… :::: : ::: :::: :. ::: :… ::::::… ::… :.. :: ALERT: #Potse was #occupied 2day ! ( 31.12 ) #potsebleibt #kiezsovereignty #jugendzentrum #besetzen Potse? @Potse_Berlin UPdates : < 02.1.19 > : Kundgebung am 02.01 vor der Potse und den ehemaligen Räumen des Drugstores… 13h at […]

::: Day4 ::: work-in-progress … Note: Thx to the incredible #35c3 live streams crew, there are dozens of archived sessions already available to dive into … to catch up on what one human, nor any post-human, could possibly absorb in one weekend ! Not sure when we’ll find time to research more… But we’ll try and pick out a few highlights from an XLt perspective. soon. … but first an obligatory rant from afar … in a mad mad world that is consuming itself with the latest industrial-strength technologies.

:: o :: DAY1 :: o :: DAY2 :: o :: So yesterday, Day1 of #35c3, the XLt hosted a satellite event to livestream the congress for a general public in the Btropolis Mitte. Kiez-style with breakfast potluck and an evening Chili Vokü ( folks kitchen, by donation ). It was an interesting experiment, and we had some great discussions. We performed our 77th CiTiZEN KiNO ( playlist coming soon ) to express our concerns + angles, in an attempt to inspire the rebels in you !

::: :: o :: #35C3 :: o :: DAY1 :: o :: And if you have come for a piece of our bleeding hearts and want to read the XLT NEWSLETTER, click to Read more at the end of this blog… ::: CiTiZEN KiNO … We’re Back ! … Sort of…. < Dec.27 > CiTiZEN KINO #77: Efficiency, Madness and Rebellion at Club Der Polnische Versager in Btropolis Mitte … Ackerstrasse 168 full day / nite event 10:00h (CET) – live streams begin

:::: 1010101010101010101 :::: < 17.12 > Datacide Talk with Joke Lanz & Christoph Fringeli at Vétomat, Wühlischstr. 42, 10245 Berlin ( FB invite ) < 16-19.12 > The Can Project II, Volksbuhne and Babylon ( FB invite ) … … < 19.12 > So36 throws a party to celebrates the Kiez comrades and all the Anti-Google Initiatives, A (small) victory in our fights against the machines and cybernetic regimes, at SO36, Kreuzberg … ab 19:00h < 20.12 > Kreuzberg Underground Comic Showcase with Resident Christopher Sperandio, at Somos ( FB invite )

::: Please Note: This article might be made password protected … Please contact us if you would like access to our full essay and analysis of Jaron Lanier’s Willy Brandt Lecture in Berlin. Become an XLterrestrials patron+ subscriber … and take part in a “yellow jackets” experiment to reclaim livelihoods in The Net … and receive an actual postcard in your old school mailbox ! … We could really use a little dough to develop this extremely complex essay of things on the live or die scale of complexity.

… :::: 01 :::: 10 :::: 01 :::::: 10 :::::::::::: Intro: We have encountered two incredible species in the sacrificial cybernetic jungles the last few weeks… - Efficiency and Madness by Stephanie Hankey and Marek Tuszynski ( Tactical Tech Collective ) – pdf download - - The Glossary of Broken Dreams, the film by “lumpenerd” Johannes Grenzfürtner ( Monochrom ) […]

::: If only we had time… to make a deep research on what happens when instead of opening a can of worms ( like the ubiquitous misery of the unraveling industrial technospheres ), one instead comes upon a barrel full of magical seeds in a beautiful garden … … Festspielhaus Hellerau on the oustskirts of Dresden has gone […]

. _ ::: – . _ ::: _ . — ::: _ . < 22.11 > Cadus Fundraiser Fuer Bosnia with Pastor Leumund, Lena Störfaktor and more, Katerholzig – Säalllchen ( Fb Invite ) < 22.11 > Blacklist #4 What is Democracy? by Astra Taylor at Spektrum < 22.11 > Der Plan, Arkaoda ::: In Saxony: < 24.11 > Polski Transfer […]

:::: – :::: – ::::: a forest in Dartmoor, UK :::: – ::::: – :::: XLt Radar v.8: < Nov.17/18 > Bits Und Baüme Conference at TU, Berlin ( Bits and Trees, a project in collaboration with Chaos Computer Club people ) Added: The Archives via CCC team # bitsundbaeume … Can Digital Culture ( in a Hyper-Krapitalist world ) be sustainable?!!… Seems like a false nerd dichotomy for those who have realized way too late that we went down the wrong path, and yet still wishing there are ways to repair the damage, without fully unpacking all the baggage and exploitations of the technotopian ruse.

:::: o:0 :::: o:0 ::::: Kiez Notes : Our Death Traps by Friendly Design -a quick sketch- / -work-in-progress- Blätter and HKW’s Democracy Lecture series invited Richard Sennett, Francesca Bria and Andrej Holm to discuss and debate the “Kampf Um Der Stadt” last nite. In English: “The Struggle for the City”. But there was little struggle, and little […]

::: Croissants, Capital, Commons, Crisis + Community – A (cr)edible theory of arts, livelihoods and resistance ?! ::: Let’s imagine running a bakery and producing something your friends, community and strangers alike love to eat; And people are willing to trade you something for your work to make it. To do that, we have some limited options in […]

_____ … _______ … ______ Coming again soon to a backyard theater near you !?! … XLt Radar v.6 + Kiez Notes Ext : Incredible News ! One of the world’s largest corporate enterprises, a business with larger GDP than whole nations, was forced to back down and give up on their plans to install a start-up incubator “campus”. Google […]

… … …. ……. ……………. < 18-21.10 > 100 Years of Copyright, at HKW - A Prelude - 136 Years of Corporate Personhood ! The framing of HKWs latest investigations into another very hot topic appear to be getting into the microscopic nitty-gritty of how we are currently getting screwed by the new colonial gold rush feeding frenzy ! […]

……………. The XLterrestrials were gathering notes from a bunch of different events this past week, a whirlwind of information, loads of perspective and a bounty of networking comrades… We felt as though we uncovered some major strategical insights for our current dire situations, and we’ll try to compile some thoughts and some sketches of the view we […]

………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… ACTIONS, EVENTS, INTERVENTIONS ( and maybe a little art ) ………………………… < 11.10 > MAAILMANKAIKKEUS @ Diskurs Berlin < 11.10 > Solidarity in Cultural Work // Workshops, Heimathafen < 11.10 > Platform Coops Berlin: Case Clinics, Supermarkt Berlin < 12.10 > Syndikat-Verteidigung- Solidaritätskunggebung, Weisestr. 56, 18h < 12.10 > Grenzen der Stadt, Grenzen des […]

:::: – :::: ACTION + EVENTS + UPRISINGS ::: < 5.10 > Noise Against the Goo ! Kberg – LandwehrKanal ( More info : F.O.G ) < 3.10 > No Nation / Antifa, Mauerpark < 5-14.10 > Urbanize.at, multiple venues < 13.10 > Blacklist #3 Film: Freightened, Spectrum < 18-21.10 > 100 Years of Copyright ::::::: KIEZ NOTES: ::: ::: Q: “Who Killed Virginia Ramos ?!” A. The […]

::: o ::: ( foto: somewhere in 1990, midway between 68 and now. ) ::: o ::: < Sept. 27 – Dec. 10 > The Most Dangerous Game – The Situationist International en route for May ’68 at HKW, Berlin A preview: There aren’t many cultural institutions that would dive into a Situationism retrospective … head first… heart first… fist […]

°°°°° I °°°°°° I °°°°° °°°°° I °°°°°° I °°°°° Upcoming Actions: < 20.9 > Alternative Wohngipfel, 10-18h < 21.9 > Protest Am Kanzleramt, 14h … Events to Keep an Eye On ! < 21.9 > Netzpolitik Konferenz, Volksbühne < 27.9- 12.10 > The Most Dangerous Game – exhibition + discussions on The Situationists, HKW … more coming soon ! … KIEZ NOTES ! Truly an odd and […]

————————————————– < 14.09 > 100. Jubiläumsjahr Polen – Ausstellungseröffnung, Vernissage with dj Podinski ( Globalista Radio Kit ) at Club Der Polnischen Versager, 19h … ( Fbook invite ) … Niepodlegla ( Narodowe Swieto Niepodleglosci) ) is national independence day (11 November ) to commemorate the anniversary of the restoration of Poland’s sovereignty as the Second Polish Republic in 1918 […]

:::: :::: :::: BTROPOLIS NEWS ALERT: The proposed Google Campus building – the Umspannwerk – in Kreuzberg has been OCCUPIED today ! #Besetzen / #GoogleCampus / #FuckOffGoogle #Bestezen blog site *Neu* # G17a Statement from the occupiers at Indymedia.de ( de only) … in short: to prevent the campus from opening, and to counter the exploding rent increases, and to utilize […]

_________ ____ ___________________ No Time Like The Present… _____ ____________ Please see XLT Radar v.11 for most links, while we add some newer news and important KIEZ dates + fresh Notes here… … … ( via @am_ma65 ) … … … More coming soon ! … KIEZ NOTES: Yesterday was a demo against Nazis and Rightwing Violence in Neukoelln – Ob Chemnitz oder Neukölln: Auf die Straße gegen rechte Gewalt – as a response to the Nazi mobs in #Chemnitz, #Saschen… Reports of up to 10,000 marched in the streets.

______________ __ __ ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: Upcoming + Essential : < Aug 23 > Podiumsdiskussion : Kommen Und Gehen Oder Gelebte Gemeinschaft, @ Kunstpunkt , Schlegelstr. 6 – Mitte … < Aug 25-26 > Occupy Flutgraben, Am Flutgraben 3, 12435 Berlin ( FB Invite ) … < Aug 30 > Kiezversammlung gegen Verdrängung, SO36, 19:00h … < Aug 30 > Ob Chemnitz oder Neukölln: Auf die Straße gegen rechte Gewalt… Demo am Hermannplatz, 18: 30h ( Fb Invite ) … < Sept. 1st > Demonstration: GOOGLE CAMPUS UND CO VERHINDERN!

# – # – # - please note : We are still listing FB invites, but at your own risk ! We fully support the #deletefacebook campaigns, as it is a very dangerous surveillance krapitalist parasite/monopoly! And yet there are many of us who rely on it to reach audiences and the public, and do not – as yet – have enough satisfactory alternatives. It’s complicated ! … ALSO check v. 9 for more still active and upcoming XLT RADAR dates -

< : > MuSiK OvErLoAD ! < : > < 9-12.08 > 23 Years Of C-Base, Rungestr. 20 – ( full program at Clubmap ) < 10.08 > 10 Years of Ich Bin Ein Berlinerin – ( SO36 page ) < 10 + 11.08 > Digital in Berlin, 10 years, MusikBrauerei / UFO Studios - ( FB invite ) < 11.08 > Sun Ra Arkestra, Festsaal < 11.08 > Alvarius B. ( aka Alan Bishop ) @ Silent Green – ( FB invite )

… …. MUSIKA: < Aug 1-4 > A L’Arme Festival v.VI @ Radial System < Aug 3 > One Night For Fela w/ The Omniversal Orchestra, The Soulvendor, Dj Koko, Amate, etc… @ Yaam < Aug 3 > Derya Yildirim & Grup SimSek, @ Silent Green ( FB invite ) < Aug 3 > Orlando Julius & The Heliocentrics, HKW < Aug 4 > Festival By The Lake, Weisensee < Aug 11 > Alvarius B. ( aka Alan Bishop ) @ Silent Green ( FB invite )

< > < > < > < > … XLT newsletter : This is NOT a KICKSTARTER, it’s an APPEAL to ENGAGE ! … Dear arts and praxis friends, This is a newsletter to communicate what we are up to the next months. but first we must admit that we are reaching out here to RAISE FUNDS for some crucial new steps to upgrade our activities. <> NOTE : This is NOT A KICKSTARTER !THIS IS AN APPEAL TO ENGAGE IN our COMMUNITY ACTIVISM + PLATFORMS !

- ^ – ^ - An essay … work-in-progress - ^ - Cartoon by Dave Coverly at Speedbump.com ^ The Real Meaning Behind All The Kleptocracy Collusions ! The notion that there are “climate change deniers” at the helm of many authoritarian regimes is misleading. Sure, there exist a good number of lobotomized politicians who may believe their own flatulence, but they are more like pawns in a spectacular theatrical front! Much of the 1% ( and the .o1% ) – the oligarchs and the kleptocrats – who prop up these lobotomied politico figureheads - know what havoc they are creating to our environment and to our society.

. . ((((((( i )))))))) . . ____________________________________ REMINDER: XLterrestrials are in FUNDRAISER mode … WE NEED YOUR SUPPPORT to continue the XLT RADAR, Reports, C-KiNO and all our other projects… PLEASE READ OUR NEWSLETTER (( HERE )) to find out how you can contribute ! Thx ! _________________________ Save the Planet, One *Kiez* At A Time ! Note: Kiez is a word which may have origins from slavic language… and perhaps referred to eastern settlements near German towns. It’s now a contemporary form of saying one’s “hood” ( district, quartier , viertel )… and which similar to “hood” can have a kind of mocking or negative connotation.

… IIIIIIIIIII < Juli 20-22 > 28.Schokoladen Hoffest, B-Mitte added: Sunday, last day of the Schokoladen Hoffest, which is FREE, and raises money from food + drinks for the whole haus project ( and various programs + projects for the whole year )… PLUS it’s the 28th bday and to celebrate the successes of ( 80/90s ) squat culture ! AND The Incredible Herrengedeck play at 18.30… what MORE could you ask for !? … ANOTHER 28 YEARS or ELSE !

^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ < 13.7 > Tribute to Ortwin – Papa Yaam, at Yaam Club All proceeds will go to benefit Ortwin Rau’s family… Btropolis Solidarity Secret Act Secret Act Jahcoustix Ganjaman Vido Jelashe Mal elevé (Irie Révoltés) Ben und Matze von den Ohrbooten + too many djs to list here :) ( the FB invite here ) … “21th of June 2018 we buried our beloved “Papa Yaam” Ortwin Rau at Berlin-Kreuzberg, Südstern cemetery. Over the decades he stood for the Yaam, for us african people there and otherwhere in Berlin city.

… ( foto: Francisco Negroni – volcano + electric sky ) … UPCOMING EVENTS in BTROPOLIS : < 5-8.07 > More Than Human exhibition + talks, Museum Kesselhaus Herzberge, Herzbergstr. 79, Haus 29 < 5.07 > Landing Global Warming w/ Am Johal + Rachel O’Reilly, incl. new book in collaboration with Joe Sacco, and film at Hopscotch Reading Room, Kurfurstenstr. […]

— … ( pic: more upcoming dates – from the HAU program on claiming common spaces. we are typing up and adding below… work-in-progress…. and sorry for the lack of actual links, we are currently overbooked and underfunded. wink wink. i..e Donations and plog volunteers always welcome! ) … - On the XLt Radar v.4 - in Btropolis: < June 22 […]

-ö-ö-ö- More Details to Come ! … The Xlterrestrials have been using a VJ tool program called Modul8 for many years, not only for film/video mixing but graphic collage. Here we have layered Klaus Kinski and Werner Herzog’s Nosferatu onto the Migrant Children Kidnapper-in-Chief’s image… We’d like to create a viral campaign… Mix your own monstrous character imagery onto any […]

… ( foto: @ Rosa Luxemburg Platz, Graffiti Writers Wanted in Btropolis ! … Apply Now ! ;) … Recently at a screening – set up by Kunstblock at Acud – of Oliver Ressler’s doc ( link ) on Le ZAD struggles in France ( and everywhere ! #ZADpartout ) , John Jordan and other inhabitants of ZAD, explain […]

((( ooo ))) Upcoming Things… Please visit V.1 for previous listings for more JUNE events < June 7 -10 > Berlin Punk Fest, So36 / Wild at Heart / Cassiopeia … … … On the gentrification front, things are definitely accelerating … and heating up… it is THE Btropolis HOT TOPIC… and it is not unlike a war for the […]

öööö - ö1öö1öö1 - UPCOMING DATES / ACTIONS : < May 29 > Soli 4 #ZAD ! Screening of Oliver Ressler film ” EVERYTHING’S COMING TOGETHER WHILE EVERYTHING’S FALLING APART: THE ZAD (2017) + discussion 2nite in Btropolis hosted by Kunstblock + Acud, 20h ( Acud Link ) … < June 1 > – Noise Against Google ! Ohlauer/ Paul […]

+ * + * + * + * * + * < May 24 > CiTiZEN KiNO #72/73 : The Beach Beneath The Anthropo-screens ! … at Regenbogenfabrik, Lausitzerstr.22, Kreuzberg, 20:00h ( the Frackbook invite ) .+. A mix of many of our usual topics:, but recombined with current events and realtime eruptions for maximum effect : Anthropocene, Technosphere, Situationists, ZAD, Urban Zads, Hambacher Forest, The Commons, The Anti-Commonists, #Besetzen, Occupy, Bruno Latour ( speaking at HKW on May 4th ), Mckenzie Wark ( The Beach Beneath the Street ), and excerpts from Jordan Brown’s new film “Stare Into The Lights, My Pretties”, etc…

… work-in-progress … Challenging the Property Regime ! NINE houses were occupied in Btropolis yesterday for the #Karnevalderbesetzen Actions ! see also : #Besetzen … and links below ( more coming soon ) There is a housing crises in most cities around the world, because there is a global-scale neoliberalism crisis ! Because capitalism – already in most cases a […]

… - A Preview - We are working on an analysis of Bruno’s astounding Anthropocene Lecture on May 4th at HKW, which has been programming on this theme since 2012… Six years ! There’s alot to process ! :) Audio archive of his lecture ( in Eng ), which begins with HKW director Bernd Scherer’s intro ( in De ) already available HERE, Thx to Voice Republic ( Free, but a log-in required ) - under construction - … In the meantime, here are some excellent Latour primers, to understand his latest work, his orientation, and strategic thinking to address the “New Climate Regime” – something the XLterrestrials would prefer to deconstruct ( or obstruct ) more forcefully by naming it an intentional + accelerating “Techno-fascism”… NOT as a form of denial ( as many are misinterpreting and/or spinning), but as Latour suggests, a declaring of war !

+++ o +++ April 18 – DAY 10 of the resistance : La #ZAD is Everywhere ! And IF your just tuning into news about the ZAD ( Zone to Defend ), visit our quick resource blog – La ZAD Is Under Attack v.1 – from Day 2 of the militarized eviction attempts of this autonomous + sustainable commons in western France. OR, watch this incredible clip, released on DAY 11 … by the Cinema Committee and It’s Going Down website … which quickly and emotionally sums up the situations.

*** *** *** “Possibly the largest experimental, autonomous, peaceful, free, self-sustaining, land-based community in the whole of the EU is being destroyed by the rabid state of clueless neolib Macaroons and 2,500 Robo-popos since 4am this morning – April 9th ! ” – XLt analyst in Btropolis #ZAD / #NDDL / #ZADResist Resources: Statement and Call for Mobilization ( in Eng + Fr ): - http://zad.nadir.org/spip.php?article5341 … - Nantes Indymedia ( live / ticker ) - A public twitter list by @NONagoNDDL > ZAD Forever

… foto: MietenWahnsinn campaign ======================= Time to Stand Together and Stand Tall Against All the Bullshit ! ==================== < 6.04 > Noise Against Google ! LÄRM demo ! 18:00h at Ohlauerstr., Kberg < 14.04 > Mietenwahnsinn Demo, 14:00h at Potsdamerplatz < 04-14.04 > Mietenwahnsinn Action Days, all over Berlin - an open map and list of all events - Check it ! Spread it ! Support it ! Be There ! … … Upcoming Arts n Cult n Riot-related : )

, , ,, ,, ,,, ,,,,, ,,,,,, ,,,,,,,,,, -:- ,,,,,,,,, ,,,,,, ,,,,,, ,,,, ,,, ,, , , work-in-progress With all the news spilling out about Cambridge Analytica, Facebook and social media … and the net in general… the conversations about where we are now in the webbed world are getting a bit more invested. While there’s a good stir now about whether or not to #DeleteFacebook ( and even good arguments for not abandoning the mainstream platforms to the wolves ) … but suddenly people are beginning to ask much deeper questions about the full spectrum of our technological entanglements.

… ( from the ADK exhibition, see more below ) … >> — << — >> — << Coming SOON to a THEATER near YOU ! ( standby for more links + dates ) << — >> — << XLterrestrials RECOMMEND : < March 15-17 > Dangerous Conjuntures , HKW < March 22 > Michel Bauwens atSmartDE < March 22 > Platform Kooperativismus with Michel Bauwens at Supermarkt < March 24 > Anti-Goo Cafe and an open discussion on “smart prisons”, at Kalabal!

… < March 07 > CiTiZEN KiNO #71: Awakening The Spirits in The Beehive at Regenbogen Kino, 19:00h … We are preparing an updated text for our CK#71 theme(s)… work-in-progress … …. XLterrestrials present CiTiZEN KiNO #71: Awakening Spirits in The Beehive Weds. March 7th at Regenbogen Kino - Lausitzer Str. 22, 19:00h by donation ! This episode revisits Victor Erice’s monumental poetic + political work – El Espiritu De La Colmena ( 1973 ) – made during Franco’s nightmare regime.

… < 22.02 > Armen Avanessian & Enemies #11: Dreams Rewired , Volksbuhne < 23.02 > Armen Avanessian & Enemies #12: Liberties Rewired , Volksbuhne … F you are in Btropolis, the XLT and C-KiNO team highly recommend engaging in these discussions on our hyper-mediated times,,, with director Manu Lucksh ( Dreams Rewired ), Armen Avanessian,Tactical Technology Collective, CryptoParty, Syrian Archive, Daphne Dragona & Jack Wolf …. The XLt analyzed Dreams Rewired in 2016… And it’s not a pretty picture ( as the Arte promo pic above would imply ) … And in fact the situations have only gotten worse since then …

… Coming Sooon ! To Regenbogenkino, Btropolis … March 7th ! ( and 1st show in Italy in June !? ) … Written as a proposal for the Share Festival in Turino in June, 2018… We begin with a work-in-progress version in Btropolis, to develop “the Frankenstein of our mass mediated cultures ” investigations … a long-running theme in the XLterrestrials’ artivist repetoire… < March 07 > CiTiZEN KiNO #71: Awakening The Spirits in The Beehive at Regenbogen Kino, 19:00h

… Exciting news, we will be working with Regenbogenfabrik to create a new CiTiZEN KiNO in March… ( possible theme: degrowth + technological retreat ) … stay tune ! … They have a fantasticly cozy cinema space, and is one of the remaining bastion of Kreuzberg autonomy, community strategies and 80s squat culture… CK#70 was a great success ! … Thx to all who came, supported, participated, and schemed ! … The resistance and community-building continues ! … +++ ( foto: Contra-Internet by Zach Blas at #Tm18 )

… < 17-25.01 > “Spy On Me” – Focus on Big Data – w/ Peng! Collective, Timo Daum, Felix Maschewski , Anna-Verena Nosthoff + Nina Scholz, and more, Hau / Hebbel Theater XLterrestrials went to this discussion and it was very worth reporting and expanding on… while we’re processing it…. here’s the write-up and frame for the panel… part of an 8-day program at the Hau: Die Pistole ist neutral? Über informierte Naivität und Technikeuphorie With Timo Daum, Felix Maschewski, Anna-Verena Nosthoff / Moderation: Nina Scholz Part of the focus “Spy on Me” In the debates about the influence of digitization on recent elections –such as Brexit or the election of Donald Trump as American president –tech-authorities are constantly repeating the mantra that technology is neutral.

+#+#+ < 12.01 > William Basinski, Skrei, Nent at Funkhaus Berlin ( warning! ) < 13.01> AVA Movie Night : DETROIT, directed by Academy Award winner Kathryn Bigelow (The Hurt Locker and Zero Dark Thirty) with discussion after featuring DARNELL STEPHEN SUMMERS, Lichtblick Kino < 16.o1 > The Edge Of Tomorrow, Trevor Paglen in dialogue, KW Institute < 17-25.01 > “Spy On Me” – Focus on Big Data – w/ Peng! Collective, Timo Daum, Felix Maschewski , Anna-Verena Nosthoff + Nina Scholz, and more, Hau / Hebbel Theater

… ( The foto is from Szimpla, an unusual and creative cafe+venue space made from a former ruin in the city center of Budpaest. Send us some of your favorite interiors of public spaces and venues, as examples.) … When Life is about to give you a military industrial complex LEMON… DO NOT MAKE LEMONADE ! … rather, Imagine a worker-owned collective that serves whatever you can dream next !! Currently Google is planning to open a “Campus” in Kreuzberg… in 2018… And the neighborhood has formed numerous groups to oppose it.