Edoardo De Carli: The Permanence Of Knowledge
In recent years, in Italy and in the world, many things have changed as regards knowledge, its dissemination and the education system.... READ MORE...
Eleonora Oreggia
Annalist: Controllo, Terrore E Sorveglianza
In anni recenti in Germania, come del resto un po' ovunque in Europa, l'opposizione politica ed il giornalismo di indagine sono stati messi pesantemente sotto attacco da polizia e servizi segreti. ... READ MORE...
Sustainable Non-property, The Answer By Estudio Livre
One of the innovations brought about by digital world is the reorganization of the process of creation/production according to an open system whose functionality is represented by the free software. The free software is the basis of the first free and widespread non-property net in history. Thanks to the overcoming of the binomial producer/consumer and the transformation of the product into process, an open and interactive relation between developer and user is created, with its potential of infinite new opportunities of production and creation.... READ MORE...
Dio Error Bang: Pure Data And The Useless Machines
On the 28, 29 and 30 of April Rome saw for the first time in his history the Italian convention of Pure Data, a grafic programming language for manipulation and real-time creation of videos and sounds, as well as managing program for interactive systems. The event, result of the collaboration between Binario Etico, Feramenta and Strike, is the first organized effort turned to the institution of an Italian community, using and programing this free and open source software.... READ MORE...
Cavandoli’s Testament
Osvaldo Cavandoli, a master in the art of animated drawing and famous for his character La Linea (The Line) ,died on 3rd March 2007 in Milan, the city where he lived. Here is the posthumous message his son Sergio found in an envelope 'to be opened when I will no longer be here'.... READ MORE...
Joost And Online Television
Once upon a time, there was a household appliance called television, a magic box allowing normal people to watch and perceive images and distance sounds, once allowed only to some magicians, medium, telepaths and visionaries. (Magic faculties of democratization operated by technology, unfortunately, don't always strengthen cleverness).... READ MORE...
The Piksel Bing Bang: Tra Codice E Arte
Una delle differenze fondamentali, dovuta all'innovazione tecnologica, tra l'archivio delle conoscenze tramite la rete o attraverso i libri e la pagina scritta, e' il fatto che il metodo di definizione e scrittura della storia, e la cronaca come descrizione del reale, hanno subito una potente deformazione.... READ MORE...
Piksel 06, Hardware Network Politics
From 12 th to 15 th October , in Bergen, Norway, Piksel festival developed its 6 th edition, intituled HardWare Politics. Piksel, for those who doesn't know yet what we are talking about, is an international meeting, actually one of the most important, for artists and developers of free software and independent art... READ MORE...
Floating Gender: Travel Notes From Etc
A text written in Italian is similar to a Zen exercise to an emigrant. The concentration comes when you write by hand, at the back of a printed paper. English keeps your mind busy, your brain is mixed up with the sounds of a long travel... READ MORE...
