O dobru, Strzępka and Demirski BY Dorota Kowalkowska Theatre The last piece written by Demirski and directed by Strzępka brings a simple, and yet a very difficult thought to verbalise: without the support of others and undoubted faith in that support, we won’t be able to move on
Culture Circulatory System Talk with Mirek Filiciak, Alek Tarkowski Media The greatest risk involved in the whole debate is absolute polarisation and utter simplification, while forgetting that freedom entails responsibility. It would be a shame to waste the opportunities offered to culture by the internet, but if that does end up happening, it won’t be the fault of just one side.
books + consumerism = mésalliance Talk with Dorota Masłowska Literature When I’m here in Warsaw, reading just seems so pornographically unproductive. It’s horrible that in the time it takes to read a book, you could watch seven films and documentaries or watch 150 music videos – Dorota Masłowska about piles of books and the pornographically unproductive act of reading
THE ABC OF NEW CULTURE:Y, Z as in CTRL+Y, CTRL+Z BY Mirek Filiciak / Alek Tarkowski Media Authors have predicted the demise of everything from books, television, the press, middlemen, and professional artists to politics, government, nation states, and even entire regions. But unexpected returns happen all the time
THE ABC OF NEW CULTURE:X as in XXX BY Mirek Filiciak / Alek Tarkowski Media For those who do look at it, porn is an area in which the key trends of culture 2.0 can be plainly seen. Amateur productions: check. Individuals competing with commercial productions: check. Blurring the boundaries between public and private: yet again, check
THE ABC OF NEW CULTURE:N as in Nostalgia BY Mirek Filiciak / Alek Tarkowski Media The strength of the bond between media and the past is best demonstrated by the fact that the past is essentially a product of media
NOT IN ENGLISH YET: Digitalne dotknięcie (The Digital Touch) BY Aleksandra Hirszfeld Literature ‘Digitalne dotknięcie’ was inspired by an exchange of experiences and ideas regarding actions involving the use of binary code at digital_ia.09 festival
THE ABC OF NEW CULTURE:Ł as in Connectivity BY Mirek Filiciak / Alek Tarkowski Media In these mediated times, it is hard to determine what the word ‘society’ means. Some writers, among them John Urry, claim that the social sciences will simply have to do without the term. A much simpler alternative would be to follow the network of ties and connections
THE ABC OF NEW CULTURE:K as in Convergence BY Mirek Filiciak / Alek Tarkowski Media In the media ecosystem, convergence introduces more chaos than order. When focused around a single device, it paradoxically provides greater choice, while at once complicating the media ecosystem
THE ABC OF NEW CULTURE:I as in Interactivity BY Mirek Filiciak / Alek Tarkowski Media The youngest generations, used to constant feedback from the content they consume, are no longer experiencing the awe and joy that were brought on by first interactive contacts with the media
THE ABC OF NEW CULTURE:G as in gatekeeper(or lack thereof) BY Mirek Filiciak / Alek Tarkowski Media An ordinary individual has no competence to act as an effective gatekeeper for the virtually infinite mass of information made available by the benevolent fool, the internet
CULTURE 2. 0 – Do it with others! Talk with Ryszard W. Kluszczyński Media Ryszard W. Kluszczyński: When we think we are original, it only means we do not know the works we are inadvertently copying. Besides, globalisation reminds us that something can be original only in a context
