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lang: en
event_start: 2018-01-19 18:00
event_duration: 5h
-featured_image: /images/nieuwjaarsborrel.png
+featured_image: /images/nieuwjaarsborrel.jpg
Varia has big plans for 2018! We would like to share these with you during a special New Year’s reception as part of the season opening of the galleries and projectspaces in Oud Charlois. Besides drinks and salty snacks, there will be a special robomop-performance.
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lang: nl
event_start: 2018-01-19 18:00
event_duration: 5h
-featured_image: /images/nieuwjaarsborrel.png
+featured_image: /images/nieuwjaarsborrel.jpg
Varia heeft grootse plannen voor 2018! We willen deze graag delen tijdens een speciale nieuwjaarsborrel als onderdeel van de collectieve seizoensopening met andere galeries en projectruimtes in Oud Charlois. Naast drankjes en zoutjes, zal er een heuse robomop-performance te zien zijn.
diff --git a/content/algologs.en.md b/content/algologs.en.md
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@@ -36,12 +36,12 @@ Calling all extra-amateurs, protoprofessionals and circumstantial algologgers.
**Friday 16th of March, 19:00 - 21:30+**
Introductions, infrapunctures, bookscanner samples, big data promises
-19:00 - 19:10 doors are open
+18:45 - 19:00 doors are open
-19:10 - 19:30 Algoliterary introductions
-19:20 - 19:50 Infrapunctures
-19:50 - 20:00 --BREAK--
-20:00 - 21:00 XPUB bookscanner pipelines
+19:00 - 19:20 Algoliterary introductions
+19:20 - 19:40 Infrapunctures
+19:40 - 19:50 --BREAK--
+19:50 - 21:00 XPUB bookscanner pipelines
21:00 - 21:30 Big data promises
21:30 onwards Drinks & Discussion
diff --git a/content/algologs.nl.md b/content/algologs.nl.md
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@@ -36,12 +36,12 @@ Oproep aan alle extra-amateurs, protoprofessionals en indirecte algologgers.
** Vrijdag 16 maart, 19:00 - 21:30 + **
Introducties, infrapunctures, voorbeelden van bookscanners, big data-beloften
-19:00 - 19:10 Inloop
+18:45 - 19:00 Inloop
-19:10 - 19:30 Algoliteraire introducties
-19:30 - 19:50 Infrapunctures
-19:50 - 20:00 --BREAK--
-20:00 - 21:00 XPUB bookscanner pipelines
+19:00 - 19:20 Algoliteraire introducties
+19:20 - 19:40 Infrapunctures
+19:40 - 19:50 --BREAK--
+19:50 - 21:00 XPUB bookscanner pipelines
21:00 - 21:30 Big data beloftes
vanaf 21:30 drinks & discussie
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lang: en
event_start: 2017-11-03 20:00
event_duration: 4h
-featured_image: /images/de_varia.png
+featured_image: /images/de_varia.jpg
After a few weeks of finishing up the space Varia opens her doors on friday the 3rd of november from 20:00 onwards. Drop by to say hi, have a drink and explore the building through 'de_varia'; a custom Counter Strike map made for the occasion!
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lang: nl
event_start: 2017-11-03 20:00
event_duration: 4h
-featured_image: /images/de_varia.png
+featured_image: /images/de_varia.jpg
Na een paar weken hard werken openen we op vrijdag 3 november vanaf 20:00 voor het eerst de Varia voor een groter publiek. Kom hoi zeggen, drink een drankje en ontdek de krochten van het pand aan de hand van 'de_varia'; een voor de gelegenheid ontwikkeld counter strike level van de ruimte.
diff --git a/content/social-media-next-steps.md b/content/social-media-next-steps.md
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author: Roel Roscam Abbing
status:draft
-Recently there was a discussion thread on [Nettime](https://nettime.org/Lists-Archives/nettime-l-1801/msg00045.html) on what the next steps for social media critique could be. Since the discussion missed some context on recent developments from the non-GAFA [ref]Google/Amazon/Facebook/Apple[/ref]/Free Software developments in this field media I've replied with some comments.
+In january of 2018 a discussion on [Nettime](https://nettime.org/Lists-Archives/nettime-l-1801/msg00045.html) took place on the question what next steps for social media critique could be. As criticism of large social media platforms becomes increasingly commonplace in popular media and even from within Silicon Valley itself, the discussion centered around the question of what the role of critical communities like nettime could be. Since the discussion missed some context on recent developments from the non-GAFA [ref]Google/Amazon/Facebook/Apple[/ref]/Free Software developments in this field media I've replied with some comments.
> This is in the end what Silicon Valley tries to prevent at all cost:
> resistance and exodus. How can such a momentum be unleashed?
diff --git a/content/the-secret-life-seizoen-1.en.md b/content/the-secret-life-seizoen-1.en.md
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lang: en
event_start: 2017-11-05 19:30
event_duration:3h
-featured_image: /images/secret_life_chain.gif
+featured_image: /images/secret_life_chain_compressed.gif
Technology is everywhere, sometimes it hides its face underneath a mask of everydayness, but we can only guess what goes on in our vacuum cleaner, telephone or copy machine. When were these inventions introduced into our lives and how can we keep control over them? These questions, and many more, are answered by 'The Secret Life Of Machines'. In this cultseries from the BBC, which was produced between 1988 and 1993 engineer, cartoonist and writer Tim Hunkin and inventor Rex Garrod dissect the workings and history of a everyday appliance in each episode. During the next few weeks varia, center of everyday technology will screen the entire series during a couple of public screenings.
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lang: nl
event_start: 2017-11-05 19:30
event_duration:3h
-featured_image: /images/secret_life_chain.gif
+featured_image: /images/secret_life_chain_compressed.gif
Technologie is overal, al dan niet verscholen achter een masker van alledaagsheid, maar wat steekt er eigenlijk achter de stofzuiger, de telefoon en het kopieerapparaat? Wanneer deden deze machines hun intrede in onze levens en hoe houden we ze in bedwang? Al deze vragen en meer worden beantwoord door 'the secret life of machines'. In deze cultserie van de BBC (1988-1993) ontleedt ingenieur, cartoonist en schrijver Tim Hunkin samen met uitvinder Rex Garrod iedere aflevering de geschiedenis en werking van een alledaags apparaat. In de komende weken zal er bij varia, het centrum voor alledaagse technologie enkele keren een compleet seizoen van deze show te zien zijn.