Friedrich Kittler (1943-2011)

Friedrich Kittler (1943-2011)

Friedrich Kittler has just died today in Berlin. a post by Jussi Parikka, on his site Machinology, linked below reflects on this moment now in Media Art Histories:

Friedrich Kittler (1943-2011) - Jussi Parikka (October 18, 2011)
http://jussiparikka.net/2011/10/18/friedrich-kittler-1943-2011/

Digital Art Works. The Challenges of Conservation

On October 28th, "Digital Art Works. The Challanges of Conservation" will start at ZKM. An exhibition of 10 case studies of conserving ZKM's collection and an accompanying series of symposia will address different approaches in archiving and preserving digital media art.

case studies:
http://www.digitalartconservation.org/index.php/en/case-studies.html

symposia including Alain Depocas, Antoni Muntadas, Herbert Franke, Siegfried Zielinski et al
http://www.digitalartconservation.org/index.php/en/symposium-i.html

stay hungry. stay foolish.

Steve Jobs died yesterday, aged 56. Jobs often referred to a counter-culture publication of 1968, the "Whole Earth Catalogue", as a basic source of inspiration. its quite nice indeed.

cloud over liverpool

it was great seeing you all! take care

Satellites use GPS system from above - 02 October 2001 - New Scientist

Satellites use GPS system from above - 02 October 2001 - New Scientist