Over 150 people attended MoneyLab #3 Failing Better, which took place on 1 and 2 December 2016 at Pakhuis de Zwijger in Amsterdam, Netherlands. The 2-day conference featured panel discussions on global finance and how to fail better, on the music industry and its revenue models as well as workshops on the blockchain technology and its social and political impact and artworks.
Reviews of the different sessions and workshops can be found on the MoneyLab Blog: <http://networkcultures.org/moneylab/ <http://networkcultures.org/moneylab/>> Find below the review, by Karina Zavidova, of the session: When Art Mirrors Marx. “When Art Mirrors Marx” reflected on the subject of money as a social technology and presented the array of tools, techniques and methodologies, designed to transform classic philosophical thought into applied practice. It was moderated by Stephanie Rothenberg, who highlighted the abundance of economy-related artistic projects and asked the participants and the audience to reflect on this phenomena by posing a question of the effectiveness of an artistic practice in dealing with economic problems. During this panel, five speakers from the art field presented their work, visions and strategies. Stephanie’s introduction was followed by a talk by Steyn Bergs, who is an art critic and researcher. Titled “Imagination and Intervention: The Double Legacy of Marx in Art”, Bergs explored the appeal and the disadvantages of the ideology in connection with artistic practice. Despite the fact that marxism has been used to fuel such a catastrophe of humanity as the Gulag, the ideas of Marx are still widely circulated. Bergs argued that the text of Marx is so appealing in the 21st century, because he still presents the most radical critique of commodity fetishism and the capitalist mode of production. Bergs is interested in the categorical and the pragmatic sides of Marx reinforcing each other and refers to Robert Kurz’s analysis of ‘esoteric and exoteric’ Marx. As an example of the practical use of Marx thought in contemporary art, Bergs presented a project by Adelita Husni-Bey, called “White paper: The Law”, realised in 2015. In this collaborative project Husni-Bey uses the legislative text to criticize the commodification of living space. In this location-based project the artist brought together squatters and legal professionals to write the new law on the housing and property rights in Europe.The artistic method, used in this project, is demonstrative of applied Marx theory in artistic practice. The outcome is a text, which is both an artwork and a device for social and political change – the purpose of such projects is to not only to appeal to the creative imagination, but to facilitate new practices and tactics to arise. Read the full article here: <http://networkcultures.org/moneylab/2016/12/06/when-art-mirrors-marx/> Best regards, Leila Ueberschlag -- Leila Ueberschlag | Intern MoneyLab#3 Institute of Network Cultures Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences | HvA MoneyLab <http://networkcultures.org/moneylab/> | 1&2 Dec 2016 | Pakhuis de Zwijger, Amsterdam www.networkcultures.org <http://www.networkcultures.org/> @INCAmsterdam <https://twitter.com/INCAmsterdam>
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