Vladan Joler

Novi Sad, VOJVODINA, SERBIA / +381 62 366933, / [email protected]

Vladan Joler is SHARE Foundation co-founder and professor at the New Media department of the University of Novi Sad. He is leading SHARE Lab, a research and data investigation lab for exploring different technical and social aspects of algorithmic transparency, digital labour exploitation, invisible infrastructures, black boxes, and many other contemporary phenomena on the intersection between technology and society.

Events, Lectures, Publications and Exhibitions

2019

XXII Triennale di Milano, Broken Nature: Design Takes on Human Survival, exhibition, Milano
Governing the Game Changer – Impacts of artificial intelligence development on human rights, democracy and the rule of law, Council of Europe and Finnish Chairmanship of the Committee of Ministers, Helsinki
Open Codes, exhibition ZKM, Karlsruhe
Unbox Festival, exibition and lecture, Bangalore India,
Open Codes. The Art of Coding | ZKM at Gothe Institut Mumbai, India

2018

HfG Karlsruhe, Karlsruhe University of Arts and Design, “Forensics of Exploitation : Anatomy of an AI”, Lecture and Workshop, Karlsruhe
Gaîté Lyrique | Persona Non Data, Exhibition and lecture, Paris
CNIL, The Commission nationale de l’informatique et des libertés, presentation, Paris
Facial machines and obfuscation in an age of biometrics and neural networks,
Seminar and workshop at Aarhus University, Denmark.
Pinchuk Art Center, lecture Kiev, Ukraine
E- relevance of Culture in the Age of AI, Council of Europe conference and exhibition, Rijeka
EU parliament : Listen to the Silenced: The state of artistic freedom in Europe, presentation, Brussels
Art + Data : Open Web / Exhibition at Mozfest 2018, London
Beyond the Obvious (BtO) conference, talk and workshop, Temisoara
Athens Biennale 2018: ANTI, presentation, Athens
V&A Museum · Artificially Intelligent Display, exhibition, London
University of Oxford, 2018 Annenberg-Oxford Media Policy Summer Institute, Lecture
Freeport 0, Trespassing the data factory, study program, CCCB, Barcelona
Reial Acadèmia de Medicina de Catalunya, Exploitation Forensics lecture, Barcelona
Re:Publica 2018, Exploring standards for algorithmic transparency, workshop, Berlin
Digital Mapping and Historical Imagination, lecture, Center for Urban History of East-Central Europe, Lyviv
Border Sessions, lecture, Hague
Dundee Design Festival 2018, exhibition and lecture, Dundee
Transmediale, Face value : unmasking cyberwar, discussion, HKW Berlin
UCL Faculty of Laws, “Privacy online and offline: Data, the personal and the public interest”, lecture, London.

2017

Aksioma – Exploitation Forensics, exhibition. Ljubljana
RE:PUBLICA 2017 – Media Convention2017 : Mapping Facebook’s algorithmic empire, Berlin
RightsCon : Algorithmic Accountability and Transparency, Bruxelles
National Institute for Design, lecture, Bangalore Indija
Hangar : Data & Interfaces: Invisible storytelling in the age of algorithmic governance, Barselona
Hangar : Tracking Forensics Workshop, Barselona
WRO 2017 Biennale : Draft Systems , exhibition, Wroclav
Point 6.0 : Data Stories, exhibition, Sarajevo
Monologue of the Algorithm, project in cooperation with Panoptykon Foundation
Data investigation camp , SHARE Lab in cooperation with Tactical Tech Collective, Perast
The Influencers, Centre de Cultura Contemporània de Barcelona, lecture, Barselona
GlassRoom, Facebook Algorithmic Factory, exhibition, London
FSCONS 2017, Networks of metal, sweat and neurons, lecture, Oslo
Digital-born Media Carnival, lecture, Kotor
Data & Society Resesarch Institute, lecture, New York
50 People Who Made the Internet a Better Place in 2016, Mozilla Foundation, award
BBC, How Facebook’s tentacles reach further than you think, article
Strelka Institute, Algorithms, discourses and «patternocracy», article
Avalanche, Neoliberal Grooming, exibition, London
WIRED Germany, Diese Forscher wollen den Facebook-Algorithmus entziffern, article
The Rockefeller Foundation Bellagio Center, Mozilla Retreat for Healthy IoT, lecture
SIBOS, How does Facebook know You better than You know Yourself? predavanje, Toronto
N1 “U Mreži”, TV Series, co-author
ART+HACK+DATA, exhibition, Miami
MUD 1.0 eTALK – Live streaming with Vuk Ćosić & Vladan Joler, lecture, Miami
Media Under Dystopia 1.0, exhibition, Miami
School of Visual Arts | SVA , lecture , New York
Eurozine, 28th European Meeting of Cultural Journals, lecture, Tartu
Casa Jasmina, Decentralised IoT, invisible labour and the materiality of the networked society, lecture, Torino

2016

Hangar: Critical Interface Politics research Group, Barcelona
MozFest : Dilemmas in Connected Spaces, session, London
V&A Museum : London Design festival, exhibition, London
Disruption Network lab : Ignorance, talk, Berlin
Contentious Data, talk , Amsterdam
Gaining a Digital Ege : Fteedom of Expression, talk, Vienna
RE:PUBLICA 2016 – Metadata Investigation. talk, Berlin
Prototyping privacy in the connected home, Berlin
“The Art of Bots”, AND Festival, Somerset House London UK
Nervous Systems, Quantified Life and the Social Question, HKW Berlin
University of Southampton– School of law, lecture, Southampton, UK
Defenders’ Days, Stockholm, Sweden
EU Digital Rights Retreat , working sessions, Berlin
Unbox Caravan, Bangalore, India – 3 week residence

2015

Gaining a Digital Edge, Belgrade – Metadata Investigation, Lecture
32C3, Chaos Computer Congress, Hamburg – Metadata Investigation, workshop
OPEN JOURNALISM , The Third Expert Meeting, Vienna
Wired UK, contributor, august edition, Infoporn
Popular Science, author,august edition, Internet Atlas
Newsweek, author, Hacking Team analysis
DOKU:TECH, Dokufest, Prizren, Kosovo – program director
Invisible Infrastructure, research project, www.labs.rs
Transmediale, Berlin , Calculated Play – panel
Transmediale, Berlin , CAPTURE ALL – exhibition
Engage, Skopje, Macedonia – talk and workshop
MSUV, Novi Sad, Umetnost u proširenom polju 1995/2014 – exhibition

2014

LevelUp, Hammamet, Tunisia – program director
Media Censorship and Self-censorship, NDNV, Novi Sad – conference
DOKU:TECH, Dokufest, Prizren, Kosovo – program director
Mezhirya Festival, Kiev, Ukraine –program director
European Cloud Computing. A Threat or Wishful Thinking?. 24th Economic Forum, Poland
Surveillance Action Research, SHARE Defense – research
Keep Calm and Code New Laws– FSCONS – Göteborg, Sweden – public lecture
Data Hygiene and Information Nutrition ism – SIME – Copenhagen, Sweden -workshop

2013

Share Cyberpunk Academy, Republika, Rijeka – program director
Visualizing Google’s Transparency Report, EFF – research
Creative campaigning: tactical media mash up, State Surveillance And Human Rights Camp, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil – public lecture
Internet Freedom Moving Forward, Kotor, Crna Gora – conference
SHARE Defense – project
Leaderless World: Workshop For Ordinary People, Global Leaders Summit Belgrade – public lecture
Sharing content on social networks and copyright law , Američki kutak, Novi Sad – public lecture

2012

SHARE Beirut, Lebanon – conference director
SHARE Belgrade, Srbija – conference director
Akvizicije – MUSV – exhibition
Internet republika – project
Share This Book – book
Facts&Pies – project / publication
Share Magazine – Future Scenarios -publication
Lebanese Parliamentary Monitor, Nahwa Al-Muwatiniya, Lebanon– consulting
Exploring the Territories of New Media Activism – IT week, FTN Novi Sad – public lecture
Open Everything – “Open PDP5 – Open Acesss” , FTN Novi Sad –public lecture
Visible Data / Financing Culture – Open Design, MLS Novi Sad – exhibition

2011

SHARE Conference Belgrade, Serbia – conference director
The Alphabet of Freenternet – publication
Zbirka medijske prakse MSUV, Novi Sad – exhibition
Open Data RS, The Creatures Lab – research project / exhibition
Decentralizacija edukativnog sistema i alternativni modeli edukacije – TEDxNoviSad
Novosadski digitalni umetnici, KCNS –public lecture
Open Data and privacy, Agora, EXIT Festival – program director
Syntetic Cinema , Share Conference, Belgrade – co-curator

2009

Wealth of Nations, New Media Program, Cinema City – program director

2008

ISEA 08, Singapore – exhibition / lecture / residency
Media Ontology – Midway Contemporary Art, Mineapolis, SAD, (2008) – exhibition
Territories and Resources, Cinema City Media Program – program director
Game World, LABoral Centro de Arte y Creación Industrial, Gijón, Spain – exhibition

2007

Games and Activism , University of Prishtina, Kosovo – public lecture
Play Cultures, Napon, MSUV, Novi Sad, Serbia – exhibition and public lecture
Alternative game tools, New Leaders Conference, Beograd, Srbija – workshop
Web Fest , Belgrade, Serbia ( 2007 ) – award
Entering the Territories of Second Life, Laboral, Spain – project
Virtual Culture and Its Impact on Cultural Tourism, Zagreb – public lecture
On Social Networks, B-Link Festival, O3on Beograd – public lecture

2006

EU visa regime in the Western Balkans, De Balie, Amsterdam – public lecture
EU Visa Regime in the Western Balkans, EU Parliament, Bruxells – public lecture
The Continuous Art Class, WHW, Zagreb, Croatia – exhibition

2005

The Continuous Arts Class, MSUV Novi Sad – exhibition
Entermultimediale2, Praha, Czech Republic – public lecture and exhibition
On Difference #1, Württembergischer Kunstverein Stuttgart, Germany – exhibition

2004

École supérieure des arts décoratifs de Strasbourg, France – public lecture
DEAF‘s (Dutch Electronic Arts Festival), Roterdam Nederland – exhibition
“The Ideal” Center for contemporary art-Plovdiv, Bulgaria – exhibition
Werkleitz Biennial, Halle an der Salle, Germany – public lecture
ISEA 2004, Helsinki, Finland – public lecture
Struktura i dizajn digitalnog prostora, Zlatno oko, Novi Sad – exhibition
Situationist Sim City, FACT, Liverpool, UK – public lecture
Free Bits Flows, Cultures of Access and Politics of Dissemination, Vienna – exhibition
RAM “Open Source Media Architecture” ,Riga, Latvia – public lecture
Trans-European Picnic, Novi Sad, SCG – exhibition
Rotterdam Film Festival, Rotterdam, Netherlands – public lecture
Game commons at game Scenes, Yerba Buena Center SF, USA – exhibition

2003

DEAF’s ARENA/Open Territories, KOP/Eastwood , Rotterdam – public lecture
FACT’s Media Lounge, KOP/Eastwood , Liverpool, England – public lecture
CEAAC (Centre Europeen d`Actions Artistiques Contemporaines),Strasbourg,France- residency
Catch me if you can, (Critical Art Ensemble + Kuda.org) – project
Eastwood/Explorer98 , REMONT, Beograd – public lecture
World-information.org, MSUB, Beograd – exhibition
World-information.org, MSUV, Novi Sad – exhibition

2002

Kingdom of Piracy, Ars Electronica, Linz, Austria – public lecture
KEF 3, REX, Belgrade– exhibition

2001

Mostra Di Artisti Balcanica , Roma, Italy – exhibition
El Carte Politico Cultural Yugoslavo, Universidad Veracruzana, Mexico – exhibition
Croporation, krugovi u žitu, Odžaci – land art project
B92 Award – KEF2, REX, Belgrade– award
Body weather, Praha, Czech Republic – research project

2000

Dossier Serbia, Akademie Der Kunst Berlin – exhibition
Royal Norwegian Embassy Belgrade – award for best poster
Scholarship of Royal Norwegian Embassy – award

Working Experience

Dates: 2012 – up to date
Employer : Share Foundation
Position : Co-Founder and board member
Previous : Director (2012-2017)
Responsibilities: The SHARE Foundation was founded in 2012 in Serbia, with the goal to fight for sustainability of open, free and decentralized Internet and for the implementation of human rights standards in the digital environment. In the last 3 years, we have produced some of the biggest educational events in the Balkans and the Middle East (SHARE Conference in Belgrade, Beirut and Rijeka), bringing together thousands of Internet activists, and organized smaller tailor-made events in Tunisia, Ukraine and Kosovo. In 2013, we have established a new component – SHARE Defense team, a unique policy think tank and watchdog unit proposing new approaches to the issues at the intersection of law and technology.

Dates: 2000 – up to date
Employer : Academy of Arts – University of Novi Sad
Position : Associate Professor and Chair of New Media department
Responsibilities: Coordinating department for New Media and Lecturing “Digital Arts” and “New media” courses. Envisioned as a modern educational, artistic and research institution, based on the latest achievements in contemporary art and research and the best world traditions of teaching in the area of university education in arts, the Academy of Arts is one of the most renowned university institutions in the field of arts in former Yugoslavia and one of the most successful faculties of the University of Novi Sad.

Dates: 2002 – up to date
Employer : EASTWOOD Real Time Strategy Group
Position : Co-founder
Responsibilities: Eastwood – Real Time Strategy Group was founded in 2002 and creates and uses computer games as a tool for new visions of art,cultural practice and activism. Group is dedicated to the strategic research of relations between information technology and cultural practice. Eastwood establishes platforms for the understanding of basic principles of the information society and the wider implications that a new social and class system brings.

Dates: 2001 – 2010
Employer : EXIT
Position : Creative Director
Responsibilities: Exit (also known as State of Exit) is an award-winning summer music festival which is held at the Petrovaradin Fortress in the city of Novi Sad, Serbia. It was officially proclaimed as the ‘Best Major European festival’ at the EU Festival Awards, The festival was founded in 2000 in the University park as a student movement, fighting for democracy and freedom in Serbia and the Balkans. After the democratic changes happened in Serbia, Exit moved to the Petrovaradin fortress in 2001. Nonetheless, social responsibility is still a very important aspect of the festival activities.

Education

Dates: 2001 – 2004
Insitution : Academy of Arts – University of Novi Sad
Degree : MA, Master of Arts
Fields of Specialization : Design and structure of digital space, computer game interventions and modifications.

Dates: 1996 – 2000
Insitution : Academy of Arts – University of Novi Sad
Degree : Graduate Program Degree in graphic and visual communication

Fields of Interest

Digital Activism, Cyber Security, Data Visualization, Media Theory, Computer Games and Activism, Digital Media Law, Free Speech & Privacy Policy, Cyberspace and Internet Law, Transparency, Accountability and Open Data, Open Software and Hardware

Serbian, Croatian, English – Very Good
Spanish, German – Basic