INC Exit Fest

On 24, 25, and 26 June 2026, the Institute of Network Cultures organizes the INC Exit Fest, a community gathering and party that celebrates the departure of our 22 year-old research group from the Amsterdam HvA-polytech to become an autonomous center/NGO/org-net/Dutch cultural organization. The move was instigated by the mandatory retirement at 67 on September 1, 2026 of its founder Geert Lovink. Already in 2024, the team decided to step into an open, yet uncertain, future–one in which will look for new partners, coalitions, and funding possibilities. We believe in the power of metamorphosis and new beginnings. It is the strong desire of the wider INC community to continue our ever-changing INC ways to bring together critical research with speculative experimentation.

Program

9:30: Doors open

10.00 - 12.00 (Studio/Online) - Mapping the Current Net Culture Condition (Session + Q&A)
With: Vladan Joler, Rosa Menkman, Lesia Kulchynska, Cade Diehm, Miriam Rasch, Silvio Lorusso.
Chair: Geert Lovink

13.00 - 14.30 (Studio/Online) - Streaming Vortex: Video, Publishing and Tactical Media (Session + Q&A)
With: Andreas Treske, Michael Dieter, Antonia Hernández, and Konfluxus Collective.
Chair: Tommaso Campagna and Jordi Viader Guerrero.

13:00 - 14:30 (Cinema) - Politics of Digital Sovereignty (Session + Q&A)
With: Gianmarco Christofari, Annalisa Pelizza, Sebastian Giessmann and Klara Debeljak.
Chair: Geert Lovink.

15:00-16:30 (Studio/Online) - Video Archive Jam Session: On Tactical Media and Barricades (Screening + Presentations)
Curated by Giovanni Rossetti.   

16:30 -17:00 (Cinema) - Weaving Through Screens (Performance).
Curated by Laura Mrksa and Slutty Urbanism Collective (Letizia Chiappini and Valeria Ferrari)

17:00 - 19:00 (Studio) - INC General Assembly on the Future of INC (Open Discussion)  

Full Program + Live Streaming:
networkcultures.org/geert/events/incs-exit-fest