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Final day presentation: Microvolunteerism

By anne, March 9, 2009

The Microvolunteerism network began their presentation with the movie Poison Fire by Lars Johansson in order to provide a context for their work. The dramatic movie shows that oil has brought the Niger Delta Zone a curse, instead of wealth. [vimeo width=”500″ height=”350″]http://vimeo.com/2203805[/vimeo] What is the role of networks in this tangle of creeks and [...]
This is an overview from all the reports from the...

Overview final presentations reports

By anne, March 9, 2009

This is an overview from all the reports from the final presentations on Saturday: UPGRADE! by Niels Kerssens GOTO10 by Annette Wolfsberger MYCREATIVITY by Niels Kerssens GENDERCHANGERS by Rosa Menkman MICROVOLUNTEERISM by Anne Helmond FLOSS MANUALS by Rosa Menkman FREEDIMENSIONAL NETWORK performance by Anne Helmond and presentation by Niels Kerssens EDUFACTORY by Anne Helmond DYNE.ORG [...]

Performance by Issa Nyaphaga from Freedimensional

By anne, March 8, 2009

Photography: Anne Helmond [vimeo width=”500″ height=”375″]http://www.vimeo.com/3529272/[/vimeo]

Hacking the cardboard workshop by Hard Pencil

By anne, March 8, 2009

On Thursday evening, the Hard Pencil collective gave a cardboard hacking workshop at Winter Camp. The workshop did not require any specific skills but everyone could hack at their own level. All the participants had to form duos and make an avatar. No, not your own well-known online representation but an avatar made out of [...]

Final day presentation: Edu-factory

By anne, March 8, 2009

Edu-factory describes itself as a theoretical political machine for the just-in-time interventions in situations of crises. While for some networks the different languages and network-specific jargon used at Winter Camp sometimes caused problems during the plenary sessions it also opened up new ways of thinking. Edu-factory was delighted to hear the jargon of open source, [...]

INVITATION: Hacking the Cardboard Workshop

By anne, March 5, 2009

HACKING THE CARDBOARD WORKSHOP- Get Started with the World’s Smallest User-Generated Offline Community Tonight! 20:30-22:30 hrs, IIRI Kitchen by Harde Potlood Overnetworked? Join this anti-RSI happening and put your stress into the cardboard… to create a cardboard paradise and very analogue avatars. Everyone is welcome! There is a maximum of 20 participants so please register [...]
You are all invited to join us for a screening...

INVITATION: Thursday evening freeDimensional film screenings

By anne, March 5, 2009

You are all invited to join us for a screening of films by and about members of our network tonight at 8pm in the freeDimensional meeting space (the Sumatra room at the end of the hallway by the cafeteria). FILMS “The Artist, the Cartoonist and the Activist,” 18 min, Chris and Rox Hill A profile [...]

Meta-Group Dispatch #2

By anne, March 5, 2009

“If I can’t dance to it, it’s not my revolution.” The Winter Camp mix – artists, activists, academics, programmers – has a certain history in local net cultural events (at least since the Next Five Minutes conference series). Activism without a sophisticated visual language does not appeal to many. In the same way, code without [...]