… XLterrestrials are in Hamburg reporting from the #30C3. Learning curves are always high at the Chaos Congress, and so much going on that these reports will be very sporadic and on-the-fly… Btw, check for the live streams here, watch from wherever you are ! … AND we are also busy preparing our “B-side” shows, that are not officially […]

… < 26.12 > CiTiZEN KiNO #32+33 : Organisms vs. Automatons, at Panke. There’s a chili voku available, starting around 20h and films begin c.21:00h – Berlin … < 29/30.12 > CiTiZEN KiNO #32+33 : Organisms vs. Automatons, aboard the MS Stubnitz in Hamburg … time TBA … w/ special guests + AFTERPARTY, for the late-night fun after the CCC sessions. … the FEdbook invite is here, If yur so inclined. … Dear CiTiZEN KiNO and XLterrestrials friends, fans, and disturbed onlookers, we are urgently raising funds for some never-b4-tried experiments w/ cinema, the internet and YOu… Plz consider donating, so that we can bring some crucial analysis during the 30th Chaos Communications Congress in Hamburg … ANd for an upcoming ‘empire-state-side’ tour.

Organisms Vs Automatons “The deities of mechanical nature and reductionism science are dead !” – XLterrestrial analysts Nevermind throwing bricks through individual bank windows, or ousting one dictator-bot at a time ( only to be replaced by another bot ), when you can hack the shitty operating systems via the roots of the scientific models and constructs […]

{ CK#32 : work-in progress } … < 6-7.12 > Whatever Happened to Privacy? , a Boell conference at C-base, Mindpirates, and Boell Foundation. Some very important converstaions happening here: > “Whatever happened to Privacy?” brings together international activists on focal topics and combines bar camp style work sessions and political round tables with a classic public event. < … < 5-7.12 > Ma(n)chines at HKW , Berlin ( more coming soon ) … < 29/30.12 > XLterrestrials in Hamburg, more coming soon !

+ … < 28.11 > CiTiZEN KiNO #31 : I’m A Cyborg, And That’s NOT OK ! at Panke… see MORE HERE . ADDed: very special guest Serhat from 2/5BZ from Istanbul doing a Gozel Radio set. ( intermission and post-kino ). C-Kino begins 21:00h. ::: … < 6-7.12 > Whatever Happened to Privacy?, a Boell conference at C-base, Mindpirates, and […]

… < 28.11 > CiTiZEN KiNO #31: I’m A Cyborg, But That’s NOT OK ! … at Panke, Berlin Digital Occupation, colonialism of the Eye, Transhumanism, Man-made machine culture ad nauseum… deconstructed and reboot options provided! ! Riffing off the South Korean masterpiece comedy by Chan-wook Park … Resistance is feminine ! … It’s complicated ! … Visit […]

{ … part of cyberfest, on karl marx allee } < 14-17.11 > Cyberfest at Platoon, ComputerSpiel Musem, and Wye, Berlin Anything still calling itself “cyberfest” 2day should probably consider re-naming ! … XLt suggests ” 24-7, Up Your Cyberbunghole Showcase ! ” … But a huge list of participants, we suspect it could be mildly amusing. […]

… … < 07-09.11 > BerlinerGazette presents Complicity symposium the public talks (pdf ) > “Complicity” takes place in the congenial setting of the event space SUPERMARKT (Brunnenstr. 64). On November 7th and 8th there are three parallel Workshops around the conflicting pairs of pirates and capitalists, professionals and amateurs, programmers and (citizen) journalists. […]

… { still from Securiotic – via Films For Action } … work-in-progress ! … Last week, the XLterresrials presented our 30th episode of CiTiZEN KiNO – a tactical media format whereby we put the media onto the examination table, and analyze the messages ( and Hot current topics ) together with the audience. Our theme for the evening was […]

… < 31.10. > CiTiZEN KiNO #30 : Data Spooks & The Children of Teufelsberg … + + Afterparty w/ dj radio&fernseh (Lu) and dj Pod-Mo’tif (Xl)…at Panke in Wedding-Berlin … Cinema Hacking since 1984… Media arts geared to find the exits and the alternatives … before it’s too late ! Each C-Kino episode we research a Hot Topic […]

… Want to drown out the Hollywood/Disney/Touchstone shite version of “The 5th Estate”?! The real stuff is #Mediastan … watch it , spread it, viralize it ! Now out from Journeyman Pictures… … SUPPORT THEM ! RENT IT or BUY IT ! But if you must, here’s a youtube link to watch it in full ( while […]

… { NYC foto by Serge Semenov, click to enlarge! } … An article from David Byrne about saving NYC – “a vital cultural capital” succumbing to 1% plans + politics – is circulating in the newsfeeds… But someone needs to catch him, perhaps while he’s still floating about in Venice, and tell him New York is already […]

::: { a few new resources, links below } A small group of dedicated citizens met at Supermarkt venue in Wedding-Berlin to consider what kind of actions we – the general public – can take to address the crisis in Fukushima/Japan, which is one of the most severe and urgent crises facing humanity today. Such heavy considerations had […]

{ from a Gizmodo post presumably from 2011 } + > added > REPORTS from Fukushima Cafe (#2): see bottom. + … { Hoax?} Even if this map IS mis-used or mis-appropriated, which many on the net have attempted to point out… (we haven’t verified one way or the other). BUT it shouldn’t lessen the concern of radioactive materials spreading into […]

… …. ….. < 26.9. > CiTiZEN KiNO #29 : ” DIY Eco Gnomical ” is being assembled… At Panke in Berlin, begins at 21:00h. ” CiTiZEN KiNO is cinema hacking, prepare to be engaged ! It’s Gilliam meets The Yes Men meets Cypherfunkadelic, unlocking your theater seat. “ Anonymous Times. This episode features special guests- added: Carsten Lisecki ( […]

(+) (+) … Germany is in good hands…. caption translated from a Christian Democrat – CDU – electoral ad with Ms. Merkel’s favourite hand gesture. This giant billboard is beside the Hauptbanhof facing the Reichstag and Parliament buildings. Naturally the web’s had a heyday w/ the image, check here for the full barrel of laughs and a not-so-vague […]

{ Day of the Triffids, 2009, re-appropriated, hacked?, reverse engineered? * } … This weekend becomes Resource 006, the sixth in a series coordinated by Transmediale c0-curator Tatiana Bazzichelli. These are inbetween events that occur as a network extension/layer of the annual festival in January. Or perhaps as more than events, a fertile ground for … ?!! […]

… { Teufelsberg by night … like imagining Henry Kissinger inserting his entire 90 years of bloody Nobel flaccidness into your ear. } The Inverted Sex of The Spy Bots The dark irony should not be lost on the visitors of the abandoned NSA Teufelsberg Spy Station that when you climb the stairs to the top of […]

… { Image from from the Z machine in New Mexico – the largest X-ray generator in the world, designed to test materials in conditions of extreme temperature and pressure. Scientism on course for global meltdown ? } … < 12-14.09 > reSource 006 : Overflow, at Kunstraum Kreuzberg / Bethanien + Mindpirates E.V., Berlin ” reSource transmedial culture berlin is the new year-round initiative of transmediale festival, in partnership with CTM/DISK, Kunstraum Kreuzberg/Bethanien and the Post-Media Lab (Leuphana University of Lüneburg).

… { Roger Water’s The Wall 1990, Berlin } … We Don’t Need No Sim-u-lation(s) … We Don’t Need No Pop Control ! Well this would have to be a deep, extensive essay to explain all the feelings that come up while thinking about the return of ‘Pink Floyd’s’ The Wall show , which is playing out at the […]

{ via Kay Eske } … SO XLterrestrials have just returned home from an extraordinary mission in The Balkans, so 1st things 1st, DON’T MISS OUR REPORT BACK + BALKANISTA afterparty at Panke – 29.08 – in Berlin… more below. Thx XLt Tail’s End Blurbs: … … < 29.08 > C-Kino #28.4, Panke in Berlin ( the FB Invite ) … + more info/contexts below ____ … < 30.08 > My Icon exhibition curated by Danielle De Picciotto at Neurotitan Gallery, Berlin ( FB invite ) … afterparty bits at Eschschloraque.

::: “The internet could now be clearly seen as one giant military/corporate app installed on your television-retinas.” XLt analyst in 2014 ::: CiTiZEN KiNO #28 : Geodesic Space-Time-Body < 12-15.08 > XLterrestrials + C-KiNO go to MMKamp in Croatia… < 21.08 > Mobile Art Dome Opening, Mursko Sredisce, Croatia – ( the Fb Invite) ) < 22.08 > C-KiNO #28.3 at Cafe Lavra, Varazdin, Croatia < 29.08 > C-Kino #28.4, Panke in Berlin ( the FB Invite ) ::: - CiTiZEN KiNO #28 v.

+ … < 25.07 > XLterrestrials present C-KiNO #27 at Panke E.V. in Wedding – Berlin. A hybrid of cinema, theater, media hacking and psychomagic. 20:00h voku / dinner 21:00h kino { the Fbook Invite } “As Lacan used to say about Big Data, it’s far more dangerous for man than the atom bomb. ” Evgeny Morozov … Nice one, but nevermind Lacan, we can psychoanalyze till we’re blue in the face. What we want to know is how to get outta here before the shit blows up !

… These difficult times are getting more difficult… And if there happen to be any citizens out there w/ a little or a lotta xtra cash on hand, and want to invest in planet-saving strategies … the XLterrestrials ‘kickstarter’ page is here, since c. 2006… contact info here. Why don’t we put up a real Kickstarter page ? Well, we aren’t totally against it, and you may see one from us eventually. But let’s face it, the media fixated and netted culture is in a number of (damaging) ways shaping and capturing our productivity yet again through these ( business?

{ an XLt special for the daring greenpeaceUK climbers ! } … welcome to oiligarchy / welcome to 1984… so WTF now ?! #iceclimb #snowden Two sides of the same coin ?! … We’ve been listening to the livestream of the #iceclimb action – a daring crew of six women who are scaling The Shard in London – to try to stop Shell Oil’s wreckless and mad plans to drill in the arctic. It’s a clever mix of direct action, social media, spectacle and petitioning by Greenpeace UK…

{ from Shu Lea Cheang’s the replicants of U.K.I. } … ” The internet was lost, by the idiots who built it. you and me, the military, the nerds, academia, lawyers, gold-diggers and the 20th century, on which it all still runs, like a famished ghost. The power of mass media was always a mercurial poison , anathema, to local communities, authentic communications, physical realities and embodied love… its viral infection persists, ravages – a conquerer’s fantasy, which ranges from generals to dictators, stalkers to mother earth rapists to mass murderers, reductionists, hired scientists, attention whores, psychopaths, compulsive narcissists and let’s not forget all the overlooked little xtras-people scurrying (in the film) to drink n breathe life via their bought+sold digital i.

{ from Francesco Romoli foto , XLT remix } … - v.3 Fragments - What Stewart Brand and his fellow technotopian bots were really saying. “We are as imperial dicks, and you will get good at consuming it ! ” ** … ” .. Addicted to fossil fuels, wedded fanatically to casino capitalism, and convinced, ostrich-like, that somehow technology alone will save us. ” Nafeez Ahmed Egypt’s new age of unrest is a taste of things to come … cryptocuration and its miscontent by Baruch Gottlieb ( telekommunisten )

{ via Todd E… Thx ! } What a perfect picture to begin our analysis of The Whole Earth conference at HKW… < 27.06 > CiTiZEN KiNO #26 : Anthropocene vs. Indigenous – PART 2 … Come join us for our follow-up forum on issues raised at HKW’s exhibition on The Whole Earth, and explore with us some tangent tales of a more relevant counter-culture , at Panke in Wedding ! 20:00h – Voku/Dinner 21:00h – C-Kino begins ( unfortunately we can not continue to do these programs on a donation basis, at least not until we work out some sponsorship model.

{ remixed from Francesco Romoli } _________ < 21/22.06 > The Whole Earth Conference at HKW , Berlin + < 27.06 > CiTiZEN KiNO #26 : Anthropocene vs. Indigenous – PART 2 … our follow-up on issues raised at HKW and tangent tales of counter-culture , at Panke in Wedding. _________ So today begins The Whole Earth conference at HKW – the House Of World Cultures – in Berlin, and as a primer we’ll throw up a few resources, and come back later for a fuller XLt analysis.

{ remxd from Francesco+Romoli , C-Kino #26: coming soon !} … < 21/22.06 > The Whole Earth Conference at HKW , Berlin Standby for XLterrestrial analysis… … < 21.06 > Fête de la musique, everywhere … < 21.06 > Fête de la hip hop at Panke in Wedding … … < 21.06 > 10 years of Buchhandlung Cafe ( on Fbook ) , Tucholskystr. street […]

… { thx to Mini Matika for putting us on this track } ____ ” The grumpy G8 (10) in Ireland slaughter The Monolith from 2001, which will be stuffed and put on the wall at the hunting lodge.” XLt analyst. ____ Many have pondered the meaning of Kubrick and Clarke’s “2001: A Space Odyssey”, and one of its most […]

{ via Marie D. Thxx ! } … There’s such massive shockwaves following Edward Snowden leaks, we don’t have enough time to keep up with all the angles ( much less add our own commentary), but at the very least we’ll grab a few highlights as they fly by… So what happens when empire is caught with its […]

{ via artist Topsy Qu’ret } … Added : Big Breaking News: Edward Snowden: the whistleblower behind the NSA surveillance revelations We’ll begin collecting articles here re: the latest leaked news of govt. data collection in the US…and beyond ! And of course we’ve got plenty to say about it, but for now we’re compiling some insider+outsider […]

{ dj/vj Psycow at CdPV, an Ursula Boehmer foto remixed } < 07-08.13 > Festival der Europaischer Versager at Club der Polnischen Versager, B-mitte. Download the program list of all the crazy bits put together by the mad CdPV team at the link above. From concerts, discussions, kabarett, tombollas, djs/vjs… ( podinski vs. Psycow1 ) … breakfast… […]

{ Resistanbul, see twitter info + Warning below } … The resistance in Turkey is still exploding, and now’s the point where critical analysis + information flows remain crucial… So below are some resources to support the peoples’ long haul struggles there ( and solidarity everywhere ), and stay informed… + PLEASE SEND US YOUR LINKS + RESOURCES for us to repost here… in comments section or write to us at XLetterestrials. … If you’re just tuning in to this story, or just want to see a good summary of the first week of the uprising(s), have a look at This Clip : THE FIRST WEEK OF RESISTANCE IN ISTANBUL…

{ pic possibly from Gezi Park, Istanbul } We’ll come back to update this later, but there’s international solidarity day – 01.06.13 – for Bradley Manning … and if your in Berlin see below… … … { http://www.freebradleymanning.net/ } … And as things are heating up in Turkey, a call for a demonstration at 17h, also today – 01.06.13 – at Kottbusser Tor in solidarity with Istanbul and “Occupy Gezi” … the park that they are attempting to turn into a shopping mall, has triggered 4-5 successive days of action, and violent police reactions.

{ ancient/modern | i/o } < 30.05 > XLterrestrials present CiTiZEN KiNO #25: Anthropocene, Indigenous, Aliens + + a Fundraiser afterparty at Panke, Berlin 20:00h – Voku / dinner 21:00h – C-kino begins 23:00h – afterparty spende / donation ( the fedbook invite, if you’re so inclined. ) … “CiTiZEN KiNO is cinema hacking. We don’t just watch ! Navigated and performed by […]

… So dearest art organisms, we’re still in fundraiser mode, so if you’re into keeping the XLterrestrials on the frontlines of fertile resistance, and busy seeding the higher intelligence upgrades, now’s the TIME! Contact us Here, and ask how you can help! And Berlin is overflowing with incredible events to catch… But let’s not get tooooo lost […]

{ modern Re:publican Times } Re:publica13 in industry loop mode ?! < 06-08.05 > Re:Publica 13 – In/Side/Out , at Station Berlin on twitter: #rp13 … … Why re-rant? XLterrestrials + Charlie Chaplin ;) may have already assessed the crisis in 2012 and 1936, and since Re: publica13 – one of Germany’s largest digital culture conferences – seems to be in loop […]

XLterrestrials are FUNDRAISING > 1. so we can continue our arts+praxis coverage in Berlin and beyond 2. to produce more research + articles investigating the predatory media landscapes 3. produce more CiTiZEN KiNO shows, exploring new forms of tactical media 4. to pay our membership dues to our partners at Possible Worlds ( Diego de […]

… Alternet, a progressive online journal that “aims to inspire action and advocacy on the environment, human rights and civil liberties, social justice, media, health care issues, and more.” posted a piece today that says… Watch: Jon Stewart Nails Obama on Guantanamo (link at end of article) But John Stewart doesn’t really nail anything ! He’ll often take […]

{ found via Anarchist Memes } … There’s ALOT that happened last week, and the Boston Marathon tragedy is just one of MANY disconcerting events and news items. Our condolences go out to all the victims in West Texas and Massachusetts, Baghdad and … Pakistan, etc… there was no shortage of explosive news and numerous bombs that […]

{ foto by Peikwen Cheng, Nevada c. 2009 } … Workers Of The World, All Aboard! … Larry Harvey, Fred Turner, Google and The Zuck all have one wild , one-way, and long lost Epochalism weekend for you ! ( an extensive article coming soon, below. ) ::: Related events, and XLterrestrials recommend : … … { from The Whole Earth Catalogue, c. […]

… upcoming events / XLT recommends < 12.04 > L.U.C. feat. Kosmostumostów at Sendesaal des Rundfunks Berlin Branndenburg (RBB) , Berlin Tix and details HERE Never heard of L.U.C !?? Probably cause the music industry, which dominates the distribution channels, generally Sucks boiled eggs !! And broadcast radio was killed by Execs, and most djs anyway seem to have […]

… { United Artist Theater in Detroit, remixed for Berlin. More below* } … <04.04 > CiTiZEN KiNO #24 : “Crises and Crumbs or Reclaimed Cake” at Panke, Berlin What?: Cinema + Voku ( community kitchen ) … How Much?: Donate/Spende When?: April 4th, 20:00h fedbook invite … On The Menu: Sorry, Not vegan this time… stir-fry, brown reis and mixed veggies ( and tasty […]

… { illustration by the incredible Mark S Fisher } … Everything You Always Wanted To Know About Silicon Valley Sex, But Were Afraid To Ask… As the crazy month of March flew by XLterrestrial analysts collected so many new perspectives on the (predatory) media landscapes, it was hard to leave a coherent trail… But by far, it seems […]

… < 22.o3 > CiTiZEN KiNO #23 : Predatory Net + analyzing the Visual Media Environments, Tschechisches Zentrum, Berlin, 20: 00h CiTiZEN KiNO is a hybrid of film, internet, theater and happening. An interventionist and interactive performance which allows the spectator/participant to enter the hacker and artivist domains, and transforms the over-mediated “screen-culture” into […]

… < 13.03 > XLterrestrials will take part in an an evening of Open Presentations at Supermarkt, Wedding – Berlin We’ll discuss our work on PSYCHO-MEDIA ANALYSIS, CiTiZEN KiNO, and why we think that maybe technological ‘progress’ in a society with a dismal operating system might just be like poking yourself in the eye […]

… … … … And here’s to thinking like Emma, not just on march 8th, but every day… Watch Here – via Sole , dj Pain, and SubmediaTv ( ok, it’s the boys rappin and mashin, but hey they’re doin the Soli ! ) …

… < 07.03 > CiTiZEN KiNO #22 : Predatory Net, and the rise of a soft and fuzzy Techno Fascism at Panke, Berlin 20:00h – Voku dinner served / 21:00h – C-Kino begins the Fedbook invite … < 22.o3 > CiTiZEN KiNO #23 : Predatory Net + analyzing the Visual Media Environments, Tschechisches Zentrum, Berlin, 20: 00h CiTiZEN KiNO is a hybrid […]

{ { Giraff Graff – 10 years anniversary! } } … < 26.02 – 01.03 > ”Min mor er en ulv, min far..” ( My mom is a wolf, my father is… ) the latest project by Giraff Graff premiering at Warehaus 9 in Copenhagen ! ( in Danish language ) A multi-layered performance project that has been […]

{ YOko and Sean at Volksbuehne, Berlin } Happy Birthday Yoko ! … We only found out a few days ago that not only was Plastic Ono Band playing but that Yoko would be celebrating her 80th birthday with us in Berlin… It was long sold out, but we were persistent, and made it in for the concert. […]

{ from The Act of Killing by Joshua Oppenheimer } Herzog has been outdone! And that’s not necessarily a good thing. Joshua Oppenheimer’s film The Act Of Killing is one of the most gut-wrenching films you may ever read ! If you just watch it you may conclude it is one of the most important films […]

… Nevermind the Berlinale! … If you watch any films this week in Berlin, this one by Leftvision Clips ( click for english subtitles, and now a turkish version here. ) is a must see and a must share ! … In these times, the only media that really matters is tactical media! Spread It ! And see you […]

{ TPB AFK, 2013 } Berlinale v.3… … Well our cynicsm can only go so far, and with the bitter cold, what else is there to do, but suck down some over-mediation, a little SOMA time, and maybe even some juicy bits from the frontlines of the cultural resistance…. Transmediale v.6… Sadly this film – TPB AFK – wasn’t being […]

{ performance art by Soren Dahlgaard (DK) via Kay Eske… thx } … It’s Berlinale time again… and we’re already thoroughly annoyed ! We’ve been pondering presenting our sorta-annual Leni Riefenstahl award(s) at the next CiTiZEN KiNO event (TBA). But well, Bigelow’s Zero Dark Thirty isn’t playing at the festival and is so obvious that it has brought […]

{ found on the web, no artist attributed, thx Hernan } … XLterrestrials on Transmediale Festival 2013 in Berlin continues… See v.1 and v.2 + 3 and v.4 … our previous plogs … recommended to start there if your’re just tuning in. … XLt on BWPWAP v.5 : Transmediated like KFC Clockwork … While XLt dives exuberantly into deconstruction, auseinandersetzung, rants […]

{ TM 2013, click on the images above to see larger } … So our coverage of the Transmediale Festvial continues… See v.1 and v.2 + 3 in previous plogs … … XLt on BWPWAP – v.4 : Another Pluto is Poseable … Disposable… Possessed… ? … Our final analysis is under construction… But below are some quick sketches […]

{ “pluto to earth, pluto to earth! can you hear us ?! ” } XLt analyzes the Transmediale 2013 – BWPWAP [ part 1 -intro = resources are here ] We are working within a very visual medium, so we picked the image above which we had gathered for our latest CiTiZEN KINO performances of “20th Century Fix”… […]

… { XLt examines “Back When Pluto Was A Planet”} … XLterrestrials will be doing our usual Transmediale Festival analysis, cause… well… we haven’t yet been able to escape to a tropical island…i.e. where the lemurs live, and fewer anthropocene-sters roam. And we instead have a knaack for finding ourselves … in the vortex … of cold germanic, […]

… For Transmediale’s Vorspiel / Re:source program: < 25.01.13 > CitiZen Kino : “20th Century Fix, social media for social bodies is retro-hackable “ 2o:30h at Naherholung Sternchen, Berlin + Afterparty w/ lovely, roaring line-up, Djs/Vjs/Xjs : shellac Dj Topher Rose ( Salon Obskur ), Mini Matika ( Zentrale Randlage, Kunst Kacke Soundsystem), dr. Podinski ( XLt, Badehaus […]

{ Still in the Ecuadorian embassy ! … } … “If Hollywood’s calling, it can’t be good news!” PK Dick … An XLterrestrial analyst responds to Steven Spielberg + Dreamworks making a new Hollywank on Wikileaks, based on Daniel Domscheidt Berg’s critical book on Assange, w/ assistance by the 4th-estate lackey David Leigh from Guardian UK, […]

… the full text here We’ll come back to analyze and post more resources… many great tributes and analysis from Glenn Greenwald, Lessig, Gabriella Coleman, etc… Meanwhile… Mitch Altman, co-founder of Noisebridge hackerspace in San Francisco, will be on Off The Hook radio with Emmanuel Goldstein on Wednesday, 7pm EST. This week’s show will be all about Aaron Schwartz, […]

{Amazon old-growth rainforest conservation } The XLterrestrials had a rough year, and we read accounts of many others who struggled through some heavy times… But we thought it would be a good start for 2013 to look at what we did right ! And the VICTORIES in 2012 ! So we’re assembling them here… and if […]