thanks for this ruth, it looks super interesting. i see the workshop is only for 10 participants - i'll write & see if they have room for me too :)
On Fri, December 13, 2024 11:10 am, Ruth Catlow via NetBehaviour wrote: > Dear NBists > I will be going to this event about greener digital arts practices. It > will > take place 10-12pm 31 January, and is convened by Dani Admiss of the > Sunlight Liberation Network. > > Some of you might like to come along too. > <3 > Ruth > > INVITATION: TinyTech Futures Workshop / Sunlight Liberation Network x > Arts > Catalyst/ 10-12pm 31 January > > > > Iâm writing to invite you to an upcoming online workshop event. The > event > is a continuation of our last Sunlight workshop, shares synergies with > your > current work around community-needs-led digital practice, and we would > very > much like to invite you to be a workshop participant. > > > > âTinyTech Futuresâ will gather artists, educators, engineers and > agitators > to explore the shared meanings of tiny tech and how its infrastructures > can > playfully nurture participatory and greener digital creative > practices. âTiny techâ infrastructures are low-tech and self-hosted > technologies that challenge the scale, centralisation and extractivism of > contemporary digital technologies. They can take the shape of a > solar-powered server for a hobby run from your bedroom, participatory data > projects that enable communities to engage with local ecological issues or > speculative explorations of what tiny tech futures could look like. We > think there is much art and cultural workers can learn about setting up > their own micro-scale community-needs-led tech, particularly at this time. > If this is something you are thinking about as well, we would love to hear > from you! > > > > The event will be hosted by independent researcher, data engineer and > artist, Angela YT Chan <https://angelaytchan.net/> (she/her) and critical > AI researcher, educator and community organiser BóxÄ« Wú > <https://www.linkedin.com/in/boxiwu?originalSubdomain=uk> (they/them). > > > > Participants will come together on Zoom for a single two-hour-long > discussion (with breaks!) on *31 January 2024*. During the two-hour > session, participants will discuss and share tiny tech projects, and > define > âtiny techâ in a shared glossary. > > > This group session will be informal and relaxed. It is intended to be like > an online community hall, as opposed to an âeducativeâ space. Rather > than > developing collective aims and principles around tiny tech, Chan and Wu > hope to cultivate the beginnings of a tiny tech community and think > speculatively about what a tiny tech practice could look like. > > > > I have attached a brief providing more information about the times, > logistics and activities of the workshop. > > > > We have allocated some funds to reimburse people for their time. If you > are > a freelancer or on a low-wage, please just get in touch. > > > > The project is part of Sunlight Liberation Networkâs (SLN) second > edition* Tending > Waste, Cultivating Life*, a collaboration with Arts Catalyst. SLN is an > art > and climate justice network made up of artists, art workers and their > communities. We support and share peer learning and imaginative action, so > more of us can redirect our energies away from the extractive everyday > toward building better tomorrows. You can find out more about this edition > here > <https://artscatalyst.org/whats-on/sunlight-liberation-network-tending-waste-cultivating-life/> > . > > > > We would be *absolutely* delighted if you could join us. If you would like > to attend, or have a chat with us to know more, please can you send us an > email confirmation before *Friday 20th December*. Thanks in advance! > > > > Warmly and in solidarity, > > Dani Admiss, Angela YT Chan, Anna Santamauro, BóxÄ« Wú > _______________________________________________ > NetBehaviour mailing list > NetBehaviour@lists.netbehaviour.org > https://lists.netbehaviour.org/mailman/listinfo/netbehaviour > -- helen varley jamieson he...@creative-catalyst.com http://www.creative-catalyst.com http://www.upstage.org.nz _______________________________________________ NetBehaviour mailing list NetBehaviour@lists.netbehaviour.org https://lists.netbehaviour.org/mailman/listinfo/netbehaviour
