Smart BOREDOM BY Marek Krajewski Media The term ‘smart boredom’ rose to popularity in 2012 primarily – and tellingly – in the context of marketing. What was idle becomes occupied, and what was annoying becomes absorbing
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.
The Reading Lab: Shorthand Literature One upon a time John Wray lead a Twitter workshop in Wrocław. It was a part of The Reading Lab at the European Culture Congress. See the video
Counteracting Digital Exclusion Talk with Zbigniew Sobczuk Talks When technological advancements begin to dominate us, reducing us to mere consumers, our only defense is to engage in cultural activities that respond to our imagination, intelligence, and spiritual needs
CULTURE 2.0 – Level 2.0 BY John Biweekly Art Accompanying to the Culture 2.0 Conference is the Enter Level 2.0 exhibition. What’s coming this year? There’s a selection for you
CULTURE 2.0 – Media-Aware BY John Biweekly Media Today, one can hardly imagine an educational process ignoring the possibilities that arise from new media
Exchange BY John Biweekly Intro Public money as a tool to empower creative skills of the populace without showing the way the skills should be employed? Is it ‘against’ art?
EUROPEAN CULTURE CONGRESS: Reading Lab BY Agnieszka Słodownik Literature The Reading Lab at the European Culture Congress (8-11 September 2011) is intended to pose a variety of questions concerning modern book shelves, storytelling and reading within the noise
Medialab Lublin BY Agnieszka Słodownik Media Medialab Lublin was an organic kind of experience, and it proved that there are new fields of expression that ‘everything’s already done’ phrase just doesn’t apply to
NOTES FROM UNDER THE TABLE: A Long Time Ago in the Future: Björk’s Biophilia BY James Hopkin Music Can technology really take us closer to nature, and if so, how? Because during the performance, nothing took me closer to nature or to the cosmos than the human voice, whether Björk’s or those of the magnificent choir
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
Youth, Media, and Culture BY Mirosław Filiciak Media We need to treat the cultural activities of young people as a ‘bellwether of change’, as Barbara Fatyga once put it. Let’s start a serious debate on the changes underway in culture and the vision that should be followed by institutions that need to reinvent themselves
