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Extended Biography: Geert Lovink

Geert Lovink

 

 

Education

 

MA, Social and Political Sciences, University of Amsterdam, 1984.

PhD, English Department, Media & Communication Program, University of Melbourne, 2003.

 

 

Employment

 

Independent media theorist, critic, publisher and conference organizer since 1984.

 

Editor,Ý Mediamatic magazine (www.mediamatic.nl), 1989-1994.

 

Radio Producer, Radio 100 (Amsterdam community station), 1987-1990, Radio Patapoe (Amsterdam community station), 1990-1993, VPRO (www.vpro.nl Dutch Public Radio), 1993-1996.

 

Coordinator of public research program, Waag Society (Society for Old and New Media), Amsterdam, 1996-2000 (http://www.waag.org).

 

Postdoc fellow at the Centre for Critical and Cultural Studies, University of Queensland, Brisbane (from January 2003).

 

 

Professional Activities

 

Co-founder, Digital City, Amsterdam freenet/community network (http://www.dds.nl), founded in 1993.

 

Co-founder, Desk.nl, Internet provider for arts and culture (www.desk.nl), founded in 1994.

 

Co-founder, with Pit Schultz, nettime mailinglist (www.nettime.org), founded in 1995.

- Series of international nettime conferences and meetings (1996-1997).

- Co-moderator of the international list (1995-99).

- Co-editor of nettime publications (see publication list).

- Co-ordinator of non-English nettime mailinglists.

 

Co-founder, Contrast.org, Internet content provider (www.contrast.org), founded in 1997.

 

Co-founder and moderator, fibreculture, a mailinglist on Australian Internet culture and research (www.fibreculture.org) founded in 2001.

 

Co-founder and moderator, solaris, a mailinglist on critical issues in IT and development, founded in early 2002.

 

- Co-founder of collaborative weblog discordia (www.discordia.us), launched in June 2003.

 

Co-organizer of conferences:

 

- Wetware, Amsterdam, 1991.

- Next Five Minutes Tactical Media Conferences 1-3, Amsterdam 1993, 1996, 1999 (http://www.n5m.org).

- Metaforum 1-3, Budapest, 1994, 1995, 1996 (http://www.mrf.hu).

- Ars Electronica, Linz, 1996: Memesis, 1998: Infowar (http://www.aec.at).

- Interface 3, Hamburg, 1995.

- Beauty and the East, Nettime Conference, Ljubljana, 1997.

- International Browserday Competitions (five), Amsterdam-New York-Berlin, 1998-2001

Ý (www.waag.org/browser and www.internationalbrowserday.com).

- Tulipomania Dotcom, Amsterdam and Frankfurt, June 2000 (www.balie.nl/tulipomania).

- Make World Festival, Munich/Germany, October 2001 (www.make-world.org)

- Co-organizer of Fibreculture public debates/meetings, Melbourne, December 2001; Sydney, November 2002; Brisbane, July 2003 (www.fibreculture.org/conference.html).

- Dark Markets, Media and Democracy in Crisis, organized by Public Netbase/Vienna, October 2002.

- Crisis Media, Uncertain States of Reportage, Sarai New Media Centre, Dehli, March 2003.

 

Co-creator of a series of temporary media labs:

 

- Hybrid Workspace, Documenta X, Kassel, 1997 (http://www.medialounge.net).

- Media lab at Kiasma (contemporary arts museum), Helsinki, 1999 (http://temp.kiasma.fi).

 

 

Teaching

 

- Annual workshop/course for five years at the IMI media school in Osaka, 1996- 2000.

(http://www.iminet.ac.jp. The documentation of this annual 'AiR' project has been published as a book: Electronic Street Cultures, IMI, Osaka, 2001.

- Merz Academy in Stuttgart (1994 and 1998).

- KHM media art school in Cologne (1998).

- School for Art and Communication in Malm–, Sweden (1999).

- UIAH media design school in Helsinki (1999).

- Sceen Culture course at College of Fine Arts/University of New South Wales (first semester 2002).

- Critical Internet course, Victorian College of the Arts (August 2002).

- Mapping Swiss Info-society, course at the Zurich media design school (late 2002).

 

Advisory Board and Jury Memberships

 

- Member of IT and International Cooperation Committee (Social Science Research Council, NYC, 2003).

- Member of International Program Committee, ISEA 2004 festival (Scandinavia), 2003-2004.

- Peer reviewer for the new media arts board of the Australia Council (Sydney, July 2003).

- ICT taskforce member ofÝ the Indo-Dutch Programme on Alternatives in Development (New Delhi, 2002-2003).

- Committee member of Thuiskopiefonds (home copy fund, Amsterdam, 1999)

 

Online Text Archives

 

http://thing.desk.nl/bilwet (till early 1998)

http://www.laudanum.net/geert (1998-now)

 

Print Publications

 

Books by Geert Lovink:

 

My First Recession, Critical Internet Culture in Transition (V2, Rotterdam/NL, 2003).

 

Uncanny Networks, In Dialogue with the Virtual Intelligentsia (Cambridge: MIT Press, 2002).

 

Dark Fiber, Tracking Critical Internet Culture (Cambridge: MIT Press, 2002, with translations in German, Spanish, Italian, Romanian and Japanese).

 

H–r zu - oder stirb! (Amsterdam and Berlin: Edition ID - Archiv, 1992)

 

 

Co-written books:

 

The Media Archive: World Edition, with Adilkno, trans. from Dutch by Laura Martz & Pieter Beyer (New York: Autonomedia, 1998) [orig. in Dutch, also translated in German, Croatian and Slovenian, 1992-98]

 

Elektronische Einsamkeit (book and separate CD), with Adilkno, trans. in German from Dutch (Cologne: SupposÈ, 1997)

 

Cracking the Movement: Squatting Beyond the Media, with Adilkno, trans. from Dutch by Laura Martz. (New York: Autonomedia, 1994 [Dutch, 1990, German, 1991])

 

Der Datadandy, with Adilkno, trans. in German from Dutch (Bensheim: Bollmann Verlag, 1994)

 

Het Beeldenrijk, with Adilkno (Amsterdam: Uitgeverij Raket & Lont, 1985)

 

 

(Co-)edited Publications:

 

Ed, Shaping Technology, Sarai Reader 03, Amsterdam/Dehli: Sarai-CSDS/Waag Society, 2003.

 

Ed., Networks of Excellence, Fibreculture 2002 newspaper, Sydney, 2002.

 

Ed., Border=0, Location=Yes, Make World #2 newspaper, Munich/Florence 2002.

 

Ed., Mobile Minded, with designer Mieke Gerritzen, New York: Gingko Press, 2002.

 

Ed., Version >02, Reader for the Chicago Festival on Arts and the Digital Commons, 2002.

 

Ed., The Cities of Everyday Life, Sarai Reader 02, Amsterdam/Dehli: Sarai-CSDS/Waag Society, 2002.

 

Ed., Politics of the Digital Present, ::fibreculture:: reader, Melbourne: Arena, 2001.

 

Ed., Mobile Minded, Reader 5th International Browserday, Berlin: NL-Design, Volksbuehne & Bundeszentrale fuer politische Bildung, 2001.

 

Ed., Border=0, Location=Yes, Make World Festival newspaper, Munich 2001.

 

Ed., Electronic Street Cultures, with Toshiya Ueno and AiR-o-Vix (book and cd-rom), Osaka: Inter Medium Institute, 2001.

 

Ed., Metatag, 26 Hits on Technology and Culture, Amsterdam: Waag Society for Old and New Media, 2001.

 

Ed., Catalogue of Strategies, with NL-Design, Amsterdam: BIS Publishers, 2001.

 

Ed., The Public Domain, Sarai Reader 01, Dehli: Sarai/CSDS, 2001.

 

Ed., Net Congestion, catalogue of the first international streaming media festival, Amsterdam, De Balie Publishers, October 2000.

 

Ed.,Ý Tulipomania Dotcom, Amsterdam: De Balie Publishers, August 2000.

 

Ed., Manifest for the Design Economy, with NL-Design, Amsterdam: BIS Publishers, 2000. (Also pubished as ŠmigrÈ 58, Sacramento, 2001)

 

Ed., Next Five Minutes Workbook (Amsterdam, March 1999)

 

Ed., Readme!, filtered by nettime (Brooklyn: Autonomedia, 1999)

 

Ed., Netzkritik (Berlin/Amsterdam: Edition ID-Archiv, 1997)

 

Ed., ZKP 1-4, four nettime readers (Amsterdam-Madrid-Budapest-Ljubljana 1996-1997)

 

 

Printed articles, Interviews, Reviews (in Englishóonline publications excluded)

 

After the Dotcom Crash: Recent Literature on Internet, Business and Society, in: Cultural Studies Review, Vol. 8 No.1, May 2002, Melbourne: University of Melbourne Press, pp. 130-153.

 

The Downfall of the Syndicate Network (English/Korean), in: Project 1, Pause-Realization, Catalogue of the Gwangju Biennale 2002, Gwangju, 2002, pp. 148-159.

 

Enemy of Nostalgia, Interview with Peter Lunenfeld, PAJ: A Journal of Performance and Art, Volume 24, Number 1 (PAJ 70), January 2002, pp. 5-15.

 

Art in the Age of the Mobile Phone, interview with Marita Liulia, Ïn: Katya Sander & Simon Sheikh (ed.), We Are All Normal (and we want our freedom), London: Black Dog Publishing, 2002, pp. 382-389.

 

The GHI of Tactical Media (with David Garcia, in conversation with Andreas Broeckmann), in: Do It Yourself!, Art and Digital Media: Software ñ Participation ñ Distribution, Andreas Broeckmann/Susanne Jaschko (Ed.), transmediale.01 catalogue, Berlin, 2001, p. 12-17.

 

Interview with Kevin Murray, in: Politics of the Digital Present, Fibreculture reader, Melbourne: Fibreculture Publications, 2001, pp. 169-176.

 

Cyberselfishness Explained, Interview with Paulina Borsook, in: Mute #22, London, 2001.

 

New Rules for the New Actonomy (with Florian Schneider), in: Media Circus Reader, Melbourne, 2001, pp. 73-76. Reprinted in the Make World Festival newspaper, Munich 2001.

 

Optimising Interface Value: Design in the New Economy (with Franz Liebl), in: formdiskurs, Journal of Design and Design Theory, Frankfurt am Main, # 8/9, 2000/1, pp. 35-41.

 

The Rise and Fall of Dotcommania, Cyberculture in the Internet Economy, in: Sarai (ed.), Sarai Reader 01, The Public Domain, Delhi, 2001, pp. 110-116.

 

Havest Time on the Server Farm, Reaping the Net's Body Politics, debate with Sara Diamond and Roy Ascott, in: Mute, issue 18, London, 2000, pp. 42-49.

 

Multimedia - A Promise, interview with Station Rose, in: private://public, Conversation in Cyberspace, Symposium 3, Edition Selene,Ý Vienna, 2000, pp. 22-32.

 

Amsterdam Public Digital Culture: Contradictions among User Profiles (together with Patrice Riemens), in RiskVoice, 002, Stiftung Risiko-Dialog, St. Gallen, pp. 1-8, October 2000.

 

New Media Culture in the Age of the New Economy, in: media_city seoul 2000, catalogue, Seoul, 2000, pp. 342-350.

 

Relational Architecture, Interview with Rafael Lozano-Hemmer, in: Archis 9/2000, Rotterdam, pp. 70-74.

 

Introduction and Conceptual background of the Tulipomania Dotcom Conference, in: Tulipomania Dotcom reader, a critique of the new economy, distributed by Uitgeverij De Balie, Amsterdam, 2000, pp. 3-14.

 

Organized Innocence and the War in the New Europe, On Electronic Solitude and Independent Media, in: Laura Lengel (ed.), Culture @nd Technology in the New Europe, Civil Discourse in Transformation in Post-Communist Nations, Ablex Publishing, Stamford Connecticut, 2000, pp. 133-144. Published under the same title in the Proceedings of the 6th International Symposium of Electronic Art, Montreal, 1996, pp. 177-181. Appeared first in ZKP Proceedings 95, Net Criticism, nettime (ed.), Amsterdam, 1996, pp. 177-181.

 

Introduction and text for Everyone is a Designer, Manifest for the Design Economy, Edited by Mieke Gerritzen and Geert Lovink, BIS Publishing House, Amsterdam, 2000.

 

The Importance of Meetspace, A Manual for Temporary Medialabs, Giancarlo Norese (ed.), in: Oreste at the Venice Biennale, Edizioni Charta, Milano, 2000, pp. 18-22.

 

Fragments of Network Criticism, in: Mauri Yla-Kotola a.o. (ed.), The Integrated Media Machine: A Theoretical Framework, University of Lapland, Rovaniemi, 1999, pp. 87-93.

 

War in the Age of Internet, Some Thoughts and Reports, Spring 1999, in: Ost-West Internet ñ Media Revolution, Stephan Kovats (ed.), Campus, Frankfurt-New York, 1999, pp. 322-325.

 

Audio Freedom, Interview with Zina Kaye, in: Acoustic Space 2, E-Lab (ed.), Riga, 1999, pp. 42-44.

 

The Order of Chaos, the Lives and Work of DFM-Artburo Heafties, in:Ý Acoustic Space 2, E-Lab (ed.), Riga, 1999, pp. 117-123..

 

DEF of Tactical Media (together with David Garcia), in: Next 5 Minutes 3 Workbook,

Festival Catalogue, Amsterdam, 1999, pp. 144-146.

 

Digital Constructivism: What is European Software? An Exchange with Lev Manovich, in: New Media Culture in Europe, Frank Boyd etc. (ed.), De Balie Publishers/Virtueel Platform, Amsterdam, 1999, pp. 42-45. Full version appeared in Continuum: Journal of Media & Cultural Studies, Vol. 13, No. 2, 1999, pp. 165-173.

 

The Ins and Outs of the Soros Internet Programme in Former Eastern Europe: An E-mail Exchange with Jonathan Peizer, in: New Media Culture in Europe, Frank Boyd etc. (ed.), De Balie Publishers/Virtueel Platform, Amsterdam, 1999, pp. 137-138.

 

Amsterdam Public Digital Culture, On the Contradictions Among the Users (with Patrice Riemens, in: Catalogue of the 12th Stuttgarter Filmwinter, Stuttgart, 1999, pp. 65-69.

 

Radical Media Pragmatism (remixed and edited by Felix Stalder), in: Readme!, Ascii Culture and the Revenge of Knowledge, filtered by nettime, Autonomedia, New York, 1999, pp. 329-332. Another version appeared in Like, Art Magazine, Number 6, Winter/Spring 1998, pp. 33-37.

 

Interview with Mongrel, in: Readme!, Ascii Culture and the Revenge of Knowledge, filtered by nettime, Autonomedia, New York, 1999, pp. 306-309.

 

The Monkeyís Tail: The Amsterdam Digital City Three and a Half Years Later, in: Possible Urban Worlds, Urban Strategies at the End of the 20th Century, INURA (ed.), Birkhaeuser Verlag, Basel-Boston-Berlin, 1998, pp. 180-185.

 

Culture after the Final Breakdown: A Report from Tirana, Albania, in: Junction Skopje, Inke Arns (ed.), SCCA Skopje, 1998, pp. 40-44.

 

Preface for Bulldozer, in: Junction Skopje, Inke Arns (ed.), SCCA Skopje, 1998, pp. 73-74, first publish in Hungarian as introduction of the anthology Bulldozer, Media Research Foundation (ed.), Budapest, 1997.

 

Navigating the Normalcy, Review of subREAL ñ ëServing Artí ñ exhibition at Schloss Solitude, Stuttgart, in: Junction Skopje, Inke Arns (ed.), SCCA Skopje, 1998, pp. 91-92.

 

Intermedia: The Dirty Digital Bauhaus, an e-mail exchange with Janos Sugar, in: Junction Skopje, Inke Arns (ed.), SCCA Skopje, 1998, pp. 156-162. Also published in Convergence, Volume 4, Number 2, Summer 1998, pp. 14-19.

 

A Manual of Network Fears and Desires, in Station Rose, 1st Decade, Station Rose (ed.), edition selene, Wien, 1998, pp. 156-161. Also published in: Mauri Yla-Kotola a.o. (ed.), The Integrated Media Machine: A Theoretical Framework, University of Lapland, Rovaniemi, 1999, pp. 95-99.

 

Media Pragmatism, Notes on Cybereconomy, in: Index, 2/98, Stockholm, pp. 38-43.

 

Radical Media Pragmatism, Strategies for Techno-social Movements, in: Infowar, Catalogue of Ars Electronica Festival 98, Gerfried Stocker, Christine Schoepf, Springer Wien-New York, 1998, pp. 228-234.

 

How to Turn your Liability into an Asset, Interview with Luchezar Boyadjiev, in: Ostranenie Catalogue 97, Bauhaus Foundation, Dessau, 1997, pp. 302-307.

 

Japan through a Slovenian Looking Glass: Reflections on Media, Politics and Cinema, An Interview with Slavoj Zizek, in: Annual Intercommunication í96, ICC/NTT, Tokyo, 1996, pp. 36-43. Appeared also as Civil Society, Fanaticism and Digital Reality: An Interview with Slavoj Zizek, in: Digital Delirium, Arthur and Marilouise Kroker (ed.), New World Perspectives, Montreal 1997, pp. 64-72.

 

The Art of Being Independent, in: ZPK4, nettime (ed.), Ljubljana, 1997, p. 17.

 

Information Inequality, Interview with Herbert Schiller, in: ZKP4, nettime (ed.), Ljubljana, 1997, p. 31.

 

A Push Media Critique, in: ZKP4, nettime (ed.), Ljubljana, 1997, p. 4.

 

Language? No problem, in: ZKP4, nettime (ed.), Ljubljana, 1997, p. 8.

 

From Speculative Media Theory to Net Criticism, in: Mute, Special Insert, 1997, pp. 1-2.

 

The ABC of Tactical Media (with David Garcia), in: ZKP4, Ljubljana, 1997, p. 53.

 

The Computer: Medium or Calculating Machine? An Exchange with Hartmut Winkler (Shortened Translation), in: Convergence, Volume 3, Number 2, pp. 10-18. Also

published in: European Media Art Festival 1997 Catalogue, Osnabrueck, pp. 270-289.

 

On the Theology of the Ejector Seat, an E-mail Interview with Mark Dery, in: Mute, Issue 6, Autumn 1996, pp. 10-11.

 

Africa and Bust (with Patrice Riemens), in: ZKP3, filtered by nettime, Budapest, 1996, pp. 102-104.

 

The Art of Debating, in: ZKP3, filtered by nettime, Budapest 1996, pp. 189-191.

 

Media Art in Albania, First Steps, Interview with Edi Muka, in: ZKP3, filtered by nettime, Budapest 1996, pp. 198-199.

 

About the Brazilianization of India, Interview with Ravi Sundaram, in: ZKP3, filtered by nettime, Budapest 1996, pp. 212-215.

 

Media Memory, in: Memesis ñ The Future of Evolution, Gerfried Stocker and Christine Schoepf (ed.), Catalogue of the Ars Electronica 1996 Festival, Springer Wien-New York, 1996, pp. 230-233.

 

The Memesis Network Discussion, , in: Memesis ñ The Future of Evolution, Gerfried Stocker and Christine Schoepf (ed.), Catalogue of the Ars Electronica 1996 Festival, Springer Wien-New York, 1996, pp. 28-38. Appeared also in: ZKP2 @Cyberconf. 5, Madrid, 1996, pp. 146-149.

 

A Small Net in a Big World, Or: The Importance of Being Media, in: ZKP2, @Cyberconf. 5, Madrid, 1996, pp. 198-199.

 

New Media in Deep Europe, in: The Soros Centers for Contemporary Arts Quarterly 1/96, pp. 15-16.

 

Data Trash, Interview with Arthur Kroker, in: ZK Proceedings 95, Net Criticism, nettime (ed.), Amsterdam, 1996, pp. 161-164.

 

Creating a Virtual Public, The Digital City Amsterdam, in: Mythos Information, Welcome to the Wired World, Catalogue of the Ars Electronica Festival, Karl Gerber, Peter Weibel (ed.), Springer Verlag, Wien-New York, 1995, pp. 180-185.

 

An Anecdoted Archive from the Cold War, Interview with George Legrady, in: Mediamatic, Vol. 8 #2, 1995, pp. 133-138.

 

Review of Martin Giesecke, Der Buchdruck in der fruehen Neuzeit, in: Mediamatic, Vol. 8 #2, 1995, pp. 145-149.

 

Esthetics of the Video Document, The Romanian TV Revolution According to Farocki and Ujica, in: Ex Oriente Lux, Catalogue of the Exhibition, Calin Dan (ed.), SCCA Bucharest, 1994, pp. 84-86.

 

Interviews with Andrei Plescu and Anca Oroveanu, in: Ex Oriente Lux, Catalogue of the Exhibition, Calin Dan (ed.), SCCA Bucharest, 1994, pp. 22-32.

 

We no longer Collect the Carrier but the Information, Interview with Tjebbe van Tijen, in: Mediamatic, Vol. 8 #1, 1994, pp. 1881-1886.

 

Heidegger On-line, Interview with Michael Heim, in: Mediamatic, Vol. 8 #1, 1994, pp. 1932-1936.

 

Review of The Metaphysics of Virtual Reality, Michael Heim, in: Mediamatic Vol. 8 #1, 1994, pp. 1941-1942.

 

Review of Ostranenie, Catalogue of the 1. International Video Festival at the Bauhaus, in: Mediamatic, Vol. 8 #1, 1994, p. 1942.

 

Review of Draculaís Vermaechtnis, Friedrich Kittler, in: Mediamatic, Vol. 8. #1, 1994, pp. 1942-1943.

 

Review of The Virtual Community, Howard Rheingold, in: Mediamatic, Vol. 8 #1, 1994, pp. 1945-1946.

 

Review of Switching-Zapping, Hartmut Winkler, in: Mediamatic, Vol. 8 #1, 1994, pp. 1946-1947.

 

The Datadandy and Sovereign Media, An Introduction to the Media Theory of Adilkno, in: ISEA 94, Proceedings, Helsinki, 1994. Also published in: Leonardo, Vol. 30, No. 1, 1997, pp. 57-65.

 

Review of Spam, Arthur Kroker, in: Mediamatic, Vol. 7 #3/4, 1994, pp. 329-330.

 

Review of The Mechanical Bride, Marshall McLuhan, in: Mediamatic, Vol. 7 #3/4, 1994, pp. 334-336.

 

Review of Video in Osteuropa, Rossen Milev, in: Mediamatic, Vol. 7 # æ, 1994, p. 342.

 

Theory of Mixing, An Inventory of Amsterdam Radio Techniques, in: Neil Strauss (ed.), Radiotext(e), Semiotext(e), New York, 1993, pp. 114-122. Early, shorter version in: Mediamatic, Vol. 6 #3, 1992, pp. 220-229.

 

Guenter Wallraff in Transsylvania, in: Mediamatic, Vol. 7 #2, 1993, pp. 156-157.

 

Review of Norbert Bolz, Die Welt als Chaos und Simulation, plus Quick Reviews, in: Mediamatic, Vol. 7 #2, pp. 181-186.

 

The Archeology of Computer Assemblage, Interview with Werner Kuenzer and Review of his books, in: Mediamatic, Vol. 6 #4, 1992, pp. 71-76.

 

Review of Howard Rheingold, Virtual Reality, in: Mediamatic, Vol. 6 #4, 1992, pp. 77-78.

 

Review of Michael Benedikt (ed.), Cyberspace: First Steps, in: Mediamatic, Vol. 6 #4, 1992, pp. 80-82.

 

Review of Martin Stingelin/Wolfgang Scherer (ed.), Hard War/Soft War, in: Mediamatic, Vol. 6 #3, 1992, pp. 282-283.

 

Review of Arthur Kroker, The Possesed Individual, in: Mediamatic, Vol. 6 #3, 1992, pp. 283-284.

 

Review of Florian Roetzer (Hrg.), Digitaler Schein, in: Mediamatic, Vol. 6 #3, 1992, pp. 294-295.

 

Review of Avital Ronell, The Telephone Book, in: Mediamatic, Vol. 6 #2, 1991, pp. 197-199.

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Deutsches Denken: Interview with Dietmar Kamper, in: Mediamatic, Vol. 6 #1, 1991, pp. 21-30.

 

Deutsches Denken: Interview with Norbert Bolz, in: Mediamatic, Vol. 6 #1, 1991, pp. 31-41.

 

Review of Norbert Bolz, Theorie der neuen Medien, in: Mediamatic Vol. 5 #4, 1991, pp.254-255.

 

Review of Television/Revolution, Das Ultimatum des Bildes, Hubertus von Amelunxen and Andrei Ujica (ed.), in: Mediamatic Vol.5 #4, 1991, 255-256.

 

Review of Philosophien der neuen Medien, Ars Electronica (Hrsg.), in: Mediamatic, Vol. 4 #1, 1990, p. 73.

 

Media Archeology, An Introduction to the Work of Friedrich Kittler, in: Mediamatic, Vol. 3 #4, 1989, pp. 185-189.

 

Review of Kunstforum 97 & 98, Florian Roetzer (Hrsg.), in: Mediamatic, Vol. 3 # 3, 1989, pp. 168-169.

 

 

Articles etc. (German)

 

Nach dem Dotcom-Crash. Der Internethype und die Kunst der Geldvernichtung. In: Lettre Internationale 57, II/2002, pp. 46-53.

 

Network-Kritik im Zeitalter des E-Goldrausches, in: Rudolf Maresch/Florian Roetzer, Cyberhypes, Moeglichkeiten und Grenzen des Internet, Frankfurt am Main: Suhrkamp, 2001, pp. 123-137.

 

Den Interface-Value optimieren: Design in der New Economy (mit Franz Liebl), in: formdiskurs, Zeitschrift f¸r Design und Theorie, Frankfurt a.M., #8/9, 2000/1, pp.34-40.

 

Amsterdam - New Econopolis - Kultur Wohin? Zukunftsforschung an den digitalen Grachten. In: Du, Die Zeitschrift der Kultur, Z¸rich, November 2000, pp. 44-46.

 

Multimedia - ein Versprechen, Station Rose im Gespraech, in: private://public, Gespraeche im Cyberspace,Ý Station Rose (ed.),Ý Edition Selene, Wien, 2000, pp. 22-33.

 

Anatomie der Medienkultur der 90er Jahre, Von der virtuellen Realitaet zur neuen Oekonomie, in: vision.ruhr, Katalog der Ausstellung Kunst Medien Interaktion auf der Zeche Zollern II/IV Dortmund, Hatje Cantz Verlag, Ostfildern-Ruit, 2000, pp. 34-40.

 

Aus den Schatzkammern der Netzkritik (zusammen mit Pit Schultz), in: Rudolf Maresch und Niels Werber (Hrsg.), Kommunikation Medien Macht, Suhrkamp Verlag, Frankfurt am Main, 1999, pp. 299-328.

 

Krieg im Zeitalter des Internets, Einige Gedanken und Berichte, Fruehjahr 1999, in: Ost/West Internet ñ Media Revolution, Stephan Kovats (Hrsg.), Campus Verlag, Frankfurt-New York, 1999, pp. 316-320.

 

Kultur in Albanien nach dem Krieg, Interview mit Edi Muka, in: telegraph, ostdeutsch quartalschrift, 2/1999, Berlin, pp. 76-80.

 

Der gegenwaertige Medienpragmatismus, Bermerkungen zur ìCyber-Oekonomieî, in: netz.kunst, Institut fuer moderne Kunst Nuernberg ñ Jahrbuch 98-99, konzipiert von Verena Kuni, 1999, pp. 138-143.

 

Die Oekonomie des Idealismus, Medienarbeit jenseits der Hermeneutik, in: Ausdruck 4, Vision Zukunft #2, Kuenstlerhaus Mousonturm, Frankfurt am Main, 1999, pp. 25-29.

 

Die Digitale Stadt Amsterdam, Medium wie all anderen oder virtuelle Version des Speakerís Corner?, in: Claus Leggewie und Christa Maar (Hrsg.), Internet & Politik, Bollmann Verlag, Koeln, 1998, pp. 293-299.

 

Zwischen Freiheit und Politik ñ Die Digitale Stadt Amsterdam wird erwachsen, in: buerger@internet.hh, Foerderung von Stadtkultur durch moderne Kommunikationstechnik, Patriotische Gesellschaft von 1765, Hamburg, 1998, pp. 13-18.

 

ìDer Letzte macht das Netz aus!î (mit Pit Schultz), ein Cut-up von Hans Dieter Huber, in: Kritische Berichte, Zeitschrift fuer Kunst- und Kulturwissenschaften, 1/1998, pp. 54-64.

 

Push Media ñ ein kritischer Zwischenruf, in: Der Sinn der Sinne, Kunst- und Ausstellungshalle der Bundesrepublik Deutschland, Schriftenreihe Forum 8, Steidl Verlag, Goettingen, 1998, pp. 289-291.

 

ìWir sammeln nicht laenger den Traeger, sondern die Informationî, Interview mit Tjebbe von Tijen, in: Deep Storage, Arsenale der Erinnerung, Ingrid Schaffner und Matthias Winzen (ed.), Prestel, Muenchen-New York, 1997, pp. 170-173.

 

Wie man seine Passiva in Aktiva umwandelt, Interview mit Luchezar Boyadjiev, Ostranenie 97 Katalog, Stiftung Bauhaus Dessau, 1997, pp. 294-300.

 

Anmerkungen zur Netzkritik (mit Pit Schultz), in: Mythos Internet, Stephan Muenker und Alexander Roesler (Hrg.), Suhrkamp Verlag, Frankfurt am Main, 1997, pp. 338-367.

 

Sinnflut Internet (mit Pit Schultz), in: Telepolis, Die Zeitschrift der Netzkultur, nr. 1, Bollmann Verlag, Mannheim, 1997, pp. 5-11, zuerst abgedruckt in ZKP 3, kopierten reader, produziert waehrend der Metaforum 3 Konferenz, Budapest, Oktober 1996.

 

Der Computer: Medium oder Rechner?, Eine Begegnung im Netz mit Hartmut Winkler, in: Hartmut Winkler, Docuverse, Klaus Boer Verlag, Muenchen 1997, pp. 355-381. Auch abgedruckt im Katalog des Europaeischen Media Art Festivals, Osnabrueck 1997, pp. 270-289.

 

Virtuelle Staedte und ihre Bewohner, in: Virtual Cities, Die Neuerfindung der Stadt im Zeitalter der globalen Vernetzung, Christa Maar und Florian Roetzer (Hrsg.), Birkhaeuser Verlag, Basel-Boston-Wien, 1997, 55-56.

 

ìWhat did we do before Internet? I donít rememberî, Vorwort, in: Interface 3, Klaus Peter Dencker (Hrg.), Hans-Bredow-Institut, Hamburg, 1997, pp. 7-9.

 

ìDer kurze Sommer des Internetî, Geert Lovink im Gespraech mit Peter Saalbach, in: Heinrich v. Pieper und Bolko v. Oetinger (Hrsg.), Wie kommt das Neue in die Welt?, Hanser Verlag, 1997, pp. 313-317.

 

Grundrisse einer Netzkritik (mit Pit Schultz), in: Interface 3, Klaus Peter Dencker (Hrg.), Hans-Bredow-Institut, Hamburg, 1997, pp. 234-245. Auch abgedruckt in: E-conomy, Management und Oekonomie in digitalen Kontexte, Franz Liebl (Hrsg.), Metropolis Verlag, Marburg 1999, pp. 11-24. Zuerst erschienen in ZK Proceedings 95, Net Criticism, nettime (ed.), Amsterdam, 1996, pp. 31-37.

 

(Der) Anti-Barlow (mit Pit Schultz), in: Telepolis, Die Zeitschrift der Netzkultur, nr. 0, Bollmann Verlag, Mannheim, 1996, pp. 89-95. Zuerst erschienen in ZKP2 @Cyberconf. 5, Madrid, 1996, filtered by nettime, pp. 175-177.

 

Media Memory, in: Memesis ñ The Future of Evolution, Gerfried Stocker und Christine Schoepf (Hrsg.), Katalog des Ars Electronica 1996 Festivals, Springer Wien-New York, 1996, pp. 230-233.

 

Das Experiment der digitalen Oeffentlichkeit, in: Pl@net, das Internet Magazin, pp.44-45.

 

Die Memesis Netzdiskussion, in: Memesis ñ The Future of Evolution, Gerfried Stocker und Christine Schoepf (Hrsg.), Katalog des Ars Electronica 1996 Festivals, Springer Wien-New York, 1996, pp. 28-38.

 

Zur Stand der Typographie in den Zeiten der Netze (mit Pit Schultz), in Page, 1996.

 

Datendandy und virtuelle Oeffentlichkeit, in: Stadplaene, 1/95, Wien, pp.35-37.

 

Die Grazie der Medien Geste, ueber den Datendandyismus, in: Illusion und Simulation, Stafan Iglhaut, Florian Roetzer, Elisabeth Schweeger (Hrg.), Cantz Verlag, Ostfildern, 1995, pp. 175-183.

 

Ueber den Aufbau einer virtuellen Oeffentlichkeit, Die digitale Stadt Amsterdam, in: Mythos Information, Welcome to the Wired World, Ars Electronica Katalog, Karl Gerber und Peter Weibel (Hrsg.), Springer Verlag, Wien-New York, pp. 180-185.

 

Der Datendandy, in: Zeitschrift fuer Semiotik, Band 16, Heft 1-2, 1994, pp. 89-91.

 

Die Digitale Stadt in Amsterdam, in: medien+erziehung, 5/94, p. 275.

 

Der Datendandy ñ Allgemeine Prinzipien der kuenstlichen Eleganz, in: GDI Impuls, Rueschlikon, 3/94, pp. 48-56.

 

Hardware, Wetware, Software, in: Computer als Medium, Norbert Bolz, Friedrich Kittler, Christoph Tholen (Hrg.), Wilhelm Fink Verlag, Muenchen, 1994, pp. 223-230.

 

Die Zone, Das leere Zentrum Bukarests, in: Warten, Das Magazin, Nr. 2, Berlin, 1991, pp. 110-113.

 

Realit”tsentgleisungen in Echtzeit-Medien (zusammen mit Morgan Russel), in: Von der Buerokratie zur Telekratie, Rumaenien im Fernsehen, Peter Weibel (Hrsg.), Merve Verlag, Berlin, 1990, pp. 82-85.

 

 

Selected Lectures and Presentations (since mid-1994)

 

Europe:

 

Helsinki, Finland, ISEA Conference, August 1994, The Datadandy and Sovereign Media, lecture. Text: http://www.uiah.fi/bookshop/isea_proc/high&low/j/04.html.

 

Vienna, Austria, Technical University, September 24, 1994, Die digitale Stadt - Ðber die Einrichtung –ffentlicher Netze, lecture (in German). http://www.dbai.tuwien.ac.at/marchives/ece/0038.html.

Moscow, Russia, NewMediaLogia Conference, November 16, 1994, lecture (organized by SCCA Moscow). http://www.da-da-net.ru/98/e_history.html#artlab.

 

Linz, Austria, Ars Electronica Festival, June 20-24, 1995, The Digital City Amsterdam, lecture. Text:Ý http://www.thing.desk.nl/bilwet/Geert/Aufsaetze/dds.txt (German).

 

Paris, France, Centre Pompidou,Ý June 12, 1995, On Digital Cities, lecture and debate with Prof. Friedrich Kittler.

 

Hamburg, Germany, Interface 3 Conference, November 3, 1995, lecture, Grundrisse einer Netzkritik. Report by Oliver Marchart: http://kunstradio.at/ATTACKEN/interface3.html.

 

Talinn, Estonia, November 24, 1995. Interstanding Conference, lecture, Organizing Independent Media Spaces - Theory and Praxis from Amsterdam. http://www.artun.ee/center/i1/i1.html

 

Graz, Austria, Film and Architecture Festival, November 26, 1995, Net Cities, lecture. http://xarch.tu-graz.ac.at/filmarc/fest/fa2/pass.html.

 

Kassel, Germany, Interfiction Conference, December 6-9, 1995, lecture and debate. http://www.uni-kassel.de/interfiction/.

 

Madrid, Spain, June 1996, Fifth Cyberconf, lecture/presentation (together with Pit Schultz), Net Criticism. http://www.telefonica.es/fat/elovink.html

 

Linz, Austria, Ars Electronica Festival, September 4-6, 1996, Memesis Conference, moderation of the symposium and online forum. http://www.aec.at/meme/symp/

 

Helsinki, Finland, September 14, 1996, Media and Ethics Conference, Radio and Television Institute, Mass Psyche of the Net: Fear and Desire on the Data Highway (lecture). http://amsterdam.nettime.org/Lists-Archives/nettime-l-9609/msg00028.html

 

Paris, France, November 14, 1996, Arfices 4 Festival, The Digital City, presentation.

http://www.labart.univ-paris8.fr/Art-04/Audio/index.html.

 

M¸nchen, Germany, February 21-23, 1997, Internet & Politik Conference, De digitale Stad Amsterdam, a citizen net with model character, lecture. www.akademie3000.de.

 

London, UK, Backspace, March 26, 1997, presentation on net politics.

http://www.irational.org/cybercafe/backspace/

 

Liverpool, UK, LEAF Conference, April 13, 1997, presentation.

 

Belgrade, Yugoslavia, Cinema Rex, May 4, 1997, presentation.

 

Osnabr¸ck, Germany, May 10, 1997, From Speculative Media Theory to Net Criticism, lecture and discussion. http://www.emaf.de/1997/vortrag_e.html

 

Vienna, Austria, Public Netbase, May 1997, Nettime Press Conference, presentation. http://www.t0.or.at/scl/scl3/msg00006.html.

 

Berlin, Germany, Transmedia, 10th Videofest, June 1, 1997, Internet in Europa, Europ”ische Netzkultur und kulturelle Differenzen im Net, presentation and debate. http://www.mediopolis.de/transmedia/deutsch/index.htm

 

Kassel, Germany, Documenta X, July 13, 1997, lecture, 100 Days Programs, A Portrait of the Virtual Intellectual. Text: http://www.nettime.org/nettime.w3archive/199707/msg00065.html.

 

Kassel, Germany, Konfigurationen Conference, September 4-7, 1997, Der Sommer der Netzkritik (together with Pit Schultz), lecture (in German). Program:

http://duplox.wz-berlin.de/netze/netzforum/archive/0217.html

 

Berlin, Germany, Hybrid Media Lounge #1, March 4, 1998, Book Presentation of Elektronische Einsamkeit. Report: http://www.mikro.org/Events/19980304.html (including an interview between GL and Tilman Baumg”rtel).

 

M¸nchen, Germany, Viehbank, March 12, 1998, Tactical Media Manifesto, lecture, moderated by Mogniss H. Abdellah. http://www.contrast.org/borders/dt/timetable2.html.

 

Luzern, Switzerland, VIPER Festival, May 19-24, 1998, Brave New Work Conference, lecture. http://www.viper.ch/98/program/index.html.

 

Tirana, Albania, National Art Gallery, Piramedia Conference, May 28-31, 1998, lecture. Report:

http://www.nettime.org/nettime.w3archive/199806/msg00040.html.

 

Berlin, Germany, Net.Radio Days, June 10, 1998, Mikrolounge #4, moderation of net radio debate. http://www.mikro.org/Events/19980611.html

 

M¸nchen, Germany, Altes Rathaus, October 6, 1998, Ðbernimmt das Internet die Macht im Staat?, presentation and debate. http://hn.munich-info.de/muc/1998/10/ru-1572.html.

 

Z¸rich, Switzerland, Shedhalle, October 25, 1998, Border Economies Conference, The Soros Networks and the NGO-question, lecture. http://www.moneynations.ch/shedhalle/shedintro.htm.

 

Stuttgart, Germany, Filmwinter Festival, January 14, 1999, lecture.

 

Amsterdam, The Netherlands, De Balie, February 13, 1999, Idealisme Sample Show, De Economie van het Idealisme, lecture. Text:

http://amsterdam.nettime.org/Lists-Archives/nettime-nl-9904/msg00049.html (in Dutch).

 

Madrid, Spain, ARCO Art Fair, February 16, 1999, lecture.

 

London, UK, Expo Destructo: post-media pressure, March 20, 1999, Fair, presentation.

http://bak.spc.org/iod/destructo/

 

Riga, April 22-25, 1999, workshop and lecture, organized by www.re-lab.net.

 

Malm–, Sweden, Art and Communication School, workshop, May 3-4, 1999.

 

Malm–, Sweden, May 3, 1999, Swift Lecture #12, New Media and the Dramatic Changes of the Public Sphere, lecture. http://www.skiften.com/forelasningar/lovink.html.

 

Dessau, Germany, Bauhaus, May 18, 1999, lecture.

 

Witten, Germany, University Witten/Herdecke, June 14-15, 1999, two-day workshop on New Economy (organized by Prof. Franz Liebl).

 

Hamburg, Germany, University of Hamburg, Literature Department, June 28, 1999, Radio im Netz, lecture. http://www.sign-lang.uni-hamburg.de/fb07/LitS/Archiv_KVV/KVV_LitS_SS99/KVV1.htm

 

London, UK, London School of Economics, July 2, 1999, Radio, Community and Democracy Seminar, lecture (hosted by Rosalind Gill). http://www.lse.ac.uk/Depts/Media/news/radio.html

 

Frankfurt am Main, August 16-18, 1999, three days theatre and Internet workshop (organized by Prof. Christopher Tholen).

 

Helsinki, Finland, University of Art and Design, October 1999, four lectures for the Cultural Usability seminar (facilitated by Minna Tarkka).

 

Riga, Art Academy, October 21, 1999, lecture (organized by Riga Electronic Laboratory).

 

Paris, France, Ecole des Beaux Arts, January 26, 2000, lecture (organized by Jean Francois Chevrier).

 

Monaco, Imagina Festival, February 1, 2000, presentation.

 

London, UK, ICA, Inhabiting Technologies Conference, March 12, 2000, lecture. http://www.ica.org.uk/talk/inhabiting_technologies/

 

Hilversum, The Netherlands, Hogeschool voor de Kunst, March 15, 2000, lecture at Faculty for Media and Technology (organized by David Garcia).

 

Maastricht, The Netherlands, Jan van Eyck Academie, May 28, 2000, Enlightenment Conference, lecture. http://www.janvaneyck.nl/enlightenment/.

 

Plovdiv, Bulgaria, June 9-13, 2000, Communication Front, workshop and presentation. http://www.cfront.org.

 

Berlin, Germany, Transmediale Salon (Podewil), April 9, 2001, Utopie und Politik der Medienkultur - Trends und Strategien jenseits des Lokalen (lecture). www.transmediale.de.

 

Weimar, Germany, Bauhaus University, April 10-11, 2001, Theory of Net Radio, lecture and We Believe in Albert Schweitzer, net radio workshop co-organized with Ralf Homann. http://radiostudio.org/2/program-schedule.php?prache=e

 

M¸nchen, Germany, Muffat Halle, April 12 2001, Metabolics/Stoffwechsel #4, Re: Morning After, Culture and the New Economy, lecture. http://www.linksverkehr.net/metabolics/metabolics4.html.

 

Oslo, Norway, key note speech, E-Democracy conference, University of Oslo, October 19, 2001.

 

North America:

Montreal, Canada, September 20, 1995, ISEA Conference, Organized Innocence and War in the New Europe, key note speech. http://www.isea.qc.ca/symposium/archives/abstracts95/abs38.html

 

Princeton University, April 19, 1998, lecture (facilitated by Thomas Levin).

 

Columbia University, Architecture Department, April 21, 1998, lecture (facilitated by Prof. Saskia Sassen).

 

Binghamton, Binghamton University, lecture at English Department, April 13, 1999 (facilitated by Thomas Keenan).

 

San Diego, UCSD, February 7, 2000, lecture and workshop (with the class of Lev Manovich).

 

Los Angeles, California Institute of the Arts, February 4-11, 2000,Ý net.net.net workshop, http://www.calarts.edu/~ntntnt/ (organized by Nathalie Boochtin).

 

Los Angeles, MOCA, Lecture plus debate about Lovink's work with Sara Diamond and DeeDee Halleck, February 9, 2000. http://www.calarts.edu/news_events/pressreleases/geertlovink.html

 

Pasadena, Los Angeles, Art Center, February 12, 2000, Toyota Motor Corporation Endowed Lecture, http://www.artcenter.edu/campus/news/wire/00-02-21.html (facilitated by Peter Lunenfeld).

 

New York State, Bard College, February 15, 2000, lecture (organized by Thomas Keenan).

 

Binghamton, Binghamton University, October 30, 2000, lecture at English Department (organized by McKenzie Wark).

 

Boston, Emerson College, November 1, 2000, lecture at the Film and Cultural Studies Department (organized by Katrien Jacobs).

 

Browne University, Providence, November 4, 2000, Archeology of Multimedia Conference, Comparison: Social Movements (lecture). www.modcult.brown.edu/amn.

 

San Diego, UCSD's Division of Arts & Humanities, November 6, 2000, Culture and the New Economy: European New Media Experiments and Beyond (lecture).

 

Bard College, New York, March 26, 2001, Strategies of Net Activism (lecture). http://www.bard.edu/hrp/events2000/lovink.htm

 

Davis, CA, UCD, May 25, 2000, lecture at Center for Techno-cultural Studies.

 

UC Riverside, February 12, 2002, The Rise and Fall of Dotcommania, lecture at the English Department.


Asia:

InterMedia Institute (Osaka University), 1996-2000, five years AiR (artist in residence) project, teaching during a one week period, including an online education component and public lectures. Documentation of the AiR project is due to come in August 2001 (book & CDROM). URL: http://www.iminet.ac.jp/.

Tokyo, Japan, InterCommunicationCenter, December 19, 1996. From Speculative Media Theory to Net Criticism (lecture). Text: http://www.nettime.org/nettime.w3archive/199701/msg00032.html

 

Tokyo, Japan, Digital Hollywood Multimedia School, November 26, 1999, lecture.

 

Taipei, Taiwan, lecture tour, November 28 - December 8, 1999 (7 lectures and presentations).

Report: http://amsterdam.nettime.org/Lists-Archives/nettime-l-9912/msg00140.html.

 

Delhi, India, Sarai New Media Centre, February 26, Public Domain Conference, lecture and debate on the politics of the digital public domain. www.sarai.net. Report: http://amsterdam.nettime.org/Lists-Archives/nettime-l-0103/msg00148.html.

 

Tokyo, Japan, TN Probe, May 8, 2001, New Urban Condition Lecture Series, lecture. www.tntrobe.com. Report: http://www.realtokyo.co.jp/english/column/ozaki12.htm The lecture was published in the book New Urban Conditions, Tokyo: NTT, 2002 (Japanese only), pp. 186-201.

 


Australia:

 

Melbourne, Exhibition Centre, November 1, 1997, (Crack the) Binary Code Conference, member of the 'From the Sublime to the Cool' panel. http://www.kitezh.com/bc/bccnotes.html.

 

Melbourne, ACCA (Australian Centre for Contemporary Arts), November 3, 1997, lecture.


Sydney, University of Western Sydney, November 13, 1997, presentation.

http://www.anat.org.au/projects/codered/codeprog.html

 

Sydney, Performance Space, Code Red conference, November 23, 1997. Keynote: Strategies for Media Activism, lecture. http://trace.ntu.ac.uk/frame/text/lovink.html.

 

Perth, Perth Institute of Contemporary Arts,Ý November 27, 1997, The Advancement of Illegal Knowledge, presentation. http://www.anat.org.au/projects/codered/codeprog.html.

 

Adelaide, Mercury Cinema, September 13, 1999, Tactical Media in the Electronic Realm, lecture.

 

Melbourne, Swinburne University, September 15, 1999, lecture (facilitated by Darren Toffs).

 

Melbourne, Deakin University, September 16, 1999, presentation (together with Franny Armstrong).

 

Melbourne, September 18, 1999, Media Circus Conference, lecture. http://www.antimedia.net/mediacircus/mc_old99/

 

Sydney, University of Western Sydney, September 21, 1999, lecture.

 

Darwin, October 1, 1999, Resistant Media, NxT Northern Territory Multimedia Symposium, lecture. http://www.anat.org.au/resistant-media/.

 

Newcastle, Electrofringe Festival, October 3, 1999, Euro DIY Media, lecture. http://www.octapod.org.au/electrofringe/1999/

 

Canberra, School of Art, April 5, 2000, presentation (organized by Martyn Jolly).

 

Brisbane, May 10-14, 2000, ANAT's International Masterclass for New Media Artists and Curators, workshop. http://www.anat.org.au/projects/alchemy/events.html.

 

Brisbane, University of Queensland, May 12, 2000, Directions for Cyberculture in the New Economy, lecture (organized by M/C Review). http://pandora.nla.gov.au/nph-arch/2000/Q2000-May-23/http://english.uq.edu.au/mc/events.html.

 

Brisbane, Metro Arts Theatre, September 13, 2000, Cities of the Future: 2000. (lecture, together with Molly Hankwitz and David Cox).

 

Brisbane, Key Centre for Media Policy, September 14, 2000, lecture.

 

Brisbane, Griffith University, Media and Communications Program, September 15, 2000 (presentation at David Cox's class).

Brisbane, Powerhouse, September 17, 2000, MAAP Festival, Webjam Presence & Place Forum (netcast facilitator).

 

Adelaide, Cargo Club, October 5, 2000, Contradictions Forum, presentation.

 

Melbourne,