The Document Transformed 21.06.2017
Masterclass with Adva Zakai (Thursday) and presentation (Saturday) on the BioVision Hierarchy file format. BioVision Hierarchy (.bvh) is an ASCII file format used to import data from various motion capture systems into 3D-animation software. It was developed in the mid-nineties and remains one of the most commonly used file-formats for transposing movement captured in physical […]
Transmarcations 01.06.2017
The worksession Transmarcations experiments with ways to chart heres, wheres and others. This worksession situates itself at the crossing of technologies with geographies, life trajectories, bodies, terrains and deplacements. Transmarcations invites participants from various disciplines to create prototypes, visualisations and models of speculative body-terrain combinations. Bio-mappers, artists, gender- and migration-activisten, science-hackers, cartographers, data-miners, (...) - […]
Narrative perspective of Neural Networks #8 29.05.2017
Algolit explores neural networks to see how their process can be made legible, visible, understandable. We follow up on the Deep Learning and Natural Language Processing course from Stanford University, by Richard Socher (https://cs224d.stanford.edu/syllabus.html). Please make sure you watch the first five video's of the course. Impressions and algoliterary experiments are shared throughout the day. […]
The Techno-Galactic Walk-in Clinic 29.05.2017
Do you suffer from the disappearance of your software into the cloud, feel oppressed by unequal user privilege, or experience the torment of software-ransom of any sort? Bring your devices and interfaces to the World Trade Center! With the help of a clear and in-depth session, at the Techno-Galactic Walk-In Clinic we guarantee immediate results. […]
QUANTIFY WHOLEHEARTEDLY 24.05.2017
In a world where digital practices are omnipresent, everything is measurable, including the number of steps we make, the amount of water we drink daily or even one's level of happiness. Self-quantification inhabits everyday practices. It becomes a game in which our body is envisioned as a set of numbers and charts that suppose to […]
The Death of the Authors, 1945 28.04.2017
In 1945 the fifteen year old girl Anne Frank died in the concentration camp of Bergen-Belsen. Her diary would have entered the public domain on 1 January 2016, but the arrival of this event caused a lot of commotion. The Anne Frank Foundation, an organisation that was set up by Anne's father, Otto Frank, collects […]
The library as an information broker and the maker movement 28.04.2017
In the maker movement, information and sharing - primary library territory - are under scrutiny. During this session, (part of the CultuurConnect "Inspiratiedag: Focus op Makerspaces") you will get an introduction on the basic ideas and concepts behind creative commons, licenses, repositories and sharing as such. Where do you find existing designs and projects? Under […]
Narrative perspective of Neural Networks #7 28.04.2017
Algolit explores neural networks to see how their process can be made legible, visible, understandable. We follow up on the Deep Learning and Natural Language Processing course from Stanford University, by Richard Socher (https://cs224d.stanford.edu/syllabus.html). Please make sure you watch the first five video's of the course. Impressions and algoliterary experiments are shared throughout the day. […]
Designing Constant_V: Antoine Gelgon 23.04.2017
Every year Constant commissions another designer or design collective using Free, Libre and Open Source tools, to work on the two-monthly flyers for Constant_V. In 2016, we invited Antoine Gelgon. He decided to use the flyers to develop and experiment with the typeface Ocr-PBI that he designed with Lise Brosseau. Ocr-PBI in turn is based […]
Let's build a library together 23.04.2017
Let's Build a Library Together invites designers, artists, theoreticians, hackers, librarians and activists to join forces during an intense week of discussion, collective prototyping and exchange on the future of Public Libraries in the digital age. Femke Snelting contributes to the workshop initiated by Public Library/Memory of the World and Institute for Contemporary Art, (...) […]