Re: <nettime> Swipe, a Smart Phone Movie by Mieke Gerritzen/Next Nature

[Oliver Gassner via nettime-l <nettime-l@lists.nettime.org>]

Hi Geert,

> "The average person unlocks their phones 150 times a day, how natural is
that? "

I am not sure, this questions makes sense at all.
a) Regarding the fact a smartphone replaces, I don't know, 20 other
',machines or media' it might very well make sense
b) IN the sense that neither books, radios, script, papyrus or print are
"natural", of COURSE it is not "natural". (but: cultural)

I am not a media theoretician, just some guy who got a (literature and
linguistics) MA early in the 90ies ;)

Of course looking at the smartphone as a 'cultural carrier' makes sense.

I nowadays usually say:
"We will all nostalgically look back at the times when people were "still
staring at their phones" instead of interacting with invisible people on
their semitransparent glasses."

But this was just a note about the word 'natural': Nothing in our culture
is.



Am Fr., 12. Apr. 2024 um 14:36 Uhr schrieb Geert Lovink via nettime-l <
nettime-l@lists.nettime.org>:

> Swipe, a Smart Phone Movie by Mieke Gerritzen/Next Nature
> Download the app on your phone: https://nextnature.net/projects/swipe
>
> Ever left your phone at home by mistake and felt like you are missing a
> limb? Turns out, a lot of us feel that way. We need to talk about
> smartphones. SWIPE is a movie about your phone, on your phone.
>
> Research shows that people who are separated from their smartphones can
> suffer from strong mental effects, and this all happened in less than
> twenty years. We need to talk about smartphones.
>
> The average person unlocks their phones 150 times a day, how natural is
> that? On a global scale, more than 5 bilion people have access to a mobile
> phone connection, and over half of these are smartphones. And let’s face
> it: these numbers continue to grow. We are now living in a world where more
> people have access to mobile phones than clean toilets. This fact is
> equally alarming as significant. It’s a sign of our times. We are living in
> the Phone Age.
>
> SWIPE is a typographic movie about you and your smartphone. It celebrates
> its impact in a playfull manner. Give yourself a break and reflect with us
> on the increasingly fast-paced developments in (communication) technology.
> SWIPE: THE GAME
>
> From 1 January 2024, the Dutch government has banned all smartphones from
> classrooms in the Netherlands, in an attempt to limit distractions during
> classes. This asks for a training program to guide these kids to critically
> examine their own smartphone use. That's why we designed an analog rehab
> game for students (12+ years) that looks like a phone, but is actually a
> deck of cards.
>
> This analog rehab game, developed by Next Nature, challenges young
> students to think in groups about the impact of the smartphone on their
> lives, today and in the future. Through playful discussion and
> interactions, they will develop a critical view on the smartphone and
> perhaps even imagine life after the smartphone.
>
> BEING ONLINE 24/7
>
> A user manual experience for smartphone users, inspired by the "frequently
> asked questions", this book presents questions about the smartphone that
> users might (not) have frequently asked themselves. These questions are not
> followed by single sentences, but by image collections consisting of
> internet-found visuals, so that you can keep enjoying being online 24/7,
> even when there's no wifi. Order the book here:
> https://nextnature.net/shop/products/swipe.
>
> GRAPHIC NOVEL: THE PHONE AGE
>
> A graphic novel to reflect on what it means to co-evolve with smartphones.
> After all, using our hands as a tools to swipe does something to our body,
> having access to millions of sources of knowledge does something to our
> thinking, and being able to continuously interact with your network does
> something to our identity and autonomy.
>
> More information here: https://nextnature.net/projects/swipe.
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