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Month: May 2017

Terror Propaganda for the Computer Age – And for the Lazy Content Creator … I guess??

Posted on May 28, 2017

Some time ago – late 2014/early 2015 or so – there appeared a mod pack for the shooter game Arma III that allowed you to play the game as a member of ISIS. In case this needs some explanation, mod packs are software additions to computer games that enable you to change the appearance or…

The Stuff that is wrong with Intelligence

Posted on May 24, 2017May 24, 2017

I have listened to the latest podcast by Sam Harris earlier today. I am not following him that closely, so when he was talking about the heat he was getting on the Internet recently that was new to me. I did not spend too much time looking into it but merely rely on what he…

The ghost of van Gogh’s ear and the wonders of being misunderstood

Posted on May 21, 2017

I was at a big event conference recently and during one talk there were two people on stage complaining about the fact that many of the issues they were addressing were taboo and therefore had little exposure in the media and in society. And yet, there they were. On stage, in a room with a…

Interview with Arte Tracks

Posted on May 16, 2017May 16, 2017

Last month, the team of Arte Tracks came for a visit to my studio. The short piece they have produced has been released to YouTube. Unfortunately embedding the video is blocked, so I just post a link to YouTube. The German version is here https://youtu.be/gAwQTnK9OxY There is also a dubbed version in French https://youtu.be/uM1SbbVyVTA Sorry,…

My talk at the re:publica conference in Berlin 2017 – in German

Posted on May 16, 2017May 27, 2017

A short Interview with the Goethe Institute Washington DC in 2015

Posted on May 12, 2017May 12, 2017

One way to look at terror propaganda: Grab a beer and laugh your ass off!

Posted on May 12, 2017May 12, 2017

After a recent talk at the Re:Publica 17 conference in Berlin, some people criticized I was criticized that I was trying to get cheap laughs out of the audience. The topic of the presentation was about the visual culture of jihadist groups. To some extent, I was certainly carried away by my presentation – as…

Why is it easier to explain the Holocaust than a work by Joseph Beuys?

Posted on May 3, 2017

There is this group of Syrian refugees that I know, that are mostly part of an extended family. Since they are all – on very different skill levels – struggle somewhat to cope with the German language and culture, I take them to different museums from time to time. I find that this is a…

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