2016

Eine Dialog-Serie kuratiert von der Berliner Gazette für die transmediale 2016. Die Snowden-Archive enthalten die Dokumente, die von dem ehemals bei der NSA beschäftigten Edward Snowden geleakt und in Teilen bereits von großen Tageszeitungen und Nachrichtenmagazinen wie dem Guardian, der New York Times, der Washington Post und Der Spiegel veröffentlicht wurden. Die Enthüllungen führten zu einer globalen Debatte rund um die Rolle von Geheimdiensten in Demokratien, um Bürgerrechte im Zeitalter digitaler Netzwerke, Big Data und die Industrien vorbeugender Kontrolle.

An inertia of conversation seems to be the result of today's global competition between states, corporations, networks, and individuals to create the contexts and frameworks for conversations. This competition is the process by which matters of urgent global concern are turned into pre-emptied conversations: the war on terror, economic growth, the refugee crisis, climate change, and big data to name just a few diverse yet interconnected ones. transmediale has dealt with these topics and many more in the past, but this year we believe it is time to turn a reflective gaze on the medium of conversation as such and rethink the format of the post-digital culture event.

An inertia of conversation seems to be the result of today's global competition between states, corporations, networks, and individuals to create the contexts and frameworks for conversations. This competition is the process by which matters of urgent global concern are turned into pre-emptied conversations: the war on terror, economic growth, the refugee crisis, climate change, and big data to name just a few diverse yet interconnected ones. transmediale has dealt with these topics and many more in the past, but this year we believe it is time to turn a reflective gaze on the medium of conversation as such and rethink the format of the post-digital culture event.