- Manu LUKSCH is an intermedia artist and filmmaker who interrogates conceptions of progress and scrutinises the effect... moreManu LUKSCH is an intermedia artist and filmmaker who interrogates conceptions of progress and scrutinises the effects of network technologies on social relations, urban space, and political structures. Her works have ended up everywhere from street protests in Hong Kong to the collection of the Centre Pompidou in Paris. Her practice and process are atypical and bold, and sometimes carry serious risks such as getting cold and wet (KAYAK LIBRE – a ‘free=libre’ kayak taxi service along urban canals, which doubled as a vehicle for research and discussion on the future of transport), giggling uncontrollably (BLUESKY BLUEPRINT – an urban planning bureau led by young children whose ages weren’t publicly revealed), and an uncontrollable yearning for modernity (forthcoming artist’s audio guide to the Forberg Collection at the Albertina Museum, Vienna).
One recurring element of Manu’s work is the archive. Her seminal speculative fiction film FACELESS (2002–07), compiled from surveillance recordings recovered under data protection legislation, treats CCTV images as ‘legal readymades’, and derives its scenario from these legal properties. DREAMS REWIRED (2015, Luksch/Reinhart/Tode), her second collaboration with Tilda Swinton as voice artist, draws on over 200 films from the 1890s to the 1930s to explore current hopes and fears relating to hyper-connectivity. This questioning of the archive extends to its contemporary use in prediction: her forthcoming film investigates data analytics and the (cognitive) Internet of Things. edit
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Mobilisierung der Traume folgt den Sehnsuchten und Angsten der heutigen vielfach miteinander vernetzten Welt und dreht dafur die Zeit mehr als hundert Jahre zuruck, als Telefon, Film und Fernsehen ihren Anfang nahmen. Diese fruhen Medien... more
Mobilisierung der Traume folgt den Sehnsuchten und Angsten der heutigen vielfach miteinander vernetzten Welt und dreht dafur die Zeit mehr als hundert Jahre zuruck, als Telefon, Film und Fernsehen ihren Anfang nahmen. Diese fruhen Medien entfachten - revolutionar wie heute die Social Media - gluhende Utopien, die eine uneingeschrankte Kommunikation, die Auflosung der geografischen Distanzen oder gar das Ende der Kriege durch besseres Verstandnis des anderen versprachen. Gleichzeitig und von Anfang an nahren die Medien aber immer auch die Angst vor ihrem Missbrauch und dem Verlust der Privatsphare. Mit Hilfe von passioniert recherchierten, vielfach noch nie gezeigtem Archivmaterial illustriert Mobilisierung der Traume die Geschichte utopischer Hoffnungen und virulenten Technikmissbrauchs.
Manu Luksch shows in her chapter on prediction, data capitalism relies on harnessing the imaginary powers of predictive technologies, often with devastating effects. Yet, on the other hand, the subversive power of the critical imagination... more
Manu Luksch shows in her chapter on prediction, data capitalism relies on harnessing the imaginary powers of predictive technologies, often with devastating effects. Yet, on the other hand, the subversive power of the critical imagination can never be fully mapped, archived, or controlled.
The article documents conversations between Michelle Teran, Manu Luksch and Seda Gürses on their theoretical and artistic interventions in surveillance space. Further information on the work of Michelle Teran can be found at... more
The article documents conversations between Michelle Teran, Manu Luksch and Seda Gürses on their theoretical and artistic interventions in surveillance space. Further information on the work of Michelle Teran can be found at http://www.ubermatic.org and on Manu Luksch at: http://www.ambienttv.net/
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The article documents conversations between Michelle Teran, Manu Luksch and Seda Gürses on their theoretical and artistic interventions in surveillance space. Further information on the work of Michelle Teran can be found at... more
The article documents conversations between Michelle Teran, Manu Luksch and Seda Gürses on their theoretical and artistic interventions in surveillance space. Further information on the work of Michelle Teran can be found at http://www.ubermatic.org and on Manu Luksch at: http://www.ambienttv.net/
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Surveillance & Society 7 (2) 166 exhibition called I.-RASC Schutz vor dem Schutz (trans. Protection from Protection). The focus of the talk was on ubiquitous computing and RFID technologies and a dismantling of the discourse around these... more
Surveillance & Society 7 (2) 166 exhibition called I.-RASC Schutz vor dem Schutz (trans. Protection from Protection). The focus of the talk was on ubiquitous computing and RFID technologies and a dismantling of the discourse around these technologies with respect to ...
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In May 2016, artist, researcher and activist, Manu Luksch, travelled to the United Arab Emirates (USE) to conduct research on ‘smart city’ initiatives in the region, and also to interview renowned human rights defender, Ahmed Mansoor. In... more
In May 2016, artist, researcher and activist, Manu Luksch, travelled to the United Arab Emirates (USE) to conduct research on ‘smart city’ initiatives in the region, and also to interview renowned human rights defender, Ahmed Mansoor. In March 2017, Mansoor was re-arrested, and on May 28th 2017, he was sentenced to 10 years’ imprisonment. Organisations like Amnesty International, Human Rights Watch and many others are campaigning for his release and #FreeAhmed has become a call online and on the streets in the form of graffiti and posters. Meanwhile the UAE has been one of 4 Gulf states, led by Saudi Arabia, who have extended their authoritarian campaign against dissidence beyond their borders to target other states who they regard as threatening the status quo, in particular the small but very wealthy state of Qatar, home of the Al-Jazeera news network that has, like Mansoor, championed opposition movements in the Middle-East. In this context, Surveillance & Society decided it was ...
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In May 2016, artist, researcher and activist, Manu Luksch, travelled to the United Arab Emirates (USE) to conduct research on ‘smart city’ initiatives in the region, and also to interview renowned human rights defender, Ahmed Mansoor. In... more
In May 2016, artist, researcher and activist, Manu Luksch, travelled to the United Arab Emirates (USE) to conduct research on ‘smart city’ initiatives in the region, and also to interview renowned human rights defender, Ahmed Mansoor. In March 2017, Mansoor was re-arrested, and on May 28th 2017, he was sentenced to 10 years’ imprisonment. Organisations like Amnesty International, Human Rights Watch and many others are campaigning for his release and #FreeAhmed has become a call online and on the streets in the form of graffiti and posters. Meanwhile the UAE has been one of 4 Gulf states, led by Saudi Arabia, who have extended their authoritarian campaign against dissidence beyond their borders to target other states who they regard as threatening the status quo, in particular the small but very wealthy state of Qatar, home of the Al-Jazeera news network that has, like Mansoor, championed opposition movements in the Middle-East. In this context, Surveillance & Society decided it was ...
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Artistic strategies (incl 'function creep', 'tactical fiction', etc) to investigate the increasingly eroded and substituted qualities of public spaces with examples from Hong Kong, London, Wolverhampton and Austrian municipalities.... more
Artistic strategies (incl 'function creep', 'tactical fiction', etc) to investigate the increasingly eroded and substituted qualities of public spaces with examples from Hong Kong, London, Wolverhampton and Austrian municipalities. Includes transcripts of conversations about 'futures of mobility' , conducted as part of the KAYAK LIBRE water taxi project.
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Manu Luksch, codirector of the feature-lenght documentary film DREAMS REWIRED, and Mukul Patel, co-writer and sound designer on the film, speak about the making of and thoughts motivations behind the film - which describes the social... more
Manu Luksch, codirector of the feature-lenght documentary film DREAMS REWIRED, and Mukul Patel, co-writer and sound designer on the film, speak about the making of and thoughts motivations behind the film - which describes the social convulsions of today’s hyper-mediated world were already prefigured over 100 years ago, during the electric media boom of the late 19th century.
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Ambient Information Systems collects documents and writings from a decade of interdisciplinary arts practice by Manu Luksch, Mukul Patel and collaborators. Interrogating the social and political transformations of the late 20th and early... more
Ambient Information Systems collects documents and writings from a decade of interdisciplinary arts practice by Manu Luksch, Mukul Patel and collaborators. Interrogating the social and political transformations of the late 20th and early 21st centuries, this practice recalls aspects of the 1910s-20s avant-garde and 1960s-70s conceptual and systems art.
A major essay by media theorist Armin Medosch situates the work of the London-based artists amidst the rise of the ‘creative industries’ idea, inner-city regeneration, and the dot-com boom. Medosch identifies the work as a front in the wave of critical art that has emerged alongside the rise of digital networks and ‘open source culture’, and offers an analysis that draws on systems theory.
Other contributors to the book include independent media activist Keiko Sei on the ‘camcorder revolution’ in Burma; policy consultant and writer Naseem Khan on grass-roots regeneration in East London; activist-artist Siraj Izhar on praxis as process; and philosopher-dramaturge Fahim Amir on techno-democracy.
A major essay by media theorist Armin Medosch situates the work of the London-based artists amidst the rise of the ‘creative industries’ idea, inner-city regeneration, and the dot-com boom. Medosch identifies the work as a front in the wave of critical art that has emerged alongside the rise of digital networks and ‘open source culture’, and offers an analysis that draws on systems theory.
Other contributors to the book include independent media activist Keiko Sei on the ‘camcorder revolution’ in Burma; policy consultant and writer Naseem Khan on grass-roots regeneration in East London; activist-artist Siraj Izhar on praxis as process; and philosopher-dramaturge Fahim Amir on techno-democracy.
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Taking as a point of departure the montage film Dreams Rewired (Luksch, Reinhart, Tode, 2015) and its archival source material, which ranges from newsreels and scientific recordings to the first dramatic works, this illustrated chapter... more
Taking as a point of departure the montage film Dreams Rewired (Luksch, Reinhart, Tode, 2015) and its archival source material, which ranges from newsreels and scientific recordings to the first dramatic works, this illustrated chapter offers a historical perspective on urgent issues in current network and information politics. Such dominant modes of the contemporary as the striving for simultaneity and ubiquity, the enclosure of the media commons, the pursuit of efficiency in personal, domestic, corporate and public spheres, and the whitewashing of the material, energy and labour costs of technological advance, were all prefigured in the Electric Age, in the decades around 1900. Early cinema mediated and amplified the radical transformations and utopian promise of the times. This text employs visions from the Electric Age to illuminate specific present-day concerns, including the battle over ‘net neutrality’, the extension of state and corporate control to synthetic space via ‘smart’ homes and cities and the ‘Internet of Things’, aerial dominance through autonomous weapon systems, and the establishment of a regime of surveillance capitalism based on behavioural nudging.
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Conference publication of Art Servers Unlimited, held in 1998 in London, the first event to bring together initiatives which support the blend of creative, experimental, non-commercial, socio-cultural, artistic, critical use of the... more
Conference publication of Art Servers Unlimited, held in 1998 in London, the first event to bring together initiatives which support the blend of creative, experimental, non-commercial, socio-cultural, artistic, critical use of the internet. This can include providing internet access, bursaries, space for collaboration, meeting or presentations, sharing of skills.
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AMBIENT INFORMATION SYSTEMS collects documents and writings from a decade of interdisciplinary and collaborative arts practice by Manu Luksch and Mukul Patel (ambientTV.NET). Interrogating the social and political transformations of the... more
AMBIENT INFORMATION SYSTEMS collects documents and writings from a decade of interdisciplinary and collaborative arts practice by Manu Luksch and Mukul Patel (ambientTV.NET). Interrogating the social and political transformations of the late 20th and early 21st centuries, this practice recalls aspects of the 1910s-20s avant-garde and 1960s-70s conceptual and systems art.
A major essay by media theorist Armin Medosch situates the work of the London-based artists amidst the rise of the ‘creative industries’ idea, inner-city regeneration, and the dot-com boom. Medosch identifies the work as a front in the wave of critical art that has emerged alongside the rise of digital networks and ‘open source culture’, and offers an analysis that draws on systems theory.
Other contributors to the book include independent media activist Keiko Sei on the ‘camcorder revolution’ in Burma; policy consultant and writer Naseem Khan on grass-roots regeneration in East London; activist-artist Siraj Izhar on praxis as process; and philosopher-dramaturge Fahim Amir on techno-democracy.
A major essay by media theorist Armin Medosch situates the work of the London-based artists amidst the rise of the ‘creative industries’ idea, inner-city regeneration, and the dot-com boom. Medosch identifies the work as a front in the wave of critical art that has emerged alongside the rise of digital networks and ‘open source culture’, and offers an analysis that draws on systems theory.
Other contributors to the book include independent media activist Keiko Sei on the ‘camcorder revolution’ in Burma; policy consultant and writer Naseem Khan on grass-roots regeneration in East London; activist-artist Siraj Izhar on praxis as process; and philosopher-dramaturge Fahim Amir on techno-democracy.
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AMBIENT INFORMATION SYSTEMS collects documents and writings from a decade of interdisciplinary and collaborative arts practice by Manu Luksch and Mukul Patel (ambientTV.NET). Interrogating the social and political transformations of the... more
AMBIENT INFORMATION SYSTEMS collects documents and writings from a decade of interdisciplinary and collaborative arts practice by Manu Luksch and Mukul Patel (ambientTV.NET). Interrogating the social and political transformations of the late 20th and early 21st centuries, this practice recalls aspects of the 1910s-20s avant-garde and 1960s-70s conceptual and systems art.
A major essay by media theorist Armin Medosch situates the work of the London-based artists amidst the rise of the ‘creative industries’ idea, inner-city regeneration, and the dot-com boom. Medosch identifies the work as a front in the wave of critical art that has emerged alongside the rise of digital networks and ‘open source culture’, and offers an analysis that draws on systems theory.
Other contributors to the book include independent media activist Keiko Sei on the ‘camcorder revolution’ in Burma; policy consultant and writer Naseem Khan on grass-roots regeneration in East London; activist-artist Siraj Izhar on praxis as process; and philosopher-dramaturge Fahim Amir on techno-democracy.
A major essay by media theorist Armin Medosch situates the work of the London-based artists amidst the rise of the ‘creative industries’ idea, inner-city regeneration, and the dot-com boom. Medosch identifies the work as a front in the wave of critical art that has emerged alongside the rise of digital networks and ‘open source culture’, and offers an analysis that draws on systems theory.
Other contributors to the book include independent media activist Keiko Sei on the ‘camcorder revolution’ in Burma; policy consultant and writer Naseem Khan on grass-roots regeneration in East London; activist-artist Siraj Izhar on praxis as process; and philosopher-dramaturge Fahim Amir on techno-democracy.
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AMBIENT INFORMATION SYSTEMS collects documents and writings from a decade of interdisciplinary and collaborative arts practice by Manu Luksch and Mukul Patel (ambientTV.NET). Interrogating the social and political transformations of the... more
AMBIENT INFORMATION SYSTEMS collects documents and writings from a decade of interdisciplinary and collaborative arts practice by Manu Luksch and Mukul Patel (ambientTV.NET). Interrogating the social and political transformations of the late 20th and early 21st centuries, this practice recalls aspects of the 1910s-20s avant-garde and 1960s-70s conceptual and systems art.
A major essay by media theorist Armin Medosch situates the work of the London-based artists amidst the rise of the ‘creative industries’ idea, inner-city regeneration, and the dot-com boom. Medosch identifies the work as a front in the wave of critical art that has emerged alongside the rise of digital networks and ‘open source culture’, and offers an analysis that draws on systems theory.
Other contributors to the book include independent media activist Keiko Sei on the ‘camcorder revolution’ in Burma; policy consultant and writer Naseem Khan on grass-roots regeneration in East London; activist-artist Siraj Izhar on praxis as process; and philosopher-dramaturge Fahim Amir on techno-democracy.
A major essay by media theorist Armin Medosch situates the work of the London-based artists amidst the rise of the ‘creative industries’ idea, inner-city regeneration, and the dot-com boom. Medosch identifies the work as a front in the wave of critical art that has emerged alongside the rise of digital networks and ‘open source culture’, and offers an analysis that draws on systems theory.
Other contributors to the book include independent media activist Keiko Sei on the ‘camcorder revolution’ in Burma; policy consultant and writer Naseem Khan on grass-roots regeneration in East London; activist-artist Siraj Izhar on praxis as process; and philosopher-dramaturge Fahim Amir on techno-democracy.
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AMBIENT INFORMATION SYSTEMS collects documents and writings from a decade of interdisciplinary and collaborative arts practice by Manu Luksch and Mukul Patel (ambientTV.NET). Interrogating the social and political transformations of the... more
AMBIENT INFORMATION SYSTEMS collects documents and writings from a decade of interdisciplinary and collaborative arts practice by Manu Luksch and Mukul Patel (ambientTV.NET). Interrogating the social and political transformations of the late 20th and early 21st centuries, this practice recalls aspects of the 1910s-20s avant-garde and 1960s-70s conceptual and systems art.
A major essay by media theorist Armin Medosch situates the work of the London-based artists amidst the rise of the ‘creative industries’ idea, inner-city regeneration, and the dot-com boom. Medosch identifies the work as a front in the wave of critical art that has emerged alongside the rise of digital networks and ‘open source culture’, and offers an analysis that draws on systems theory.
Other contributors to the book include independent media activist Keiko Sei on the ‘camcorder revolution’ in Burma; policy consultant and writer Naseem Khan on grass-roots regeneration in East London; activist-artist Siraj Izhar on praxis as process; and philosopher-dramaturge Fahim Amir on techno-democracy.
A major essay by media theorist Armin Medosch situates the work of the London-based artists amidst the rise of the ‘creative industries’ idea, inner-city regeneration, and the dot-com boom. Medosch identifies the work as a front in the wave of critical art that has emerged alongside the rise of digital networks and ‘open source culture’, and offers an analysis that draws on systems theory.
Other contributors to the book include independent media activist Keiko Sei on the ‘camcorder revolution’ in Burma; policy consultant and writer Naseem Khan on grass-roots regeneration in East London; activist-artist Siraj Izhar on praxis as process; and philosopher-dramaturge Fahim Amir on techno-democracy.
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AMBIENT INFORMATION SYSTEMS collects documents and writings from a decade of interdisciplinary and collaborative arts practice by Manu Luksch and Mukul Patel (ambientTV.NET). Interrogating the social and political transformations of the... more
AMBIENT INFORMATION SYSTEMS collects documents and writings from a decade of interdisciplinary and collaborative arts practice by Manu Luksch and Mukul Patel (ambientTV.NET). Interrogating the social and political transformations of the late 20th and early 21st centuries, this practice recalls aspects of the 1910s-20s avant-garde and 1960s-70s conceptual and systems art.
A major essay by media theorist Armin Medosch situates the work of the London-based artists amidst the rise of the ‘creative industries’ idea, inner-city regeneration, and the dot-com boom. Medosch identifies the work as a front in the wave of critical art that has emerged alongside the rise of digital networks and ‘open source culture’, and offers an analysis that draws on systems theory.
Other contributors to the book include independent media activist Keiko Sei on the ‘camcorder revolution’ in Burma; policy consultant and writer Naseem Khan on grass-roots regeneration in East London; activist-artist Siraj Izhar on praxis as process; and philosopher-dramaturge Fahim Amir on techno-democracy.
A major essay by media theorist Armin Medosch situates the work of the London-based artists amidst the rise of the ‘creative industries’ idea, inner-city regeneration, and the dot-com boom. Medosch identifies the work as a front in the wave of critical art that has emerged alongside the rise of digital networks and ‘open source culture’, and offers an analysis that draws on systems theory.
Other contributors to the book include independent media activist Keiko Sei on the ‘camcorder revolution’ in Burma; policy consultant and writer Naseem Khan on grass-roots regeneration in East London; activist-artist Siraj Izhar on praxis as process; and philosopher-dramaturge Fahim Amir on techno-democracy.
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AMBIENT INFORMATION SYSTEMS collects documents and writings from a decade of interdisciplinary and collaborative arts practice by Manu Luksch and Mukul Patel (ambientTV.NET). Interrogating the social and political transformations of the... more
AMBIENT INFORMATION SYSTEMS collects documents and writings from a decade of interdisciplinary and collaborative arts practice by Manu Luksch and Mukul Patel (ambientTV.NET). Interrogating the social and political transformations of the late 20th and early 21st centuries, this practice recalls aspects of the 1910s-20s avant-garde and 1960s-70s conceptual and systems art.
A major essay by media theorist Armin Medosch situates the work of the London-based artists amidst the rise of the ‘creative industries’ idea, inner-city regeneration, and the dot-com boom. Medosch identifies the work as a front in the wave of critical art that has emerged alongside the rise of digital networks and ‘open source culture’, and offers an analysis that draws on systems theory.
Other contributors to the book include independent media activist Keiko Sei on the ‘camcorder revolution’ in Burma; policy consultant and writer Naseem Khan on grass-roots regeneration in East London; activist-artist Siraj Izhar on praxis as process; and philosopher-dramaturge Fahim Amir on techno-democracy.
A major essay by media theorist Armin Medosch situates the work of the London-based artists amidst the rise of the ‘creative industries’ idea, inner-city regeneration, and the dot-com boom. Medosch identifies the work as a front in the wave of critical art that has emerged alongside the rise of digital networks and ‘open source culture’, and offers an analysis that draws on systems theory.
Other contributors to the book include independent media activist Keiko Sei on the ‘camcorder revolution’ in Burma; policy consultant and writer Naseem Khan on grass-roots regeneration in East London; activist-artist Siraj Izhar on praxis as process; and philosopher-dramaturge Fahim Amir on techno-democracy.
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AMBIENT INFORMATION SYSTEMS collects documents and writings from a decade of interdisciplinary and collaborative arts practice by Manu Luksch and Mukul Patel (ambientTV.NET). Interrogating the social and political transformations of the... more
AMBIENT INFORMATION SYSTEMS collects documents and writings from a decade of interdisciplinary and collaborative arts practice by Manu Luksch and Mukul Patel (ambientTV.NET). Interrogating the social and political transformations of the late 20th and early 21st centuries, this practice recalls aspects of the 1910s-20s avant-garde and 1960s-70s conceptual and systems art.
A major essay by media theorist Armin Medosch situates the work of the London-based artists amidst the rise of the ‘creative industries’ idea, inner-city regeneration, and the dot-com boom. Medosch identifies the work as a front in the wave of critical art that has emerged alongside the rise of digital networks and ‘open source culture’, and offers an analysis that draws on systems theory.
Other contributors to the book include independent media activist Keiko Sei on the ‘camcorder revolution’ in Burma; policy consultant and writer Naseem Khan on grass-roots regeneration in East London; activist-artist Siraj Izhar on praxis as process; and philosopher-dramaturge Fahim Amir on techno-democracy.
A major essay by media theorist Armin Medosch situates the work of the London-based artists amidst the rise of the ‘creative industries’ idea, inner-city regeneration, and the dot-com boom. Medosch identifies the work as a front in the wave of critical art that has emerged alongside the rise of digital networks and ‘open source culture’, and offers an analysis that draws on systems theory.
Other contributors to the book include independent media activist Keiko Sei on the ‘camcorder revolution’ in Burma; policy consultant and writer Naseem Khan on grass-roots regeneration in East London; activist-artist Siraj Izhar on praxis as process; and philosopher-dramaturge Fahim Amir on techno-democracy.
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AMBIENT INFORMATION SYSTEMS collects documents and writings from a decade of interdisciplinary and collaborative arts practice by Manu Luksch and Mukul Patel (ambientTV.NET). Interrogating the social and political transformations of the... more
AMBIENT INFORMATION SYSTEMS collects documents and writings from a decade of interdisciplinary and collaborative arts practice by Manu Luksch and Mukul Patel (ambientTV.NET). Interrogating the social and political transformations of the late 20th and early 21st centuries, this practice recalls aspects of the 1910s-20s avant-garde and 1960s-70s conceptual and systems art.
A major essay by media theorist Armin Medosch situates the work of the London-based artists amidst the rise of the ‘creative industries’ idea, inner-city regeneration, and the dot-com boom. Medosch identifies the work as a front in the wave of critical art that has emerged alongside the rise of digital networks and ‘open source culture’, and offers an analysis that draws on systems theory.
Other contributors to the book include independent media activist Keiko Sei on the ‘camcorder revolution’ in Burma; policy consultant and writer Naseem Khan on grass-roots regeneration in East London; activist-artist Siraj Izhar on praxis as process; and philosopher-dramaturge Fahim Amir on techno-democracy.
A major essay by media theorist Armin Medosch situates the work of the London-based artists amidst the rise of the ‘creative industries’ idea, inner-city regeneration, and the dot-com boom. Medosch identifies the work as a front in the wave of critical art that has emerged alongside the rise of digital networks and ‘open source culture’, and offers an analysis that draws on systems theory.
Other contributors to the book include independent media activist Keiko Sei on the ‘camcorder revolution’ in Burma; policy consultant and writer Naseem Khan on grass-roots regeneration in East London; activist-artist Siraj Izhar on praxis as process; and philosopher-dramaturge Fahim Amir on techno-democracy.
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The publication collects documents and writings from a decade of interdisciplinary and collaborative arts practice by Manu Luksch and Mukul Patel. Interrogating the social and political transformations of the late 20th and early 21st... more
The publication collects documents and writings from a decade of interdisciplinary and collaborative arts practice by Manu Luksch and Mukul Patel. Interrogating the social and political transformations of the late 20th and early 21st centuries, this practice recalls aspects of the 1910s-20s avant-garde and 1960s-70s conceptual and systems art.
A major essay by media theorist Armin Medosch situates the work of the London-based artists amidst the rise of the ‘creative industries’ idea, inner-city regeneration, and the dot-com boom. Medosch identifies the work as a front in the wave of critical art that has emerged alongside the rise of digital networks and ‘open source culture’, and offers an analysis that draws on systems theory.
Other contributors to the book include independent media activist Keiko Sei on the ‘camcorder revolution’ in Burma; policy consultant and writer Naseem Khan on grass-roots regeneration in East London; activist-artist Siraj Izhar on praxis as process; and philosopher-dramaturge Fahim Amir on techno-democracy.
A major essay by media theorist Armin Medosch situates the work of the London-based artists amidst the rise of the ‘creative industries’ idea, inner-city regeneration, and the dot-com boom. Medosch identifies the work as a front in the wave of critical art that has emerged alongside the rise of digital networks and ‘open source culture’, and offers an analysis that draws on systems theory.
Other contributors to the book include independent media activist Keiko Sei on the ‘camcorder revolution’ in Burma; policy consultant and writer Naseem Khan on grass-roots regeneration in East London; activist-artist Siraj Izhar on praxis as process; and philosopher-dramaturge Fahim Amir on techno-democracy.
Research Interests: Media and Cultural Studies, Experimental Media Arts, Telematic Art, Community Media, Critical Media Studies, and 14 moreNew Media Art & Emerging Practices, Net Art, New Media Art, Conceptual Art, Digital Media Art, Surveillance, Art and Activism, Locative Media, Wireless Network Performance, Artists Film and Video, Essay Film, Faceless, Manu Luksch, and ambienttv.net
Advancing a new thesis and drawing on historical film footage from the 1890s to the 1930s that was collected for the film Dreams Rewired, Manu Luksch overturns the established precedence of cinema over television, and instead describes... more
Advancing a new thesis and drawing on historical film footage from the 1890s to the 1930s that was collected for the film Dreams Rewired, Manu Luksch overturns the established precedence of cinema over television, and instead describes how in the public perception, recorded media (the archive) and transmission media (the networks) became conflated. In this essay Luksch describes the forces and constraints that determined access to source material during the making of Dreams Rewired, and suggests that one might draw useful analogies between, on the one hand, her struggles to obtain this source material, and on the
other, struggles over ownership and control of data in an user-generated archive.
other, struggles over ownership and control of data in an user-generated archive.
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Design and functionality analysis of XYBERNAUT MATC, a portable hardware solution that can transmit audio and video, and resource guide to DIY community wireless networking.
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This booklet accompanies an app, which takes the user/reader on a journey through the political heart of London and reveals the new forms of algorithmic governance and decision-making at work behind historical façades of power.
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Manu Luksch conducts an interview with Peter Greenaway, discussing the future of cinema in the light of rapidly advancing digital production possibilities
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Call for release of human rights defender Ahmed Mansoor at UN HRC 45th Session -Online Side Event