C/O Digital

In conjunction with C/O Berlin’s twenty-second birthday we cordially invite you to the launch of C/O Digital. C/O Digital, the digital sibling of C/O Berlin, is dedicated to the exploration of web-based visual cultures and their forms of artistic expression. Every year it will examine a theme through a series of participatory events and commissioned works by artists that develop networks of topics, strategies, and ideas reflecting current issues. With New Values, this year’s annual theme, C/O Digital will focus on terms and practices that challenge the traditional understanding of economic contexts.

Program

18:00–18:40
Introducing C/O Digital
C/O Berlin’s curatorial team will present C/O Digital with artists, designers, and developers.

With C/O Digital mentors:
Cade Diehm (AUS/DE), expert on data protection, weaponized designer, and antidesign ethicist / Geert Lovink (NL), professor of digital media, media theorist, and web activist / MetaObjects (HK), digital design studio

Artists:
Debbie Ding (SG) / Keiken (UK/DE) / Ayoung Kim (SK) &
Studio Hato (UK/HK), web design, C/O Digital

19:00–20:15
Screening: The Para-Real
The Para-Real is a third space between the digital realm and our physical world, in which sociopolitical issues, economics, and the outcomes of hardware and infrastructure design collide. The screening of the VRChat documentary, A Wide Screen, will kick off the web series The Para-Real, which is dedicated to the exploration of different subcultures building livelihoods despite platform exploitation. Followed by a Q&A with filmmaker Joe Hunting and privacy expert Cade Diehm.

20:15–22:30
Birthday and Launch Party
Music by Manu Louis


Supported by 
Beisheim Stiftung 
DKB – Deutsche Kreditbank AG 
experimente#digital – eine Kulturinitiative der Aventis Foundation