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14/02     : Sweet Tribology 03 , MoNA Tasmania, AU .   26/2     :  Hacking Habitat Utrecht , NL .   27-28/02 : Moderating several talks @ Sonic Acts Academy , Brakke Grond, NL.   07-13/2  : Teaching week @KiT Trondheim, NO .   18/2     : Ways of Something @ Carnegie Museum of Art , Pittsburg, US .   25/2     : 0,1 // assume both [[BrowserBased Residency, Cimatics, Brussels, BE.   27/3-29-5 :   Design my Privacy , Z33, Hasselt, BE    10-04/31-07 : Queens international: Dance with flARmingos , NY, US .   6-7/13-14/4 :  Zwaar Metaal Residency, Plaatsmaken , Arnhem, NL .   19-22/5  :  MediaLive , Denver, Colorado, US.  

Neural nr 52. Complexity issue(s)

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Interview with Alessandro Ludovico for Neural  Magazine nr 52: Complexity Issue(s).  1. What’s your definition of “complexity”?  Complexity without a context means nothing to me. 2. In your seminal “Glitch Studies Manifesto” you wrote: “This [computer] system consists of layers of obfuscated protocols that find their origin in ideologies, economies, political hierarchies and social conventions, which are subsequently operated by different actors.” Do you think that today we are able to write about computation as a history of power relations in a similar to how classical historians have done to history? Back when I was in high school I was taught that history was printed on dead trees (in history books). A compressed version of history graced the back wall of our school classroom, where it was drawn up as a line, interrupted by dots that signified important moments. How modern it was, history drawn out like a stacked conveyer belt of causes and facts! I have learned t...