For the final Loops session of the semester before the summer break, we’re thrilled to welcome Clusterduck, an interdisciplinary collective operating at the intersection of new media studies, design, and transmedia.
Their work dissects how internet cultures take shape, who shapes them, and why.

Over the past seven years, Clusterduck has explored the symbolic and political power of memes through projects like Meme Manifesto, a sprawling transmedia investigation into the hidden meanings of memetic imagery.
Their participatory exhibitions #MEMEPROPAGANDA and #MEMERSFORFUTURE have examined the roles memes play in climate justice movements and the post-truth landscape, with installations and performances at KW Institute for Contemporary Art, Kunsthal Charlottenborg, Ars Electronica, Villa Arson Nice, Transmediale, and beyond.

This session looks at what it means to work collectively in digital culture today, the challenges it brings, and how these shape new forms of research and practice.
From memetic disorientation to the uneasy ties between AI and reactionary politics, we’ll trace how digital symbols move, shift, and influence broader struggles.