Nictoglobe
Encyclopedia
Nictoglobe is a web art magazine
Magazine
Magazines, periodicals, glossies or serials are publications, generally published on a regular schedule, containing a variety of articles. They are generally financed by advertising, by a purchase price, by pre-paid magazine subscriptions, or all three...

. Its international contributors are working in arts related fields, such as writing, painting, poetry, creative industries, and activism
Activism
Activism consists of intentional efforts to bring about social, political, economic, or environmental change. Activism can take a wide range of forms from writing letters to newspapers or politicians, political campaigning, economic activism such as boycotts or preferentially patronizing...

. Nictoglobe is edited and published by A. Andreas (Andreas Maria Jacobs).

Early years

Nictoglobe started around 1982 as a stenciled paper, exclusively and privately distributed on the local night bus service by its founders, the brothers Michel and Andreas Jacobs, in Amsterdam
Amsterdam
Amsterdam is the largest city and the capital of the Netherlands. The current position of Amsterdam as capital city of the Kingdom of the Netherlands is governed by the constitution of August 24, 1815 and its successors. Amsterdam has a population of 783,364 within city limits, an urban population...

, The Netherlands. Copies of these first printings are available at the International Institute of Social History
International Institute of Social History
The International Institute of Social History is a historical research institute in Amsterdam. It was founded in 1935 by Nicolaas Posthumus. The IISG is part of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences....

 (IISG) in Amsterdam. The printed edition was followed up by electronic editions on Bulletin Board Systems. Later editions were put on MSXII systems, and finally on TeleText modules.

Internet era

With the arrival of ARPAnet
ARPANET
The Advanced Research Projects Agency Network , was the world's first operational packet switching network and the core network of a set that came to compose the global Internet...

in Europe in the late 80s, new editions were placed on the Internet. New collaborations include the 'Ey Ar' shows and the founding of the Brahamian Intelligence Service in 2004.

In summer 2007, Nictoglobe organized @ De Balie - Centre for Culture and Politics, Amsterdam, using free publicly accessible open source software tools, developed and provided by de Balie, a DIY CoolMediaHotTalkShow about 'Creative Resistance, New Media as Soft Arms'.

Friction Research

Nictoglobe publishes (almost) yearly a themed special on (New) Media practices, Friction Research.

• 2011 Friction Research #4: Reclaim the Mind

• 2010 Friction Research #3: Art is not about Communication

• 2009 Friction Research #2: Investigating Ruptures in the Art-Political Grid

• 2007 Friction Research #1: Creative Resistance, New Media as soft Arms

External links

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