Media & Technology

A pink portable Panasonic radio and cassette recorder

(Hi)stories of a medium
Radio Around The World

One hundred years ago, in October 1923, the very first German radio station went on the air in Berlin. On this occasion, we celebrate radio, in retrospectives and personal radio memoirs by international artists and authors!

The Early Days of Radio
“Attention, Attention”

Timeline
The century of broadcasting in Canada

How much is the fish?
Three Radio Stations

Robot in Residence
Robots & Algorithms

In summer 2023, the Goethe-Institut Montreal hosted a NAO robot and, together with its local partners Milieux, Hexagram and Eastern Bloc, invited young scientists and artists to submit creative project proposals using the robot.

Bits & Pieces

There are entire exhibitions and galleries dedicated to NFT art, like this one at the Superchief Gallery NFT in New York 2021.

Non-fungible tokens
A revolution in the digital art market

A blockchain technology is making waves in the art scene. For the first time, non-fungible tokens (NFTs) are making it possible to trade digital art just like paintings, sculptures or photographs – and charge equally high prices. We look at what non-fungible tokens are all about and how they can bring in so much money.

False reports, lies and conspiracy theories spread like wildfire, especially on the internet.

Fake News
“We cannot simply ignore disinformation”

What can we do about the flood of false reports, lies and conspiracy theories that make the rounds on the internet every day? Journalist and head of broadcaster ARD’s fact finder team, Patrick Gensing talks about parallel worlds, new pressures on journalists, and how fake news both poses a threat to and strengthens established media at the same time.

Globally, data centres are responsible for a third of the energy requirements of the Internet.

Energy Consumption
The Internet as an energy guzzler

A very small number of people question whether each individual online search query or the sending of every photo on the Internet is really necessary – this, too, can actually be environmentally harmful.

A conference with a festival feel: An outdoor space at re:publica on the Station Berlin grounds.

re:publica
Europe’s digital festival

The entire net community looks forward to re:publica Berlin every year – and not just in Germany. The conference’s curator, Geraldine de Bastion, talks about re:publica’s history, its importance abroad, and how Germans are talking about digital issues.

News and politics on YouTube: The “Reporter” series by funk.

YouTube
Politics for Digital Natives

Their videos regularly appear on YouTube channels with names like “MrInfo2Go” or “Young & Naïve” and reach millions of young Germans. Yet these vloggers are not talking about music, gaming, or lifestyles; they are into politics.

Coding da Vinci
The digitalisation of culture

Visitors to museums and archives usually interact with exhibits locked in display cases in darkened rooms. Yet modern technology has given us ways to more directly experience art and cultural artefacts. Coding da Vinci is an open, cultural data hackathon that digitally brings museum pieces to life.

Empathetic Media: VR screen cast demo in FARC guerilla camp

Virtual Reality Journalism
Living the news

We may experience journalism in an entirely new way in future. 360-degree videos and virtual reality reports allow the audience to dive right into a news story and experience events up close. These new formats are also making inroads in Germany.

More and more women are working in gaming.

Women in the gaming industry
“You haven’t noticed us? Then you need to improve your network!”

Computer game development and programming was once a field largely dominated by men. But there is a sea change underway: we spoke to five women from the gaming industry.

Jan Philipp Albrecht has been a member of the European Parliament since 2009.

Privacy and Digitalisation
“Facebook is not the same as your living room”

Social media, smartphones, the Internet of Things – whatever happened to privacy? Or has privacy become an outdated idea? This is a conversation with Jan Philipp Albrecht, a staunch advocate of data protection.

Four weeks training in the “boot camp” against fake news: the “Verifikation” team of the Bavarian Broadcasting Company.

Media Initiatives
Facts Against Fake News

The German media are caught in a crisis of credibility. In order to regain trust and act against manipulated and false information in the internet, they have launched various initiatives.

Projects retrospective

Science and Arts
New Nature

An Immersive Media and Climate Science Exchange between Canada - Germany - Mexico - US

NEW NATURE was a series of encounters over the course of the year 2020 between 25 leading climate scientists, artists, and technologists from Canada, Germany, Mexico, and the United States. Working on the forefront of immersive technologies, the project participants engaged in a series of in-depth collaborations to reflect on climate change and imagine desirable futures.

Media & Technology

(Hi)stories of a medium
Radio Around The World

The Early Days of Radio
“Attention, Attention”

Timeline
The century of broadcasting in Canada