I am still processing the many impressions, insights and ideas that emerged from our conference. Many heartfelt thanks to all the speakers for their inspiring contributions and the intensive discussion—it was great to welcome you all to Zurich, and I hope we'll be able to continue the conversation!

From 02–04 October 2025, our conference «React & Respond. Image Cultures under Platform Capitalism» will take place in Zurich.

Across three locations and with contributions by scholars and artists, the conference will analyze today's economies of networked image cultures.

Program & Registration:

With: @adiod.bsky.social, @kohouta.bsky.social, @arianadongus.bsky.social, Felix Stalder, Marco De Mutiis, Marie-France Rafael, Nicolas Gourault, Noura Tafeche, Occitane Lacurie, @ranjodhdhaliwal.com, Sara Bezovšek, @unddieregel.bsky.social, @synthesiastica.bsky.social and @vrandom.bsky.social.

Save the Date! So excited to announce our first conference of @digitalculturesandarts.ch, in collaboration with Kino Xenix, Fotomuseum Winterthur & @zkk-zurich.bsky.social - join us in Zurich in October!

Looking forward to this first conference by @digitalculturesandarts.ch! Please join us in Zurich at the beginning of October -->

Following an opening night with a screening at Kino Xenix on Thursday, October 2nd, the international conference will continue on Friday, October 3rd, at Cabaret Voltaire and conclude on Saturday, October 4th, at the Fotomuseum Winterthur.

With algorithmically curated feeds and personalized content, what we get to see online and how we react to it is inextricably linked in ways we can often only speculate about.

At the heart of platform architectures is the quantification, evaluation and monetization of reactions – whatever we encounter online is designed to trigger our reactions, and our reaction patterns in turn drive the visual economies of platform capitalism.

Contemporary networked image cultures cannot be understood outside of platform capitalism. Today, the production, distribution and reception of visual media is largely managed and controlled by the algorithmic infrastructures, corporate policies and business models of digital platforms.

From 02–04 October 2025, our conference «React & Respond. Image Cultures under Platform Capitalism» will take place in Zurich.

Across three locations and with contributions by scholars and artists, the conference will analyze today's economies of networked image cultures.

Program & Registration:

Attractive job offer at the University of Zurich:

Lecturer Teaching position in Digital Methods for the Study of Visual Cultural Data, 100%, permanent position

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Looking very much forward to collaborating with my dear colleague @kathrintrattner.bsky.social on our joint research project «Synthetic Realities.»
Welcome to Zurich, dear Kathrin!
@digitalculturesandarts.ch

Warum KI-Bilder nicht harmlos sind: In der neuen Folge von Schampar Digital sprechen wir mit @bildoperationen.bsky.social über die politischen, gesellschaftlichen & ethischen Spannungsfelder rund um KI-Bilder.

🎧 Ganze Folge anhören www.dizh.uzh.ch/2025/06/30/w...
und überall, wo es Podcasts gibt.

Save the Date: «Scanning/Capturing», the first workshop in our series «Exploring and Designing Virtual Collections», a collaboration between @sfb1567.bsky.social, DSM Bremerhaven and @digitalculturesandarts.ch

July 7/8 at Ruhr University Bochum

www.virtuelle-lebenswelten.de/blog-post/wo...

Save the date: On June 26, I'll be at the CHCI Annual Meeting in Berlin. Together with Wendy Chun @whkchun.bsky.social, Alberto Toscano @alfatau.bsky.social, Zahid R. Chaudhary @zahidrc.bsky.social & Paul Feigelfeld we'll discuss «Techno-Fascism and Democracy».

Very much looking forward to it!

Come along tonight - to this evening with Antonio Somaini about AI, visual culture and "latent spaces".
In collaboration with @digitalculturesandarts.ch and the film department at the University of Zurich!

We had a wonderful evening yesterday with @profgillian.bsky.social discussing smart cities, digital twins and the false promises of tech solutionism. Thank you so much, dear Gillian, for coming to Zurich and sharing so generously your research, insights and perspectives with us!

We are looking forward to an exciting evening with Antonio Somaini at Cabaret Voltaire in Zurich, where he will present «A Theory of Latent Spaces» on the 2nd of June at 7pm! The event is organized in cooperation with the @zkk-zurich.bsky.social and the Department of Film Studies (UZH)

Great day with @digitalculturesandarts.ch in Zurich, with appreciation and excellent convos with @felixstadler.bsky.social and @bildoperationen.bsky.social. Great crowd, hope to come back to Zurich soon!

Save the Date: Am 22. und 23. Mai findet der Workshop «Plattform-Politiken» der AG Interfaces in der Gesellschaft für Medienwissenschaft (GfM) an der HfG Karlsruhe statt – freu mich darauf und bin sehr gespannt! ag-interfaces.net/2025/05/12/w...

Really looking forward to this event with the wonderful Gillian Rose (@profgillian.bsky.social) who will share her insights on smart cities, digital city twins and discuss with us the false promises of corporate tech solutions in search of urban problems. Next week in Zurich at Cabaret Voltaire!

Farewell Rome; hello Zurich! Come to my talk today, “Embodied Generativity: Critical AI, Art & The Body” ➡️ www.zhdk.ch/en/event/58284

In two weeks from now, on May 13 at 6:30pm, the amazing Eryk Salvaggio @cyberneticforests.bsky.social will come to Zurich to speak about «Embodied Generativity: Critical AI, Art & the Body» at ZHdK, presented by @zkk-zurich.bsky.social
www.zentrumkuensteundkulturtheorie.ch//veranstaltu...

Join us on May 13 at 6:30pm in Zurich for a talk by Eryk Salvaggio @eryk.bsky.social on «Embodied Generativity: Critical AI, Art & the Body». More infos 👇