Inspired by grassroots independent publishing, we will collectively build an online publication within our local area network. We will each contribute one page to this publication, exploring what it might mean to reintroduce a sense of locality to our networks. These contributions might take the form of manifestos, essays, proposals, recipes, or personal corners of the net. Visit dat://local-area-network.hashbase.io/a-b-z-txt on Beaker.
10:30–11:00 — Mindy talks about Artist as Networker
11:30–12:00 — Jon talks about p2p and time
Friday, August 24
09:30–10:00 — Coffee
10:30–10:45 — Exercise 1: Browsing
10:45–11:00 — Exercise 2: Profiling
11:00–12:30 — Exercise 3: Speed Dialoguing
12:30–14:00 — Lunch
14:00–14:30 — Exercise 3 Recap: Network Circle
14:30–15:30 — Group Discussion
15:30–16:00 — Tutorial: Dat and Beaker
16:00–17:00 — Reading Discussion
Saturday, August 25
09:30–10:00 — Coffee
10:00–10:15 — Introduce prompt and examples of grassroots publishing
10:15–12:15 — Initial brainstorm
12:15–12:30 — Introduce statement: A _____ that _____.
12:30–14:30 — Lunch
14:30–14:45 — Tutorial: Beaker APIs
14:45–17:00 — Begin building personal webpages
17:00–18:00 — Table crits
Sunday, August 26
09:30–10:00 — Coffee
10:00–10:30 — Tutorial: CSS to Print
10:30–12:30 — Continue building personal webpages
12:30–13:30 — Lunch
13:30–15:30 — Continue building personal webpages
15:30–16:30 — Begin printing
16:30–18:00 — Final Presentations
Day 1
A series of micro-exercises that create a word bank about each participant. As a group, we will discuss the current state of online communities and speculate on the type of content and interactions we would like to see on new networks.
Exercise 1: Browsing — A public reading of each participant's past 7 browser searches. Collect 7 keywords.
Exercise 2: Profiling — List 7 keywords of yourself from the perspective of an algorithm.
Exercise 3: Speed Dialoguing — A 3-minute conversation in pairs, after which a single keyword must be selected. Continue for 1.5 hours until every possible pair has been created.
Exercise 3 Recap — One person picks a conversation, reads the respective keyword, and briefly describes how it was selected. The corresponding person selects another conversation, and the process repeats until every person has been selected.
Seita - Rory — bone to bone
Rory - Mike — co-sin
Mike - Stephanie — Russian ketchup
Stephanie - Matt — Craigslist Roommates
Matt - Timur — house plant
Timur - Cyrill — Fleur & Manu
Cyrill - Cezar — Santa Claus
Cezar - Davis — Park Slope
Davis - Taulant — textiles
Taulant - Kenton — the nine
Kenton - Omar — Loblaws
Omar - Derrick — The Wire
Derrick - Sam P — mesh network
Sam - Ysabel — Jane the Virgin
Ysabel - Brian H — train commute
Brian H - Sam G — Annie Albers
Sam G - Josh — fern
Josh - Julia — nomadic / travel
Julia - John C — running
John C - Brian S — bedtime
Brian S - Allison Parrish — adjunct (at NYU)
Allison P - Florence — mukbang
Florence - Mubashir — self taught
Mubashir - Javid — Mexican food
Javid - Seita — Japan
Some notes from Cyrill, Sam P, Tau
Based on all of the harvested keywords, begin to speculate what the tenants of a new online community might be. What are the values? What are the goals? How do we want to be represented? Do we want it public? Do we want it private? Do we want to create something which reflects the individuals, the community, or both?
Jane Jacobs, The Death and Life of Great American Cities
Vannevar Bush, “As We May Think”
A Pattern Language, “Mosaic of Subcultures”
Ted Nelson, Computer Lib/Dream Machine
Maarten Hajer & Arnold Reijndorp, In Search of a New Public Domain
Kev Bewersdorf, “Reversing the Flow of Internet Expansion”
Laurel Schwulst, “My website is a shifting house next to a river of knowledge. What could yours be?”
Day 2 and 3
Inspired by grassroots independent publishing, we will collectively build an online publication within our local area network. We will each contribute a page to this publication, exploring what it might mean to reintroduce a sense of locality to our networks. These contributions might take the form of manifestos, essays, proposals, recipes, or personal corners of the net.
