The collaboration between artist/researchers Garnet Hertz and Jussi Parikka seeks to open up the term 'media archaeology' in order to use it as an art practice to excavate bodies of memory held not only by the human mind but also especially by the media themselves.  Thus turning to objects, chemicals and electronic circuits, Hertz and Parikka operate in close vicinity to such practices as DIY, circuit bending or hardware hacking. more...

In this essay the American media theorist Jordan Crandall explores new approaches to analyze the calculating techniques of tracking technologies.  Crandall posits "program" as his key analytical and structural principle to determine the new hybrids these algorithmically augmented technologies promote. more...

CoS (Consciousness of Streams) activates transmediale.11 as a ubiquitous, cross-medial publica(c)tion live stream that will not end with the festival itself. CoS is an environment, a workshop series, a performative practice, and an insider view on our new way of life where cities, relationships, businesses and leisure have become information displays. Acting as the CoS Input/Output channel for the stream will be Angel_F, the digital son of Derrick the Kerckhove and the digital prostitute Biodoll. more...