[NetBehaviour] INVITATION: TinyTech Futures Workshop / Sunlight Liberation Network x Arts Catalyst/ 10-12pm 31 January

[helen varley jamieson]

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
>
>
>
> I’m 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.
>
>
>
> ‘TinyTech Futures’ 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. ‘Tiny tech’ 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 Bóxī 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
> ‘tiny tech’ 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 ‘educative’ 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 Network’s (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, Bóxī Wú
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helen varley jamieson

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