InDEBTed to Intervene: Critical Lessons in Debt, Communication, Art, and Theoretical Practice
by Oliver Vodeb and Nikola Janovic Kolenc
Intellect Books, 2015 Paper: 978-1-922216-26-7 Library of Congress Classification HG3701.I537 2013
ABOUT THIS BOOK | AUTHOR BIOGRAPHY | TOC
ABOUT THIS BOOK
As governments and individuals struggle with growing indebtedness, the topic of debt itself—what it is, what it means, and how we understand it—has never been more salient. This collection brings together a range of contributions from many disciplines and around the world to consider debt through various lenses, including design, art, technology, political economy, social justice, surveillance, protest, education, urban and virtual spaces, and more. Aiming not just to advance scholarship, but to push ahead real change in the world, the book offers not only analytical insights and conceptual apparatuses, but practical tools and radical inspirations as well. A powerful analysis of a concept that has become ever more central to everyday society, Indebted to Intervene will be essential reading for scholars and citizens alike.
AUTHOR BIOGRAPHY
Oliver Vodeb is a researcher and lecturer at Swinburne University of Technology and the founder, principal curator, and editor of the Memefest Festival of Socially Responsive Communication and Art. Nikola JanovicKolenc is a sociologist, cultural critic, and independent researcher.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Intro Oliver Vodeb, Nikola Janovic Kolenc
Debt as a Mode of Governance Nikola Janovic Kolenc
Indebted Interaction: The Wages of the Digital Economy Mark Andrejevic
From the Fetish Character of Commodity to the Fetish of Interest-Bearing Capital Sašo Furlan
Cyber-Debt, Barter, and Gift Economies George Petelin
Overcoming the Fear of Exercising Our True Desires Nenad Jelesijevic
Debt in the American Economy: Busted Bubbles and Booming Inequality Daniel Marcus
Debt and Public Communication: Towards an Interspatial Counterpractice Oliver Vodeb
Type Illustrations Ben Mangan
Debt Friendly Competition 2012
Party’s Over, Starts Over Lydia Dambassina (Greece)
On the Other Side of the Mirror Katarzyna Pagowska (Poland)
First World Problems + Consumed Ashlea Gleeson (Australia)
Change Your Mind. Change Our World. Darcy Mangan (Australia)
The New World Order Mariyah Arif (United Arab Emirates)
Debt Machine Belinda Li (Australia)
Rich Uncle Pennybags’s Game of Debt Andrew Cox (Australia)
00.05.00: Debt Doom Aaron Croft (Australia)
Savers’ Credit Card: The Card that Pays You Charles Mayfield (Australia)
ATM Sale Lucy-Ann Moore (Australia)
Wonderland Series Vladimír Turner, Sergi Palau (Czech Republic)
Tunnel Vision: Campbell Newman’s Tunnel Vision: A Cost-Benefit Analysis. Luke Robertson, Gem Copeland, Aaron Gillett (Australia)
Loquitur Muros Bleeps and Dimitris Petalas (Greece)
The Third Deadly Sin Majida AlSafadi, Sarah Zohair, Omnia ElAfifi (United Arab Emirates)
Value Quest Bourse: An Electronic Allegory of Casino Capitalism Eduard Balaz, Ivan Blagojevic / Urtica Art Group (Serbia)
Surplus Debt Søren Rosenbak (Denmark)
Debt, How to Get out of it Antonio Rollo (Italy)
What is Your Occupation?: Mediations on and Mediating the Corporeal Self and Corporate Society Johnny Merryman (USA)
Escape from the Tyranny of Things Aaris Sherin (USA)
Instincts on Debt Brendan Ross (Australia)
Reconsum Lukas Lehmann (Germany)
Let’s Play Tag: Culture Jamming Harvey Norman Paul Kimbell, Nicola Paris (Australia)
Call Centre Experience! Contact Centre Emulator Ivan Kozenitzky (Argentina)
Speculative Numismatics Anja Groten (Germany)
Safety First Vladimír Turner, Ondrej Mladý (Czech Republic)
Plakatopolis Kaja Kisilak, Janez Plešnar, Goran Ivašic (Slovenia)
Finitude Keith Armstrong (Australia)
In Search of Extradisciplinary Dialogue and Intervention: Debt and Brisbane Oliver Vodeb
InDEBTed to Intervene: Critical Lessons in Debt, Communication, Art, and Theoretical Practice
by Oliver Vodeb and Nikola Janovic Kolenc
Intellect Books, 2015 Paper: 978-1-922216-26-7
As governments and individuals struggle with growing indebtedness, the topic of debt itself—what it is, what it means, and how we understand it—has never been more salient. This collection brings together a range of contributions from many disciplines and around the world to consider debt through various lenses, including design, art, technology, political economy, social justice, surveillance, protest, education, urban and virtual spaces, and more. Aiming not just to advance scholarship, but to push ahead real change in the world, the book offers not only analytical insights and conceptual apparatuses, but practical tools and radical inspirations as well. A powerful analysis of a concept that has become ever more central to everyday society, Indebted to Intervene will be essential reading for scholars and citizens alike.
AUTHOR BIOGRAPHY
Oliver Vodeb is a researcher and lecturer at Swinburne University of Technology and the founder, principal curator, and editor of the Memefest Festival of Socially Responsive Communication and Art. Nikola JanovicKolenc is a sociologist, cultural critic, and independent researcher.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Intro Oliver Vodeb, Nikola Janovic Kolenc
Debt as a Mode of Governance Nikola Janovic Kolenc
Indebted Interaction: The Wages of the Digital Economy Mark Andrejevic
From the Fetish Character of Commodity to the Fetish of Interest-Bearing Capital Sašo Furlan
Cyber-Debt, Barter, and Gift Economies George Petelin
Overcoming the Fear of Exercising Our True Desires Nenad Jelesijevic
Debt in the American Economy: Busted Bubbles and Booming Inequality Daniel Marcus
Debt and Public Communication: Towards an Interspatial Counterpractice Oliver Vodeb
Type Illustrations Ben Mangan
Debt Friendly Competition 2012
Party’s Over, Starts Over Lydia Dambassina (Greece)
On the Other Side of the Mirror Katarzyna Pagowska (Poland)
First World Problems + Consumed Ashlea Gleeson (Australia)
Change Your Mind. Change Our World. Darcy Mangan (Australia)
The New World Order Mariyah Arif (United Arab Emirates)
Debt Machine Belinda Li (Australia)
Rich Uncle Pennybags’s Game of Debt Andrew Cox (Australia)
00.05.00: Debt Doom Aaron Croft (Australia)
Savers’ Credit Card: The Card that Pays You Charles Mayfield (Australia)
ATM Sale Lucy-Ann Moore (Australia)
Wonderland Series Vladimír Turner, Sergi Palau (Czech Republic)
Tunnel Vision: Campbell Newman’s Tunnel Vision: A Cost-Benefit Analysis. Luke Robertson, Gem Copeland, Aaron Gillett (Australia)
Loquitur Muros Bleeps and Dimitris Petalas (Greece)
The Third Deadly Sin Majida AlSafadi, Sarah Zohair, Omnia ElAfifi (United Arab Emirates)
Value Quest Bourse: An Electronic Allegory of Casino Capitalism Eduard Balaz, Ivan Blagojevic / Urtica Art Group (Serbia)
Surplus Debt Søren Rosenbak (Denmark)
Debt, How to Get out of it Antonio Rollo (Italy)
What is Your Occupation?: Mediations on and Mediating the Corporeal Self and Corporate Society Johnny Merryman (USA)
Escape from the Tyranny of Things Aaris Sherin (USA)
Instincts on Debt Brendan Ross (Australia)
Reconsum Lukas Lehmann (Germany)
Let’s Play Tag: Culture Jamming Harvey Norman Paul Kimbell, Nicola Paris (Australia)
Call Centre Experience! Contact Centre Emulator Ivan Kozenitzky (Argentina)
Speculative Numismatics Anja Groten (Germany)
Safety First Vladimír Turner, Ondrej Mladý (Czech Republic)
Plakatopolis Kaja Kisilak, Janez Plešnar, Goran Ivašic (Slovenia)
Finitude Keith Armstrong (Australia)
In Search of Extradisciplinary Dialogue and Intervention: Debt and Brisbane Oliver Vodeb