:<>: :<>: :<>: :<>: :<>: :<>: Our initial preview of the CIJ2016 Logan Symposium is here. work-in-progress Many inspiring tales to take from The Logan Symposium, which brought together journalists, activists, hackers, technical specialists and citizens aiming together to Challenge Power ! The theme of the event brought into sharp focus the multi-layered aspects which are endangering the space for democracies and a free press to evolve around the globe. … Not surprising, given all the changes in media brought on by digital environments, many sessions were dedicated to the new tools in the arsenal today for investigative journalism.

<> <> <> Coming soon ! < 10 March – 9 May 2016 > NERVOUS SYSTEMS: QUANTIFIED LIFE AND THE SOCIAL QUESTION is an exhibition by Haus der Kulturen der Welt ( HKW) in collaboration with the Tactical Technology Collective, co-curated by Stephanie Hankey, Marek Tuszynski and Anselm Franke. ( Note : Opening event in March 10th. ) Watch the Trailer Here at the TTC page XLterrestrials are really excited to see what happens and what results may occur from this exhibition.

+ … So maybe now you’re starting to wonder what all this new A.I. “Space Race” is about… We don’t know about you, but our newsfeed is flooded with items about ROBOTS ! And THINKING Robots ! Well, some of our XLterrestrial analysts have started wondering what’s going on – you know, the big picture ! Especially after watching this video… A NOVA / PBS clip about the work of Pierre-Yves Oudeyer - Research Director at the French Institute for Research in Computer Science and Automation and head of the Inria and Ensta-ParisTech (FLOWERS) team …

~~~~~~ Looking in search engines for an image of “unchartered waters” unveils a predominantly hideous eye-gouging collection of cheap graphic designs for a popular corporate game product. Interesting and disturbing how this title in the net world could render all other meanings of the phrase as secondary or insignificant. … … One might imagine these infantile + torturous game images being projected on the dingy wall of some Abu-Ghraib-like secret prison on the outskirts of Silicon Valley, where some poor art professor strapped to a chair is being forced to denounce his fellow resistance comrades for teaching traditional skills in a New Media recruitment college.

{{{{ }}}}} < 17.02 > CiTiZEN KiNO #51: Unmapping Existence + Unchartered Waters at Spektrum, Berlin, 20:00h The frackbook invite The C-kino #51 Titan Pad for sharing ideas, media + resources … In part, a response to both the tsunami of metadata-like introspection of “conversation pieces” at Transmediale * and the coming 2 weeks of shrinkwrapped spectacles and celebrity-itis of the Berlinale Festival, we will attempt to use C-KINO #51 to go beyond the screens, the cozy discourse and analytical lenses with pragmatic art attacks !

+ + + + Amazing debates were already unfolding around the initiative to form a new Democracy in Europe Movement – DIEM25 ( and the Manifesto ) on Monday in Berlin … A roundtable discussion w/ Talk Real – with Yanis Varoufakis, Marisa Matias, S. Sierakowski, V. Orazzini, Lorenzo Marsili … https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vc1vMTTfaQc … skip to VID START: 19m:38s - “Enjoy” and/or pull your hair out, but by all means … pay attention ! ” Today, we feel trapped between a rock and a hard place.

If one could say it one image… No time yet to write down all our impressions of Transmediale 2016 so far… a little overwhelmed by all the insights and the entangled festival formats … 1.5 more days of programming and workshops …. stay tune … the XLterrestrials will attempt to analyze all the straaange, unsettling and/or inspired trails we’ve managed to absorb … While we’re processing all the #TM16 threads… Anxious To Act, Anxious to Share, Anxious to Make, Anxious to Secure, etc…

{ image for Transmediale Vorspiel 2016 * } |.|.| < FEb 3-7 > Transmediale 2016, HKW in Berlin .|.|.|. v.1: Faustian Shadows + Conversation Desserts ( desserts or deserts? … guess it depends on who you’re talking to, and whose picking up the tab ) XLterresrials are pouring over the Transmediale 2016 catalogue program for this years ” Conversation Piece ” […]

+++ < Jan-27 > CiTiZEN KiNO #50, the art festival corpse, at Spektrum for Transmediale ( Vorspiel ), Berlin (And the frackbook invite here ) AND: If you wish to contribute to discussions and collecting materials for this analysis, visit our TitanPad page here ! +++ +++ Dear arts and praxis friends, Hope this finds you all in feisty creative spirits ! Kind […]

XLterrestrials Arts+Praxis Picks [ [[[ || ]]] ] … < Jan 28 – 31 > Globale 2016 – Grassroots + Collective doc fest, Moviemento in Berlin After a couple? years hiatus, Globale is BACK in Berlin, at one of the best cinemas in town… the Real Stuff for engaged citizens … no spectacle prancers here ! Support it, […]

… Much to report back … work in progress !

\\\\\\\\\\\.////////// new update: time and locations for Citizen KiNO at 32c3 are not easy to arrange without a writeable Wiki … but we’ll try, here’s our plan: 2x CiTiZEN KiNO @ #32c3, guerilla version 2nite 23:00h at Exploitbar and official version 2morw in Room C4 at 20: 00h http://xlterrestrials.org/plog/?p=14959 … for #32C3 reports see: XLT / DR.PODINSKI TWITTER … < Dec26-30 > […]

… An XLT Review Ok, The Force Awakens wasn’t so bad… We survived it, as an anthropological and psychomedia investigation into a DIM society ! … Its main effect is to make us crave someone, Anyone who would give Lucas (and Abrams) a tough interview about the infantalism and propaganda of Hollywood, current US […]

… Before we begin our own rant, we wish to feature – up front – the plight of the indigenous voices which were repeatedly blocked out by the COP21 and their agreements… and the corprorate media. ‘Indigenous people were silenced and erased’ – An open letter from the Wretched of the Earth bloc to the organizers of […]

… The Paris DEAL was done… And the question remains: Where does that leave us now ?! What message and tasks does that leave us with ?! In one word : GALVANIZE ! verb gal·va·nize ?gal-v?-?n?z\ to cause (people) to become so excited or concerned about an issue, idea, etc., that they want to do something about it […]