_.__._.___._____.___._.__ #TM19 So Transmediale 2019 looks about as tedious this year as reading through a manual for some new corporate gadget that helps you generate a 3-D map of all your MINOR personal, societal and technical problems in a WORLD ON (obvious) FIRE… We know there’s great minds and great people around… but this is going to be a rough one to navigate and have enough patience to try to pull out any concrete upgrades + actions for our troubled times … in Btropolis … and everywhere else !

::: work-in-progress ::::: The XLT Guide To… The Goo in the Btropolis v.2 : Surveillance Krapitalism :::: recommended Research / Analysis / Books / Pamphlets The Age of Surveillance Capitalism – Shoshana Zuboff / New Dark Age – James Bridle / Efficiency and Madness – Tactical Tech Collective / The Ends of The Internet – Boris Beaude / Surveillance Valley – Yasha […]

… … … work-in-progress … Süddeutsche Zeitung, and maybe a few others outlets, report about 70 protesters coming for a unwelcoming ( or fuck off ! ) party at Google’s grand opening for their new Berlin project that is NOT a Campus. Please don’t say “Campus”, because the big black eye that the company got in Kreuzberg for trying to […]

: ———– : ———– : “We have never been modern.” Bruno Latour *** ” And all the biggest assholes are on the future steering committee ! “ XLt analyst … Goo, Gropius and “Uncompromising Modernity” work-in-progress The planet’s largest krapitalist enterprise, Alphabet / Google recently ( November ) was forced to back down from opening their “Campus” project in Berlin, after […]

: – : – : – : It’s that time of year again in the Btropolis … Transmediale and the Vorspiel… We’ll have to come back and share a little orientation and history on that, but for now … the matters at hand: … Dear artist colleagues, PLEASE READ IN FULL > This will be the 7th year of […]

::: :::. :::::.. ::::.. …::: Pretty safe to say there are not many people on planet earth who have travelled through more unchartered musical waters than Fred Frith… < 17.01 > Fred Frith live and Step Across the Border ( 1990 ) – the film at Babylon Kino Mitte … one ticket for both ( 20euros )( […]

_______________________________________ Rosa Lux Revisited, Kiez Notes Expanded When a left political actor is murdered, it usually marks some incredible territory of politics that had reached an extremely effective level of strategies, which threatens those in power. … Fast fwd to today: via Xavi Ruiz ????? @xruiztru : “Citizens of Gdansk gathered to commemorate their Mayor @AdamowiczPawel, murdered last night at […]

_–_ :: _–_- :::_—__– : -_–_ < 09.01 > “Indoor” by Lau Feldstain – Premiere film about LIEBIG34 -the 28-year-old self-organised, anarcha-queer feminist house-project threatened with eviction ! … … w/ special guest Prof. Dr. Margit Mayer ( in eng w/ de translation available ) … at SO36, 19h ::: … 100 YEARS of Rosa’s Todestag and REvolution […]

:::::::: . :::::::: THe 2019 XLt RADAR: < 1st Fridays > Noise Against The Goo (gle) ! Every 1st friday at the Umpsannwerk at the Ohlauerbrücke in Kberg/ Neukoelln, 18-19h Rumors are that it will not remain stationary at this location, but around 18:30h will head to another location site that requires our immediate attention… such as the […]