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Word2vec in Morlanwelz 25.02.2020
This Algolit session will be a special edition. We will leave with the train at 8:30 from Bruxelles-Midi to the beautiful Musée Royal de Mariemont near La Louvière. In the morning we will be visiting 'Une Anthologie', an installation that Gijs de Heij & An Mertens made in the framework of the exhibition Bye Bye […]
2019 publications 21.01.2020
The website of Books with an Attitude has been updated with the 2019 publications of Constant and friends. Feel free to discover the catalogues of Constant_V, Diversions and Data Workers; and the fascinating publications Footfall Almanac 2019 and Networks of One's Own (Varia Zone). For each of the publications you can either download the pdf […]
Constant @ Privacy Salon 15.01.2020
In the framework of the collective exhibition MENSCH MASCHINE, curated by Thierry Vandenbussche and Privacy Salon and presented on the occasion of the Computer Privacy and Data Protection Conference (CPDP 2020) in Brussels, Constant proposes a 'reading corner' filled with publications around the dichotomy 'human / non-human' and the prejudices involved in technological development. Opening: […]
Occupying the middle 14.01.2020
Occupying the middle On Artistic Research and the Arts, Sciences and Technology transdisciplinary practices https://www.bozar.be/en/activities/163458-occupying-the-middle Constant is invited in a panel that is part of the closing event of BOZAR and JRC's Datami exhibition, Culture Action Europe, BOZAR LAB and JRC are jointly organising a meeting with experts on Arts, Science and Technology research to […]
Zone Public: Close Encounters 15.12.2019
What happens to artistic research when it is made public? As a contribution to the ongoing conversations in a.pass on the dynamics of publishing generated by technologies of artistic research, Zone Public (re)considers the conditions for dissemination of these specific forms of knowledge production. It activates the tension between research-as-process versus the crystallisation that publishing […]
Constant_V: Footfall Almanac 2020 15.12.2019
Please note: the vernissage has been moved to Friday 24/1, 18:00 Footfall Almanac 2020 collects observations, objects and other traces to instigate a discussion on surveillance techniques currently deployed in shopping malls, at Winterpret and other major events in Brussels. Wireless tracking of mobile phones has become a common method to monitor crowds without requiring […]
Wild filmmaking presentation + workshop 10.12.2019
Author-right laws regard audiovisual artworks as being original works, and its creators as isolated individuals. But whom do these laws serve? Many filmmakers position themselves as part of a culture that is social in character and widely networked. It foregrounds collectivity, sharing and doing things together. Furthermore, contemporary digital culture is a culture of copying […]
Designing Constant_V: D-E-A-L 29.11.2019
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. Between 2018 and 2019, we collaborated with D-E-A-L, a Brussels based collective comprised of Quentin Jumelin and Morgane Le Ferec. In their designs, they experimented with different ways to traverse multiple […]
Warp: Authors of the future 26.11.2019
Documentation, readinglist and other materials from Authors of the Future, a studyday on how to re-imagine copyleft licences for collective creative practices. With contributions by Eva Weinmayr, Daniel Blanga Gubbay, Severine Dusollier and Aymeric Mansoux. - And more...
Measured poises, crowd noises 26.11.2019
Measured poises, crowd noises invites you for a walk at the annual Christmas market in the centre of Brussels. Accompanied by the scent of gluhwein and croustillons, we will observe and discuss surveillance techniques that are currently being deployed at Winterpret and other major events in Brussels. Wireless crowd management technologies have become a very […]