Lifetracing. The Traces of a Networked Life online at Networked: A Networked Book

My chapter for Networked: a (networked_book) about (networked_art), Lifetracing. The Traces of a Networked Life,  is now officially online and open to comments. Thanks to Turbulence.org and and the National Endowment for the Arts for supporting my research. Lifetracing. The Traces of a Networked Life Identity on the web has changed by the assemblage of… Read more Lifetracing. The Traces of a Networked Life online at Networked: A Networked Book

The MacBook Reading Club revisited with the Facebook Self-Portrait

When Esther Weltevrede gave a short lecture on our MacBook Reading Club at Mediamatic she placed the aesthetics of the Photobooth self-portrait within the larger history of self-portraits: Digital camera technology advanced ego-photography and ways for selfpresentation. Analogue photography mainly focused on the presentation of others. With exception of the time consuming and error prone… Read more The MacBook Reading Club revisited with the Facebook Self-Portrait

Presenting a new research blog: Lifetracing

I just launched a new blog called “Lifetracing” as part of a research proposal for Networked, a (networked_book) about (networked_art). The research proposal continues where my thesis left off and focuses more on the networked nature of blogs and in particular on lifestreams. An excerpt from the proposal: I am a networked individual, living my… Read more Presenting a new research blog: Lifetracing