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Born 1959 in [[Amsterdam]]. Media theorist and activist. Lives in [[Amsterdam]]. Studied political science on the University of Amsterdam. 

Member of [[Adilkno]], the Foundation for the Advancement of Illegal Knowledge, a free association of media-related intellectuals (Agentur Bilwet auf Deutsch). He is a radio program producer (for Radio Patapoe in Amsterdam and VPRO radio) and a co-founder of [[The Digital City]], the Amsterdam-based Freenet and 'Press Now', the Dutch support campaign for independent media in Former Yugoslavia. Former editor of the media/art magazine [[Mediamatic]] (1989-1994). In 1991-1993 he lectured media theory in Bucharest and Budapest at the art academies there. Co-founder of the Amsterdam-based internet content providers [[desk.nl]] (culture/arts) and 'contrast.org' (politics) and a 'cultural ambassador' for [[Waag Society]] for Old and New Media. Regular contributor of Andere Sinema (Antwerpen) and member of the editorial board of ARKzin (Zagreb). In the spring of 1995, together with [[Pit Schultz]], he founded the international [[nettime]] circle which is promoting 'net criticism'. In 2001 co-founded [[Fibreculture]] list.

Co-organized the [[Wetware Convention]] (Amsterdam, 1991), [[Next 5 Minutes]], a international conference on public access and camcorder activism (Amsterdam, 1993), [[Ex Oriente Lux]] (Bucharest 1993), the first Romanian media/art event, [[MetaForum]] I/II/III (Budapest, 1994-6), [[Interface]] 3 (Hamburg, 1995) on the culture of computer networks, [[Next 5 Minutes]] II on 'tactical media' (Amsterdam, 1996). and moderated the (net) symposium of [[Ars Electronica]] 96 on 'memesis'. He was the project coordinator of the Hybrid WorkSpace, which took place during the Documenta X (1997) in Kassel.   Later on co-organised [[Browser Day]] (Amsterdam, 1998-2002), [[Net.Congestion]] event (Amsterdam, 2000), and conferences such as [[Tulipomania DotCom]] (Amsterdam/Frankfurt, 2000), [[Dark Markets]] (Vienna, 2002), [[Networks, Art, & Collaboration]] (Buffalo, 2004), [[Incommunicado]] (Amsterdam, 2005), [[The Art and Politics of Netporn]] (Amsterdam, 2005), and [[New Network Theory]] (Amsterdam, 2007). 

Among his publications are Adilkno's 'Empire of Images' (Amsterdam, 1985), 'Cracking the Movement' (Amsterdam, 1990/Berlin, 1991/New York, 1994) on the squatter movement in Amsterdam, 'Hoer zu oder Stirb' (Berlin, 1992) on free radio, 'Medien Archiv' (Amsterdam 1992/Mannheim 1993/New York 1997), 'Der Daten- dandy' (Amsterdam/Mannheim, 1994) and 'Elektronische Einsamkeit' (Köln, 1997)  

In June [[2004]] founded [[Institute of Network Cultures]] in [[Amsterdam]]. In 2005-2006 he was a fellow at the Berlin Institute for Advanced Study (Wissenschaftskolleg zu Berlin), where he finished his third volume on critical Internet culture, Zero Comments (Routledge New York, 2007). 


; Books
* ''Zero Comments, Blogging and Critical Internet Culture'', Routledge, New York, 2007.
* ''The Principle of Notworking, Concepts in Critical Internet Culture'', Amsterdam University Press, Amsterdam, 2005.
* ''My First Recession, Critical Internet Culture in Transition'', V2-NAi, Rotterdam, 2003. [http://framework.v2.nl/archive/archive/node/work/default.xslt/nodenr-155362]
* ''Uncanny Networks, In Dialogues with the Virtual Intelligentsia'', MIT Press, Cambridge, 2002. [http://mitpress.mit.edu/catalog/item/default.asp?ttype=2&tid=10176]
* ''Dark Fiber, Tracking Critical Internet Culture'', MIT Press, Cambridge, 2002. [http://mitpress.mit.edu/catalog/item/default.asp?ttype=2&tid=9996]
* ''Hör zu – oder stirb!'', Edition ID – Archiv, Amsterdam and Berlin, 1992, (German).

; Articles
* [[Andreas Broeckmann]], [[David García]], Geert Lovink: The GHI of Tactical Media. December 2002. [http://www.uoc.edu/artnodes/eng/art/broeckmann0902/broeckmann0902.html]


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http://www.thing.desk.nl/bilwet/#lovinken

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