MaMa
MaMa - Multimedia Institute is a net culture club located in Zagreb, founded in 1999 by Tomislav Medak, Marcell Mars, Teodor Celakoski, Petar Milat, Željko Blaće, Vedran Gulin, Vanja Nikolić and others. Ever since it opened on 14th of May 2000, MaMa has been a meeting point for different local and international communities ranging from political activists, media artists, electronic music makers, theorists, hackers and free software developers, LGBTIQ+ activist and support groups, to the anime community. Guided by the ideals of sharing, it offers free access to its resources and infrastructure.
MaMa set-up a variety of different lecture/discussion/presentation series dealing with its primary fields of interest. Some of those series like Becoming Digital, Caternetics, MaMa čita have in the meanwhile ceased to exist, and among the ones still active as of 2011 are Pastforward, Transverzala, and Vizualni kolegij.
Contents
Publications
Books
- past.forward series
- Michael Hardt, Antonio Negri, Imperij, trans. Živan Filippi, Zagreb: Multimedia Institute, and Arkzin, 2003, 410 pp. (Croatian)
- Jean-Luc Nancy, Dva ogleda. Razdjelovljena zajednica. O singularnom pluralnom bitku, trans. Tomislav Medak, Zagreb: Multimedia Institute, and Arkzin, 2004, 148 pp. (Croatian)
- Giorgio Agamben,Homo sacer. Suverena moć i goli život, trans. Mario Kopić, Zagreb: Multimedia Institute, and Arkzin, 2006, 174 pp. (Croatian)
- Michael Hardt, Antonio Negri, Mnoštvo. Rat i demokracija u doba Imperija, trans. Tomislav Medak and Petar Milat, Zagreb: Multimedia Institute, 2009, 404 pp. (Croatian)
- Jacques Rancière, Učitelj neznalica. Pet lekcija iz intelektualne emancipacije, trans. Leonardo Kovačević, Zagreb: Multimedia Institute, 2010, 167 pp. (Croatian)
- Eyal Weizman, Najmanje od svih mogućih zala. Humanitarno nasilje od Arendtove do Gaze, trans. Domagoj Orlić, Zagreb: Multimedia Institute, 2014, 240 pp. (Croatian)
- Franco Moretti, Građanin - između povijesti i književnosti, trans. Iva Gjurkin, Zagreb: Multimedia Institute, and Kulturtreger, 2015 189 pp. (Croatian)
- Quentin Meillassoux, Poslije konačnosti – esej o nužnosti kontingencije, trans. Vladimir Šeput, Zagreb: Multimedia Institute, 2016, 198 pp. (Croatian)
- mamina mala biblioteka series
- Alexander Garcia-Düttmann, Prijatelji i neprijatelji. Apsolutno, trans. Petar Milat, Zagreb: Multimedijalni institut, 2003, 64 pp. (Croatian)
- Saskia Sassen, Protugeografije globalizacije, trans. Danijela Sestrić, Jakov Vilović, Tomislav Medak, Zagreb: Multimedijalni institut, 2003, 119 pp. (Croatian)
- Critical Art Ensemble, Molekularna invazija, trans. Tomislav Medak, Zagreb: Multimedijalni institut, 2005, 144 pp. (Croatian)
- Ante Jerić, Uz Malabou - profili suvremenog mišljenja, Zagreb: Multimedijalni institut, 2016, 192 pp. PDF spreads. (Croatian)
- Bruno Latour, Misli na izložbi: niz eksperimenata u ZKM-u iz Karlsruhea, trans. Iva Gjurkin, Zagreb: Multimedijalni institut, 2017, 270 pp. Partial trans. of What is Iconoclash? (2002), From Realpolitik to Dingpolitik (2005), and Reset Modernity! (2016). (Croatian)
- Lina Gonan (ed.), Nepomirljivo. Radikalni kvir protiv roda, države i kapitala, trans. Matea Grgurinović, Sana Perić, Franko Burolo, and Ivan Tomašić, Zagreb: Multimedijalni institut, 2018, 109 pp. (Croatian)
- Lee Edelman, Ne naučiti ništa: loš odgoj, trans. Hana and Srđan Dvornik, Zagreb: Multimedijalni institut, 2018, 96 pp. Trans. of "Learning Nothing: Bad Education" (2017). (Croatian)
- Cinzia Arruzza, Tithi Bhattacharya, Nancy Fraser, Feminizam za 99%: Manifest, trans. Karolina Hrga and Martin Beroš, Zagreb: Multimedijalni institut, Institut za političku ekologiju, Udruga Bijeli val, and Centar za ženske studije, 2019, 87 pp. Trans. of Feminism for the 99%: A Manifesto (2019). (Croatian)
- Espi Tomičić, Your Love Is King, Zagreb: Multimedijalni institut, 2020, 63 pp. PDF spreads. (Croatian)
- basic series
- Lawrence Lessig, Kod i drugi zakoni kiberprostora, trans. Živan Filippi, Zagreb: Multimedia Institute, 2004, 399 pp. (Croatian)
- Marina Gržinić, Estetika kibersvijeta i učinci derealizacije, trans. Nebojša Jovanović, Zagreb: Multimedia Institute, 2005, 228 pp. (Croatian)
- McKenzie Wark, Hakerski manifest, trans. Tomislav Medak, Zagreb: Multimedia Institute, 2006, 154 pp. (Croatian)
- Ian Bogost, Kako činiti stvari videoigrama, trans. Tihana Bertek, Zagreb: Multimedia Institute, and Autonomna tvornica kulture (Libra Libera #35), 2014, 163 pp. PDF spreads. (Croatian)
- Robert W. McChesney, Digitalna isključenost: kako kapitalizam okreće internet protiv demokracije, trans. Domagoj Orlić, Zagreb: Multimedia Institute, 2014, 354 pp. (Croatian)
- Kazimir Majorinc, Moćan koliko je god moguće - glavne ideje Lispa u McCarthyjevom periodu, Zagreb: Multimedia Institute, 2015, 206 pp. (Croatian)
- Mario Hibert, Digitalni odrast i postdigitalna dobra. Kritičko bibliotekarstvo, disruptivni mediji i taktičko obrazovanje, Zagreb: Multimedia Institute, and Zagreb: Institut za političku ekologiju, 2018, 152 pp. Log. (Croatian)
- nova kritička teorija series
In collaboration with Belgrade Circle.
- Hauke Brunkhorst, Solidarnost. Od građanskog prijateljstva do globalne pravne zajednice, trans. Tomislav Medak. Belgrade: Belgrade Circle; Zagreb: Multimedia Institute, 2004, 280 pp. (Croatian)
- Helmut Dubiel, Gabriel Motzkin (eds.), Manje zlo. Moralni pristupi praksama genocida, trans. Aleksandra Kostić, Dušan Đorđević Mileusnić, et al. Belgrade: Belgrade Circle; Zagreb: Multimedia Institute, 2005, 332 pp. (Serbian)
- Christoph Menke, Prisutnost tragedije. Ogled o sudu i igri, trans. Dalibor Davidović. Belgrade: Belgrade Circle; Zagreb: Multimedia Institute, 2008, 280 pp. (Croatian)
- vizualni kolegij series
- Alexander Garcia-Düttmann, Visconti. Uvidi u krvi i mesu, trans. Dalibor Davidović, Zagreb: Multimedia Institute, and BLOK, 2005, 197 pp. (Croatian)
- Tanja Vrvilo, Petar Milat (eds.), Vizualni Kolegij Reader, Zagreb: Multimedia Institute, 2007, 216 pp. (English)/(Croatian)
- Jelena Krivokapić; Petar Milat (eds.), Suplement Vizualnog Kolegija 1, 2007, 9 pp. (Croatian)
- Georges Didi-Huberman, Kore, trans. Ksenija Stevanović, Zagreb: Multimedia Institute, 2012, 54 pp. (Serbian)
- Thomas Keenan, Eyal Weizman, Mengeleova lubanja - začeci forenzičke estetike, trans. Tihana Bertek, Zagreb: Multimedia Institute, 2012, 81 pp. (Croatian)
- László Krasznahorkai, Posljednji vuk, trans. Viktorija Šantić, Zagreb: Multimedia Institute, 2012, 39 pp. (Croatian)
- László Krasznahorkai, Max Neumann, UnutraJeŽivotinja, trans. Viktorija Šantić, Zagreb: Multimedia Institute, 2014, 47 pp. (Croatian)
- Jacques Rancière, Béla Tarr, vrijeme od poslije, trans. Sana Perić, Zagreb: Multimedia Institute, 2015, 103 pp.
- Jacques Rancière, Modern Times: Essays on Temporality in Art and Politics, Zagreb: Multimedijalni institut, and Edicija Jugoslavija, 2017, 168 pp. [1] (English)
- Érik Bullot, Film i njegov dvojnik, trans. Dorotea-Dora Held and Leonardo Kovačević, Zagreb: Multimedijalni institut, 2018, 41 pp. Trans. of Le film et son double - boniment, ventriloquie, performativité (2017). (Croatian)
- Ana Peraica, Fotografija kao dokaz: primjena tehnologijske definicije fotografije na raspravu u estetici i teoriji fotografije, Zagreb: Multimedijalni institut, 2018, 219 pp. (Croatian)
- Slobodan Šijan, Tomislav Gotovac: Life as a Film Experiment, trans. Greg de Cuir and Žarko Cvejić, Zagreb: Tomislav Gotovac Institute, Croatian Film Association, and Multimedia Institute, 2018, 386 pp. [2] (English)
- Lars Henrik Gass, Film and Art After Cinema, trans. Laura Walde, Zagreb: Multimedijalni institut, 2019, 207 pp. Trans. of Film und Kunst nach dem Kino (2nd ed., exp., 2017). [3] (English)
- Marguerite Duras, Jean-Luc Godard, Dijalozi, trans. Zlatko Wurzberg, Zagreb: Udruga Bijeli val, and Multimedijalni institut, 2019, 127 pp. Trans. of Dialogues (2014). (Croatian)
- Nathaniel Dorsky, Kino Posvećenost, trans. Miloš Đurđević, Zagreb: Multimedijalni institut, 2019, 43 pp; 2nd ed., 2020, 52 pp. PDF spreads. Trans. of Devotional Cinema (3rd ed., rev., 2014). (Croatian)
- explicit music series
- Dalibor Davidović, Ksenija Stevanović (eds.), Archipelagos of Sound. Music and Its History Within the Imperial World Order, Zagreb: Croatian Composers' Society - Cantus, 2005, 80 pp. (English)
- Sve se svodi na estetiku i političku ekonomiju series [4]
In collaboration with Kuda.org.
- Susan Buck-Morss, Predočavanje kapitala, trans. Olja Petronić, Novi Sad: kuda.org, and Zagreb: Multimedia Institute, 2014, 69 pp. PDF spreads. (Serbo-Croatian)
- Gilles Deleuze, Herman Melville, Bartleby ili formula; Perovođa Bartleby, trans. Tomislav Medak and Maja Šoljan, Novi Sad: kuda.org, and Zagreb: Multimedia Institute, 2014, 101 pp. PDF spreads. (Serbo-Croatian)
- Pierre Macherey, Produktivni subjekt, trans. Slavica Miletić, Novi Sad: kuda.org, and Zagreb: Multimedia Institute, 2014, 80 pp. PDF spreads. (Serbo-Croatian)
- Prijatelji series
In collaboration with Kulturteger.
- Dubravka Ugrešić, Karaoke kultura, Zagreb: Multimedijalni institut, and Kulturteger, 2015, 164 pp. (Croatian)
- Alain Badiou, Metafizika stvarne sreće, trans. Antonia Banović and Dorotea-Dora Held, Zagreb: Multimedijalni institut, and Kulturteger, 2016, 117 pp. Trans. of Métaphysique du bonheur réel (2015). [5] (Croatian)
- Catherine Malabou, Ontologia nezgode: esej o razaralačkoj plastičnosti, trans. Marko Gregorić, Zagreb: Multimedijalni institut, and Kulturteger, 2016, 126 pp. Trans. of Ontologie de l'accident (2009). (Croatian)
- David Albahari, 21 priča o sreći. Varijacije na teze Alaina Badioua, Zagreb: Kulturtreger, and Multimedijalni institut, 2017, 62 pp. (Croatian)
- Anne Carson, Vježba zvana Albertina, trans. Miroslav Kirin, Zagreb: Kulturtreger, and Multimedijalni institut, 2019, 47 pp. Trans. of The Albertine Workout (2014). (Croatian)
- László Krasznahorkai, Uvijek za Homerom, trans. Viktorija Šantić, Zagreb: Multimedijalni institut, and Kulturteger, 2019, 112 pp. Trans. of Mindig HoméRosznak (2017). [6] [7] (Croatian)
- Goran Ferčec, Siniša Ilić, Rad panike, Zagreb: Kulturteger, and Multimedijalni institut, 2020, [110] pp. [8] (Croatian)
- Skhole series
- Sylvain Lazarus, Maj '68. Politika. Povijest (razgovori), trans. Ozren Pupovac, Zagreb: Multimedijalni institut, 2018, 56 pp. Trans. of Entretiens avec Sylvain Lazarus: Mai 68. La politique. L'histoire (2008). (Croatian)
- Goran Sergej Pristaš, Exploded Gaze, trans. Žarko Cvejić. Afterw. Bojana Kunst, Zagreb: Multimedijalni institut, 2018, 322 pp. (English)
- Didier Eribon, Povratak u Reims, trans. Milena Ostojić, Zagreb: Multimedijalni institut, and Sandorf, 2019, 244 pp. Trans. of Retour à Reims (2009). PDF spreads. [9] (Croatian)
- Giovanna Franca Dalla Costa, Rad ljubavi. Kućanski rad i nasilje protiv žena, trans. Mia Gonan, Zagreb: Multimedijalni institut, 2019, 114 pp. PDF spreads. Trans. of Un lavoro d'amore. (Croatian)
- Stephen Zepke, Head in the Stars: Essays on Science Fiction, Zagreb: Multimedijalni institut, 2020, 257 pp, PDF spreads. (English)
- Sana Perić, Monáda, Zagreb: Multimedijalni institut, 2020, 223 pp, PDF spreads. (Croatian)
- Sekvenca series
In collaboration with FMK, Belgrade.
- Pavle Levi, Cimanje slike: nesputana analitika, trans. Đorđe Tomić, Zagreb: Multimedijalni institut, and Belgrade: Fakultet za medije i komunikacije, 2019, 205 pp. Trans. of Jolted Images: Unbound Analytic (2017). [10] (Croatian)
- Other books
- Étienne Balibar, Nasilje i civilnost. Wellekova predavanja, trans. Tomislav Medak, Belgrade: Cetre for Media and Communication; Zagreb: Multimedijalni institut, 2011, 196 pp. (Croatian)
- Tomislav Medak, Petar Milat (eds.), Idea of Radical Media / Ideja radikalnih medija, Zagreb: Multimedia Institute, 2013, 256 pp. (English)/(Croatian)
- Gabrijela Kolman, Kodiranje slobode. Etika i estetika hakovanja, trans. Ljubica Gotić and Predrag Todić. Belgrade: Fakultet za medije i komunikacije - Univerzitet Singidunum, and Zagreb: Multimedia Institute, 2014, 395 pp. [11] [12] (Serbo-Croatian)
- Tomislav Medak, Marcell Mars, WHW (eds.), Javna knjižnica / Public Library, Zagreb: WHW, and Multimedia Institute, 2015, 144 pp. Texts by McKenzie Wark, Tomislav Medak, Marcell Mars, Manar Zarroug, and Paul Otlet. (English)/(Croatian)
- angela rawlings, si tu: a poetic response to Marjana Krajač's choreography Variations on Sensitive, Zagreb: Multimedia Institute, and Montréal: Centre for Expanded Poetics (Concordia University), 2017, [83] pp. (English)
- Catherine Malabou (Katrin Malabu), Preobražaji inteligencije. Šta da radimo sa njihovim plavim mozgom?, trans. Srđa Janković and Suzana Bojović, Belgrade: Fakultet za medije i komunikacije/Univerzitet Singidunum, and Zagreb: Multimedijalni institut, 2018, 145 pp. Trans. of Métamorphoses de l’intelligence – Que faire de leur cerveau bleu? (2017). (Serbian)
- Geoffroy de Lagasnerie, Misliti u lošem svijetu, trans. Zlatko Wurzberg, Zagreb: Udruga Bijeli val, and Multimedijalni institut, 2018, 75 pp. Trans. of Penser dans un monde mauvais (2017). (Croatian)
- Pavle Levi, Unfiltered Cinematic Thoughts from the Age of the Pandemic. The Quarantine Film Diaries, Zagreb: Multimedijalni institut, 2020, [22] pp. First published in ASAP/J. (English)
- Nefiltrirane kino-misli u doba pandemije. Filmski dnevnik iz karantina, trans. Đorđe Tomić, Zagreb: Multimedia Institute, 2020, [22] pp. (Croatian)
- Catherine Malabou, Preispitivanje uzajamne pomoći: zamišljeni dijalog Kropotkina i Singera, trans. Ante Jerić, Zagreb: Multimedijalni institut, 2020, 21 pp, PDF spreads. Trans. of Rethinking Mutual Aid: Kropotkin and Singer in Debate (2020). (Croatian)
- Quentin Meillassoux, Metafizika i izvanznanstvena fantastika, trans. Ante Jerić, Zagreb: Multimedijalni institut, 2020, 56 pp, PDF spreads. Trans. of Métaphysique et fiction des mondes hors-science (2013). [13] (Croatian)
- Jean-Luc Nancy, Uljez, trans. Ugo Vlaisavljević, Zagreb: Multimedijalni institut, 2020, 25 pp, PDF spreads. Trans. of L'Intrus (2000). (Croatian)
- Magdalena Taube, Krystian Woznicki (eds.), Invisible Hand(s): Hidden Labor, AI-Driven Capitalism and the COVID-19 Pandemic, Zagreb: Multimedijalni institut, 2020, 34 pp, PDF spreads. (English)
- Göran Dahlberg, Ghost Life: Hauntings in the Society of Spectres, Zagreb: Multimedijalni institut, 2020, 55 pp, PDF spreads. (English)
- Linn Hansén, Turn to History, Zagreb: Multimedijalni institut, 2020, 47 pp, PDF spreads. (English)
- Darija Medić, Uroš Krčadinac, Tactical Poetics, Novi Sad: kuda.org, and Zagreb: Multimedijalni institut, 2020, [35] pp. (English)
- Uroš Krčadinac, Darija Medić, Optimised Poetics, Novi Sad: kuda.org, and Zagreb: Multimedijalni institut, 2020, [49] pp. (English)
Conference proceedings
- Ines Weizman, Eyal Weizman Arhitektura i antagonizam, trans. Tanja Vrvilo and Tonči Valentić, Zagreb: Multimedia Institute, 2008, 28 pp. (Croatian)
- Nathan Brown (ed.), 21st Century Materialism, Zagreb: Multimedia Institute, 2009. (English)
- Nathan Brown, Petar Milat (eds.), The Art of the Concept (Frakcija 64-65), Zagreb: Centre for Drama Art, and Academy of Dramatic Art, 2012. (English)
- Nathan Brown, Petar Milat (eds.), Poiesis, Zagreb: Multimedijalni institut, and Montréal: Centre for Expanded Poetics (Concordia University), 2017, 234+xxxiii pp. (English)
Conference and festival newsletters
- Labinary 1, newsletter, 2000, 8 pp. (Croatian)
- Labinary 3, newsletter, Labin: Kuc lamparna, 2001, 9 pp. (English)/(Croatian)
- Labinary 4, newsletter, 2002, 12 pp. (English)/(Croatian)
- Labinary 5, newsletter, 2003, 8 pp. (Croatian)
- Operacija.Grad. Prirucnik za zivot u neoliberalnoj stvarnosti, Zagreb, 2008, 272 pp. (Croatian)
- Operation.City 2008. The Neoliberal Frontline. Urban Struggles in Post-Socialist Societies, Zagreb, 2008, 32 pp. (English)
- O fanatizmu, trans. Leonardo Kovačević, Zagreb: Multimedia Institute, 2009. (Croatian)
- Human Rights Film Festival Zagreb, Vol. 8., 2010, 24 pp. (English)
- Human Rights Film Festival Zagreb, Vol. 9., 2011, 32 pp. (English)
Catalogues
- System.hack(), Zagreb: Multimedia Institute, 2006, 96 pp. (English)/(Croatian)
- Tomislav Medak, Petar Milat (eds.), Prospects of Arkzin / Izgledi Arkzina, Zagreb: Arkzin and Multimedia Institute, 2013, 48 pp. With DVD Arkzin Digital Archive / Digitalna arhiva Arkzina. (English)/(Croatian)
Other publications
- Past.Forward 1, 4 pp. (Croatian)
- Past.Forward 2, 8 pp. (Croatian)
- Past.Forward 3. Biopolitička teorija, 2001, 16 pp. (Croatian)
- Ksenija Stevanović, Petar Milat, Ivana Ivković (eds.), Frakcija, No. 53-54: Process Music, Zagreb: Centre for Drama Art, and Academy of Dramatic Art, 2009, 144 pp. (English)/(Croatian)
On MaMa
- "Multimedia Institute (mi2): Zeljko Blace, Marcell Mars & Tomi Medak interviewed by Joanne Richardson", subsol 2, Apr 2002.
- Tomislav Medak, "Multimedia Institute - mi2", ISEA Newsletter #93, Jun-Aug 2003.
- Klaudio Stefancic, "New Media Art in Croatia", Nettime, 10 Jul 2008.
- Brian Droitcour, "On Tour: Southeastern Europe Travelogue, Part 2", Rhizome, 26 Jun 2009.
- The Idea of Radical Media, panel discussion: Networks Rooted - Early Medialabs as Forms of Critical Engagement. Luka Frelih (Ljudmila) - Tomislav Medak (MaMa) - Zoran Pantelić (kuda.org), Multimedijalni institut, Zagreb, Jun 2013, 96 min. Video.
- Sepp Eckenhaussen, Scenes of Independence: Cultural Ruptures in Zagreb (1991-2019), Amsterdam: Institute of Network Cultures, 2019.
- kuda.org, "Art organization. Interview with Tomislav Medak and Petar Milat, Multimedia Institute mi2, Zagreb, 2019", 2019.
- MaMa@20: kratki historijat, n.d. (Croatian)
- Željko Blaće, "Mi2 - dva desetljeća (za) otvorene infrastrukture", abcdnk.hr, Zagreb: Centar za dokumentiranje nezavisne kulture, Jul 2023. (Croatian)
- "Peripheral visions: Multimedijalni institut", Zagreb: Booksa, May 2024, 40 min. Podcast conversation with Petar Milat. (Croatian)
Links
- Website
- Mama publishing, [14]
- Mama AV archive
- Hacklab in Mama on hackerspaces wiki
- Mama collaborations
- TamTam software
- Flickr
- Wikidata
- Wikispore
- Wikipedia-HR