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'''Monoskop''' is a wiki for collaborative studies of art, media and the humanities.  

==Events==
; Bergen, March 2015
Together with [[BEK]], Monoskop is organising a series of seminars at Hordaland kunstsenter in [[Bergen]], Norway. The series explores the ambiguity of the notion of media from an aesthetic and technological perspective; speakers include [[Ina Blom]], [[Florian Cramer]], [[Knut Ove Eliassen]], [[Olga Goriunova]], [[Aud Sissel Hoel]], [[Eleni Ikoniadou]] and [[Femke Snelting]]. [http://bek.no/projects/458-the-extensions-of-many-seminars-on-media-aesthetics?locale=en More here]. [http://monoskop.org/Talks/The_Extensions_of_Many_1_Introduction Introductory talk].

; Stuttgart, October-November 2014
[http://www.wkv-stuttgart.de/en/program/2014/events/public-library/ Public Library: Rethinking the Infrastructures], an exhibition and conference sparked by [[Marcell Mars]] and hosted by Württembergsicher Kunstverein. With Aaaaarg.org, Vuk Ćosić, Sebastian Lütgert and Jan Berger, Monoskop, Postcapital Archive, Praxis, Femke Snelting, Cornelia Sollfrank, and many others. Organised in collaboration with Akademie Schloss Solitude. [http://www.pykatestseiten.de/ Video].

; Novi Sad, July 2013
[http://www.kuda.org/en/series-discussions-archivelive-archiveunarchive-and-public-library-workshop An Archive/Live Archive/UnArchive and Public Library workshop], with [[Kenneth Goldsmith]] (UbuWeb), [[Dušan Barok]] (Monoskop), [[Simon Worthington]] (Mute Magazine), [[Marcell Mars]] (Public Library), and the hosting organisation, [[kuda.org]]. The event was part of [http://www.aestheticeducation.net Aesthetic Education Expanded], a collaborative project by Berliner Gazette, Kontrapunkt, kuda.org, Multimedia Institute and Mute. [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5jQ4jgA5l-k Video].

; Ljubljana, November 2012
[http://web.archive.org/web/20130328001153/http://2012.haip.cc/ HAIP 2012: Public Library / Javna knjižnica], a conference and exhibition hosted by [[Kiberpipa]]. With Aaaaarg.org, Vuk Ćosić, Sebastian Lütgert and Jan Berger, Marcell Mars, Monoskop, Simon Worthington, and many others. [http://www.youtube.com/watch?list=PLeh2lmJO7FLCYqu1M1RBSkhgE4UZCppiv&v=eUEv6aDkRIg Video].

; Prešov, October 2012
Presentation at the University of Prešov andragogy seminar led by [[Branislav Frk]]; and at [[Wave]] club in [[Prešov]] within [[CyberTalks]] series organised by [[Peter Pankuch]]; a discussion with [[Kristian Lukić]].  

; Rotterdam, July 2012
[[Symposium|Unlimited Editions]], a public discussion on personal collecting and media archiving; with [[Annet Dekker]], [[Darko Fritz]], [[Florian Cramer]] and [[Sandra Fauconnier]]. Hosted by TENT, Rotterdam. Launch of the Monoskop online library. 

; Novi Sad, April 2012
[http://www.msuv.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=271%3Apredavanja-prezentacije-projekata-monoskop-i-nove-tendencije&lang=en Presentation] at The Museum of Contemporary Art of Vojvodina in [[Novi Sad]], by [[User:Dusan]], upon invitation by [[Luka Kulić]]. Part of the [http://digitizing-ideas.hr/ Digitizing Ideas] project.

; Brno, April 2012
[http://multiplace.org/blog/?p=152 Remake conference] organised by [[Barbora Šedivá]] at [[The Brno House of Arts]]. [[Monoskop/Brno 2012 talk|Talk]] by Dušan.

; Zagreb, December 2011
[http://najave.razmjenavjestina.org/2011/12/01/g33koskop-seminar-03-12-2011-1500-o-arhivi-i-knjiznici/ G33koskop] seminar at [[Mama]], organised by [[Marcell Mars]]. The first public presentation of the then offline Monoskop file archive. [[Monoskop/Zagreb 2011 talk|Talk]] by Dušan.

; Tallinn, October 2011
[http://www.goethe.de/ins/ee/prj/gtw/ueb/kbe/en8140048.htm Gateways: Workshop for Curators from Central and Eastern Europe], presentation by [[Mária Rišková]].

; Kiev, June 2011
Presentation by [[Barbora Šedivá]].

; Bratislava, May 2011
Presentation at the [[New Media Art & Digital Art Meeting Point]] seminar organised by [[13 kubikov]]. [[Media:Barok.monoskop.talk.bratislava.18-5-2011.pdf‎|Talk]] by Dušan (in Slovak).

; Prague, June 2007
Presentation at the [http://glocaloutsiders.wordpress.com/ Glocals and Outsiders] conference organised by [[Denisa Kera]]. [[Monoskop/Prague 2007 talk|Talk]] by Dušan.

; Prague, February 2006
Presentation at the [[New Media programs in the Czech Republic]] seminar organised by [[Denisa Kera]] and [[Miloš Vojtěchovský]]. Variation of the text appeared in the Mag.Net publication in March 2006. [[Monoskop/Prague 2006 presentation|Talk]] by Dušan.

==Writings and interviews about Monoskop==
* Slávo Krekovič, [[Media:Krekovic_Slavo_2006_DIY-publishing_dot_sk.pdf|"DIY-publishing dot sk"]], in [http://monoskop.org/log/?p=49 ''The Mag.net Reader: Experiences in Electronic Cultural Publishing''], eds. Miren Eraso, Alexandro Ludovico and Slávo Krekovič, Arteleku-Diputación Foral de Gipuzkoa, 2006, pp 24-35. {{en}}
* Oliver Rehák, "Monoskop nových médií", ''3/4'' 21-22, Bratislava: Atrakt Art, 2007. {{sk}}
* Eva Krátká, [[Media:Kratka-monoskop.pdf‎|"Monoskop: Collaborative Research on Media Art"]], ''Flash Art'' 9 (2008). {{cz}}
* Janeke Adema, [http://openreflections.wordpress.com/2009/09/20/scanners-collectors-and-aggregators-on-the-%E2%80%98underground-movement%E2%80%99-of-pirated-theory-text-sharing/ "Scanners, collectors and aggregators. On the ‘underground movement’ of (pirated) theory text sharing"], ''Open Reflections'' blog, Sep 2009. {{en}}
* Alina Matějová, [http://remakebrno.tumblr.com/post/21139239937/rozhovor-s-dusanem-barokem "Rozhovor s Dušanem Barokem"], ''Remake'' blog, Apr 2012. {{sk}}
* Dan Barrow, [[Media:Monoskop.column.TheWire.Nov2012.jpg|"Unofficial Channels: Monoskop"]], ''The Wire'', Nov 2012. {{en}}
* Robert Bobnič, Jurij Smrke, Jasmina Šepetavc, [[Media:Bobnic_Robert_Smrke_Jurij_Sepetavc_Jasmina_Monoskop.pdf|"Monoskop"]], ''Tribuna'', December 2012, pp 16-17. Interview conducted Nov 2012 during HAIP festival in Ljubljana. {{sl}}
* [[Media:Monoskop_v_sieti_Rozhovor_Michala_Murina_s_Dusanom_Barokom_2012.pdf|"Monoskop v sieti: Rozhovor Michala Murina s Dušanom Barokom"]], ''Profil'' 4 (2012), pp 92-105. Interview conducted Jul-Aug 2012. {{sk}}
* Alessandro Ludovico, [[Media:Dusan_Barok_Interview_Neural_2013.pdf|"Dušan Barok, Interview"]], ''Neural'' 44: Special Issue on Post-Digital Print (2013), pp 10-11. Conducted Jan 2013. {{en}}
* [http://www.culturemobile.net/artek/erreur-impression-une-expo-virtuelle/monoskop-log-dusan-barok-20002013 "Monoskop Log de Dušan Barok"], ''Culture Mobile'', 29 Apr 2013. {{fr}}
* Alessandro Ludovico, "[http://www.eurozine.com/articles/2013-08-26-ludovico-de.html Die dehnbare Bibliothek. Bücherdigitalisierung und daran anknüpfende Kunstprojekte]", ''Springerin'' 3 (2013). {{de}}
** "[http://www.eurozine.com/articles/2013-08-26-ludovico-en.html The liquid library]", ''Eurozine'', 26 Aug 2013. {{en}}
* Barbora Linková, [[Media:Linkova_Barbora_2014_Monoskop_Interview.pdf|"Monoskop, e-mailové interview s Dušanem Barokem"]], Mar 2014. Conducted for the author's dissertation. {{cz}}+{{sk}}
* Michal Murin, [[Media:Dusan_Barok_rozhovor_Enter_2014.pdf|"Share & Go: Dušan Barok"]], ''Enter'' 16, Košice: Dive Buki, Autumn 2014, pp 84-87. Interview conducted May-Jun 2013. {{sk}} [http://www.divebuki.sk/sk/casopis-enter/enter-no-16]
* Barbora Linková, [http://is.muni.cz/th/361388/ff_m/LINKOVA__Barbora_Diplomova_prace_final.pdf#page=61 "Monoskop"], ch. 6.3 in Linková, ''Archivy a sbírky. Od uměleckého archivu k internetové databázi'', Brno: Masaryk University, 2014, pp 61-65. Master's thesis. {{cz}}
* Michal Rehúš, [[Media:Barok_Rehus_2015_Softver_je_tiez_literaturou.pdf|"Softvér je tiež literatúrou"]], [http://kloaka.membrana.sk/2015/03/kloaka-32014/ ''Kloaka'' 5:3], Bratislava: Literis, 2014, pp 29-36. Interview conducted Sep-Dec 2014. {{sk}}

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== Site news ==
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* The website has been slightly restructured. The [[Monoskop|frontpage]] now shows some of the latest additions, and there is a new section with [[Contents]]. The subtitle has been updated to the more fitting "wiki for collaborative studies of art, media and the humanities" from the former "collaborative wiki research on the history of art, culture and media technology".  (31 Aug 2014)
* Monoskop wiki has been upgraded to the latest stable MediaWiki version, 1.23, and has several new extensions installed. The most exciting is MediaViewer for images which is still in beta (try it out by clicking on any image). A list of all installed extensions is [[Special:Version|here]]. (5 Jun 2014)
* Monoskop wiki re-launches in new design, inspired by [http://www.movingbrands.com/work/wikipedia-an-mb-internal-project Moving Brands' Wikipedia Identity proposal]. (11 Mar 2012)
* Support of the [http://www.mediawikiwidgets.org/Twitter Twitter widget] enabled. You can now embed a twitter feed on your profile. (11 Mar 2012)
* Monoskop moves to a new domain: http://monoskop.org. Old links are preserved. (5 Mar 2012)
* Monoskop wiki now supports embedding videos from Youtube, Vimeo, Blip.tv, Google Video, UStream, and basically any publicly accessible website (using HTML5 video tag), as well as documents from Google Books, Scribd, and SlideShare, image searches and slideshows from Flickr, and stills from Google Maps and Google Street View. See [http://www.mediawikiwidgets.org/Widgets_Catalog#Widgets_available MediaWikiWidgets manual] to learn how. (16 Nov 2011)
* Realising there are almost 100 users or so registered, we did small improvements in user profiles. Using your profile (find [[Special:Userlist|here]]) you can now share what you have been working on, message others, etc. (28 Jul 2008)
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==Sister projects==
* [[Monoskop Log]], writings on art, culture, and media technology.
* [[Remake]], REthinking Media Art in K(C)ollaborative Environments

== Wiki ==
[[Monoskop:About|Monoskop]] is a wiki where anyone can edit any article and have those changes posted immediately. Learn [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:How_to_edit_a_page how to edit pages].

==Design==
The current Monoskop skin was inspired by [http://www.movingbrands.com/work/wikipedia-an-mb-internal-project Moving Brands' Wikipedia Identity proposal] and [[Michael Murtaugh]]'s customized MediaWiki Monobook skin, and uses [http://www.typotheque.com/fonts/fedra_sans Fedra Sans] font designed by [[Peter Biľak]], along with [http://www.google.com/webfonts/specimen/GFS+Neohellenic Greek Font Society's Neohellenic] font for the headlines.

== Hosting ==
Monoskop runs on [http://www.mediawiki.org MediaWiki] software, and is hosted by the [http://multiplace.org/wiki/server.html Sanchez] free art server, maintained by [[Multiplace]].

==Admin==
db at monoskop dot org
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==Copyrights==
; User Notice for Copyrighted Materials on Research Website

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