Richard Grusin, Geert Lovink, Oliver Marchart, Richard Rogers, Willem van Weelden, Martijn de Waal, David Garcia, Albert Benschop, Florian Göttke, Geert van de Wetering/ HotSpot
Jorinde Seijdel, Liesbeth Melis (eds.)

Open 13
The Rise of the Informal Media
How Search Engines, Weblogs and YouTube change Public Opinion

Design: Thomas Buxó, Illustrated (colour and b/w), Paperback, sewn, 160 pages, Format: 17 x 24 cm
English edition, ISBN 978-90-5662-604-4, € 28.50
Dutch edition, ISBN 978-90-5662-603-7, € 24.50

In association with SKOR | Foundation for Art and Public Domain

The public mass media are no longer the most important platforms of openness, formulation of opinion or reflection. They are under threat from less formal and more personally tailored digital media and 'media formats' such as weblogs, videologs and podcasts, from phenomena like YouTube and Second Life. The interaction between the established media and the new micromedia and virtual media environments has implications for the 'public programme', understood as the sum total of public principles and demands. Open 13 investigates how the more individually tailored communication technologies and media strategies alter 'the message' and reconfigure the public domain. Does the public definitively disintegrate in digital media spheres or is it being rewritten based on a different logic? What are the opportunities for artistic practices and critical forms of publicness?

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