With this year's slogan RESPONSE:ABILITYtransmediale.11 takes place at the Haus der Kulturen der Welt (House of World Cultures) in Berlin from 1-6 February 2011 presenting a dynamic programme of cutting-edge artworks, breathtaking live performances and leading artists, thinkers and activists from around the world. We are excited to announce BIFO / Franco Berardi, Tim Etchells and Carolyn Guertin as confirmed speakers for this year's conference, BODY:RESPONSE. Each day, artists and experts such as Heath Bunting and Elizabeth Stark will be available hands-on in fun workshops and open studios. See as well Test Signals on the future of radio, and a Sunday matinee of early affective cinema, and performances by stars and newcomers such as People Like Us, Cecile Babiole, Ei Wada and more.
At transmediale.10 the transnational open source team FLOSS Manuals led by Adam Hyde (nz) created one of their legendary Book Sprints (Collaborative Futures), producing a complete publication from scratch in only five days. After this testing of the Booki platform they have now been nominated with Booki itself -- an extensive online platform allowing anyone to create books independently and collaboratively.