Contributors

Machine Learning tools for Literary Creation 04.09.2018
Gijs de Heij and An Mertens, two members of the Algolit team organise a workshop in Mundaneum in Mons from 8 to 12 October 2018 (10-18h), in collaboration with the teachers of Digital Arts ARTS². The workshop is aimed to students of ARTS2, University of Mons and other schools, but can be joined by anyone […]
Algolit@Mundaneum/Arts² 03.09.2018
During this information session we explain methods and contents for the workshop that will happen in Mundaneum in Mons from 8 to 12 October 2018 (10-18h), organised by the teachers of Digital Arts ARTS² and artists from Algolit, Constant's research group on free code and text. The workshop is aimed to students of ARTS², University […]
Naive Bayes as storyteller 03.09.2018
In machine learning Naive Bayes is a simple probabilistic classifier that is widely applied for spam filtering and sentiment analysis. Based on the documentation of the previous session, we now use this technique as a recipe for potential literary creation - that can be physical, computational or analogical. Algolit is a workgroup around FLOSS literature […]
Iteraties / Iterations / Itérations 28.08.2018
Opening: Thursday 20/09 @ 18:00 What future for digital collective artistic work? How to stimulate sustainable art practices that consciously engage with network technology, collectivity, communality and difference? Iterations is an artistic relay which traverses different countries. Artists work together in residencies on open source work that is first shown, and then passed on to […]
Happy holidays 30.07.2018
Constant will be closed from 1 till 31 August. We wish you all a wonderful Summer and look forward to meeting, exchanging, collaborating again from September onwards, with renewed energies! - And more...
Open Call: Alchorisma 19.07.2018
Alchorisma alludes to the relationships between algorithms, charisma, rhythm, alchemy and karma. Alchorisma is a Constant worksession which looks at integrating cosmogenetic views with the charisma surrounding technology. We look at ways to infect existing algorithmic models with positions that acknowledge the importance of co-existence with non-human entities. The Alchorisma worksession takes place from 2nd […]
Alchorisma 18.07.2018
From 2 till 8 December 2018 Alchorisma will take place at Z33, House for Contemporary Art in Hasselt, Belgium. Alchorisma alludes to the relationships between algorithms, charisma, rhythm, alchemy and karma. Alchorisma is a Constant worksession which looks at integrating cosmogenetic views with the charisma surrounding technology. We will look at ways to infect existing […]
The Techno-Galactic Guide to Software Observation: A streaming book launch 16.07.2018
Live from WTC25 and on-line at http://observatory.constantvzw.org/stream Door closes at 18:30. Broadcast: 19:00-20:30 The Techno-Galactic Guide to Software Observation gathers methods from the Techno-Galactic Software Observatory, a worksession that took place in June 2017. It was collectively edited by Carlin Wing, Martino Morandi, Peggy Pierrot, Anita Burato, Christoph Haag, Michael Murtaugh, Femke Snelting, Seda Gürses […]
Networks of Ones Own episode 1: Etherbox 16.07.2018
Networks Of One's Own is a periodic para-nodal publication that is itself collectively written in a network. Each of the episodes is thought of as the 'release' of a software stack, contextualised in its specific practice. The series aims to document a set of tools, experiences, ways of working that are diverse in terms of […]
How to Relate: Appropriation, Mediation, Figuration 25.06.2018
Possible Bodies (Jara Rocha, Femke Snelting) will contribute to the conference How to relate: “How to relate? To each other, to something? Questions about relations are relevant for a knowledge in the arts. For just which knowledge can be produced depends on the success or failure of relations: Knowledge is implicated in power relations in […]