books (according to worldcat)

Twitter Archive

Local archive of my 12.2K tweets (Oct 6, 2010 - Nov 7, 2022)

Organizing

tdlr.nettime.org (Mastodon/Hometown instance, since Nov. 2022)
Leben Unter der Kurve. Sept/Okt.2021
Lecture Performance with Michael Taussig, 29.05.2019
Painted by Numbers A Discursive Installation on Algorithmic Regimes, ongoing
Algorithmic Regimes, Vienna, 25.09.2015
Digitale Wolken und Urbane Räume.Wien, Juni 2014
Netzpolitischer Konvent der österreichischen Zivilgesellschaft, 2013
Shared Digital Futures Conference, Wien 2013
Free Culture Forum, Barcelona, 2010
Deep Search II, Conference, Vienna, May 28 2010
World Information City Conference, Paris, 2009
Kunstfreiheit.ch, Schweiz, 2009
Deep Search. Politik des Suchens jenseits von Google, Wien, 2008
nettime-l, co-moderating, since 1998

Latest Posts (Mastodon)

Sun, 08 Jun 2025 18:51:01 +0000

In the 1990s and 2000s, the socially liberal wing of neoliberalism (e.g Richard Florida) argued that diversity was positive for its contribution to "creativity". It was embedded in a larger argument about the knowledge economy and creative industries. This line of reasoning contributed to the expansion of the arts, as the high-end of "creativity".

Today, this argument is largely gone. I wonder why?

In part, this is austerity and backlash.

However, I suspect, this is also an effect of delegating creativity to machines, and all they need is armies of engineers, and all they need is a uniform set of advanced math skills. All the rest of human experience and knowledges is devalued.

Fri, 06 Jun 2025 07:51:31 +0000

Is there a serious argument against the view that we already have agentic AGI that is seriously misaligned with human survival in the form of the capitalist corporation?

In the single-minded pursuit of its "objective function", profit, it exploits every loophole, breaks any rule necessary, and does not mind destroying the entire planet.

It's basically the speculative paperclip-maker in real world action. Just that it has already manipulated human culture to think that paperclips are the greatest thing in the world.

Mon, 02 Jun 2025 09:38:00 +0000

"I think Silicon Valley has done a really good job of convincing people that things that are collectively owned actually belong to them, and when we remember they’re ours, we can start shaping what’s happening in this world."

https://www.cambridgeday.com/2025/06/01/karen-hao-tells-the-true-story-of-openai-and-chatgpt-in-empire-of-ai/

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