What does blackening out mean in the context of urban screens and what goes lost after the sudden shut-down and restart? How to find ways to restore or rethink information after this severe blackout? – a panel discussion with the CC artists, curators and the transmediale visitors.
By the time of the Fukushima nuclear disaster, "Setsuden" (Japanese for "saving electricity") had already become a citizens' movement. The first thing the Tokyo Electric Company (TEPCO) blacked out on 11.3.2011 in reaction to the...
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