In-Between Media: Hybrid Tactics in the Crisis Era
10:00 – 18:00 March 9, 2023, at Spui25
March 10, 2023, at Framer Framed
Amsterdam
The Covid pandemic has catalyzed experimental approaches to hybrid cultural programming and togetherness, mixing offline , offline and everything in-between. How can we translate the lessons learned into ways of dealing with post-pandemic urgencies? Can we use hybrid tactics in response to violent displacement, physical impairments, and the war in Ukraine?What kind of tactical media can exist within these (new) digital spaces, and which potential for resistance do they have?Data and information used as a tool for power might not be new, but some of the strategies being looked at in this conference—hopefully—[removed];
During the first day of this conference, at SPUI25 and online, we’ll have panels, talks, and round table conversations about precisely these questions. Starting off with TikTok as a research subject, we dive into its nature and qualities which lends itself to a specific user attitude: both engaged and not, both within each other’s space, and [removed], we’ll hear some hands-on testimonies about streaming resistance and look at practices that both critique and use (mainstream) platforms as a method, or even a [removed] the end of the day, we strive to find strategies for dealing with the locative media that is tracking us everywhere, as well as the techno-capitalist narratives underlining our technologies. How can anarchists—or simply users—tactically misuse online platforms?
On the second day, at Framer Framed and partly online, we invite you to join several workshops, expert sessions, and plenary [removed]#8217;ll discuss the possibilities of event reporting through a whole new workflow, how online visitors can impact a physical space , whether or not living archives are even truly ‘alive’, how to squat the cloud, setting up quick and dirty live streams, and what to think of when looking at the (hybrid) future.
Register your free tickets for the conference via this link , or check the complete program and timetable on our website . For more information about the Going Hybrid project click here .
There’s also an after party to the conference, free of charge, titledNoises of the In-Between which takes place at OT301, Amsterdam, from 21:00 till 03[removed]#8217;ll have (live) DJ sets ranging from ambient to hyper pop and electro. All are welcome, no need to sign up!