Networks & Social Transformation

Globalisation in the 21st century is controlled by the net and the effects of technology on the economic, social and political conditions of the society. That is why they called the exhibit net_condition exhibit. Peter Weibel enforces the idea of how the new millenium is shaped through the changes that are happening in the media world and how every second is valued in the production phase and not the product that is valued. Basically, the consumption phase became more valuable and appreciated than the production phase and time became the number one priority for all consumers and marketers. Because our society became an information society, all it depends on is the data and how it communicates through technology and the net. Our social conditions, political discourse, artistic and scientific developments, and our way of communication have changed because of the new advances in technology and the net. The net is becoming the driving force that is controlling the society's behavior and its members' way of communication. It created a virtual space to make it easier from people around the world to exchange ideas, stories, and skills. For example, video games, blogs, net based music, net intallations, etc... The more our societies depend on this virtual force of the cyberspace, the more our social, political, and economic conditions will build based on it and will control us.

More on this topic
http://on1.zkm.de/netcondition/curators/weibel/default_e
http://www.heise.de/tp/r4/artikel/6/6176/1.html
http://easylife.org/netart/catalogue.html