<div dir="ltr"><br><div class="gmail_quote">---------- Forwarded message ----------<br>From: <b class="gmail_sendername">Krystian Woznicki via Commoning</b> <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:commoning@lists.commons-institut.org">commoning@lists.commons-institut.org</a>></span><br>Date: Wed, Jun 7, 2017 at 3:06 PM<br>Subject: [commoning] SNOWDEN FILES AS ART + COMMONS > new BG book out now!<br>To: <a href="mailto:commoning@lists.commons-institut.org">commoning@lists.commons-institut.org</a><br><br><br><br>
Dear commoners,<br>
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four years ago the very first news about the @snowden files broke. The<br>
new Berliner Gazette book shows how artists have been working with them,<br>
transforming them into commons. More details below.<br>
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A FIELD GUIDE TO THE SNOWDEN FILES<br>
Media, Arts, Archives 2013-2017<br>
Ed. Magdalena Taube and Krystian Woznicki<br>
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168 pages, including images<br>
21 × 29.7 cm, paperback, English<br>
Diamondpaper 2017 | ISBN 978-3-9817925-1-5 | 35 €<br>
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A FIELD GUIDE TO THE SNOWDEN FILES is the first book to critically<br>
engage with artists responding to the NSA-files leaked by whistleblower<br>
Edward Snowden. Considering the most relevant contexts in which the<br>
files have 'surfaced' (including media and archives), it reflects on how<br>
artists are deploying the files as raw material.<br>
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Contributors include Zeljko Blace, Andrew Clement, Colnate Group, Naomi<br>
Colvin, Simon Denny, Corinna Haas, Christoph Hochhäusler, Evan Light,<br>
Geert Lovink, M.C. McGrath, Henrik Moltke, Deborah Natsios, Julian<br>
Oliver, Trevor Paglen, Laura Poitras, Norman Posselt, SAZAE bot, Stefan<br>
Tiron, University of the Phoenix, Andi Weiland, Maria Xynou and John Young.<br>
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The book looks at the various civil society actors who have been<br>
appropriating the historic leak and orders their responses according to<br>
contexts in which the Snowden documents have been published: media, art<br>
and archives. The different approaches share the common goal of<br>
rendering the documents accessible – to both present and future<br>
audiences. Reaching out to the general public, they have also tasked<br>
themselves with reflecting on the complex political, social and<br>
technological realities that the Snowden documents have helped to uncover.<br>
<br>
The Snowden disclosures have triggered debates on democracy, civil<br>
rights, the internet and intelligence agencies all around the world.<br>
These debates have led to a number of political changes, including<br>
negative ones: e.g., consolidating the delusion of cyber-security.<br>
Meanwhile, the documents that triggered the debates remain arcane for<br>
the general public, as well as for many experts. And it is not ensured<br>
that the documents will be preserved for posterity or for those writing<br>
our history.<br>
<br>
The book takes this problem as its starting point and situates the<br>
historic leak in the context of civic appropriation. Foregrounded are<br>
artists who test the files as material and, by creating works, transform<br>
them into commons.<br>
<br>
A FIELD GUIDE TO THE SNOWDEN FILES has been conceived in the context of<br>
SIGNALS, a project by Berliner Gazette e. V. which was funded by the<br>
Capital Cultural Fund. The book is published in conjunction with<br>
SIGNALS. AN EXHIBITION OF THE SNOWDEN FILES IN ART, MEDIA AND ARCHIVES,<br>
September <a href="tel:12-26" value="+661226">12-26</a>, 2017, at Diamondpaper Studio, curated by Magdalena<br>
Taube and Krystian Woznicki. More info: <a href="http://berlinergazette.de/signals" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">http://berlinergazette.de/<wbr>signals</a><br>
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You can buy the book here: <a href="http://diamondpaper.de/title_26" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">http://diamondpaper.de/title_<wbr>26</a><br>
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We are thanking everybody who has been working with us on this book as<br>
well as everybody who has been collaborating with us on the Snowden<br>
files in the past four years! We are looking forward to your feedback!<br>
<br>
Stay tuned,<br>
<br>
Krystian<br>
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LATEST BG BOOK: AFTER THE PLANES | <a href="http://diamondpaper.net/title_25" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">http://diamondpaper.net/title_<wbr>25</a><br>
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SIGNALS. An Exhibition of the Snowden Files – in Art, Media and Archives<br>
Curated by Magdalena Taube and Krystian Woznicki (BG)<br>
DIAMONDPAPER Studio | Köpenicker Straße 96, Berlin | September <a href="tel:12-26" value="+661226">12-26</a><br>
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