Contributors

Micropias: poetics of cultural segmentation 24.10.2019
"You close your eyes and you arrive in a future about 200 years from now. The space where you arrive is an empty space, a void." From Thursday 28th November, the poetic sound and video installation by Wedknwyet will catch your eyes in the Constant window. In this installation, WDKY will invite you to fantasize […]
Warp: Networks with an Attitude 21.10.2019
This Warp* documents Networks with an attitude, a worksession (de)centralized around â€˜The internet is deadâ€™ & â€˜Long live the internetsâ€™. Last April, 40 participants explored highly proprietary network structures and their potential future, naval protocols, historical and innovative ways of exchanging information as well as aspects of care, potential and safety. A close reading of […]
Right the Right: Re-imagining copyleft 21.10.2019
Constant will contribute to Right the Right, a three day event about the crisis in copyright. The contribution is a report on Authors of the Future. During this study day we tried to make a start with reimagining copyleft as a decolonial, feminist and collective practice. Right the Right asks questions like, "So in the […]
Iterations #5: Operating / Exploitation 20.10.2019
'Iterations #5: Operating / Exploitation' is a collaborative work with inputs by: Mia Melvaer, Maxime Stifinner, Zoumana MeÃ¯tÃ©, Norbert Math, Iris Torruella Segura, Yoan Robin, Rosa Llop, Geraldine Juarez, Martin Rumori, Luis Rodil-FernÃ¡ndez. Exhibition: 08/11 - 24/11/2019 Tuesday -> Sunday : 10:00 -> 18:00 Opening: 07/11 : 18:00 Iterations talks and performance: 07/11 : 14:00 […]
Collective Conditions: Brunch 19.10.2019
At the last day of this collective residence in Ateliers Mommen, participants would like to share and discuss the ideas, observations and prototypes that emerged over the week. The Collective Conditions worksession experimented with the generative potential of socio-technical protocols such as codes of conduct, complaints procedures, bug reports and copyleft licenses. A group of […]
Collective Conditions: Opening 18.10.2019
Join us for the festive opening of Collective Conditions, a worksession which experiments with the generative potential of socio-technical protocols such as codes of conduct, complaints procedures, bug reports and copyleft licenses. For one week, a group of 35 artists, activists, theorists and performers from different places in the world will explore complex collectivities otherwise. […]
Iterations #5: talks and performance 30.09.2019
Iterations is a collaborative trajectory committed to the future of artistic collaboration in a digital context. On the occasion of the opening of the exhibition Operating | Exploitation in Bozar Lab, an afternoon with reflective inputs is organised. With : Melanie Sehgal, Giulia Deval, Nayari Castillo. Moderation : Shusha Niederberger Melanie Sehgal : Techniques as […]
Heritage collection data: Are 'facts' static? 30.09.2019
Debate organised by VIAA/PACKED in the context of DiVersions. Metadata of museal collections are generally thought of as static, but in reality they often include a degree of uncertainty or are subject to change. Therefore throughout time, new versions of datasets come into being, which may or may not be stored or documented. When a […]
Algoliterary plans 25.09.2019
In the morning we brainstorm on what & when for 2019/2020. In the afternoon we will move to De Pianofabriek. Algolit is a workgroup around FLOSS literature and code, they organise regular meetings following the Oulipo principle. There is no need for programming knowledge, but if you have it, youâ€™re of course very welcome as […]
Networks of One's Own: three takes on taking care 24.09.2019
This weekend, our friends at Varia in Rotterdam launch the 2nd edition of Networks Of Oneâ€™s Own, a para-nodal periodic publication that is itself collectively written in a network. Each of the episodes is thought of as the â€˜releaseâ€™ of a specific software stack, contextualised in its specific practice. The series aims to document a […]