JB

Traces Open Lounge, Transmediale 11, Berlin - February 3, 2011

JB is a media artist, and an electronic musician. bastard-coder, copyfighter, he hijacks databases, programs online plunderphonic machines

JB is a media artist, and an electronic musician. bastard-coder, copyfighter, he hijacks databases, programs online plunderphonic machines ; political disturber of the machine that makes the world go round, expert of everyday’s counter-surveillance.

He is the anti-author of many parodic websites and collections of remixes, which private institutions and events have taken the risk to present : festival README04, the CNEAI in Chatou, Villette Numérique, the Cnac-Magasin in Grenoble, the W139 gallery in Amsterdam…. He has coordinated various collective projects, Borderphonics, Bugnmix, Ressources, taught at the High School of art of Grenoble, organized many workshops and regularly performs live concerts.

He is talking about la Quadrature du Net: laquadrature.net/en
La Quadrature du Net is an advocacy group that promotes the rights and freedoms of citizens on the Internet. More specifically, it advocates for the adaptation of French and European legislations to respect the founding principles of the Internet, most notably the free circulation of knowledge. As such, La Quadrature du Net engages in public-policy debates concerning, for instance, freedom of expression, copyright, regulation of telecommunications and online privacy.

Cláudia Martinho, architect, acoustician and researcher - acoustic-architecture.net/

An ongoing practice-based research that currently investigates space frequencies: relational architecture for public space reappropriations.

This talk was recorded on 3th February 2011 in Haus der Kulturen der Welt, Berlin.

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