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Title: Networks of One's Own: 3 takes on taking care Date: 2019-09-28 Category: event Slug: networks-of-one.s-own lang: en event_start: 2019-09-28 19:30 event_duration: 2h featured_image: /images/nooo2.png summary: We are all very glad to invite you to the launch of the second issue of Networks of One's Own: 3 takes on taking care, for an evening of stories and discussions around networks and maintenance practices. status: draft
We are all very glad to invite you to the launch of the second issue of Networks of One's Own: 3 takes on taking care, for an evening of stories and discussions around networks and maintenance practices.
In our practice as artists, designers and researchers working with and around free/libre open source technology based projects, we often encounter situations where collective authorship gives rise to complicated interrelationships of ownership. Specifically, regarding the practical aspects around care, maintenance, documentation and overall commitment.
Three of these projects, homebrewserver.club, Bibliotecha and Relearn, have been influential for the individual practices of those involved but also for a wider international network of actors, including exhibition spaces, festivals, collective and both formal and informal learning communities. The maintenance of those projects, however, which is long-term and requires ongoing commitment, often lags behind since it is taken up by individuals on the basis of their ability and time.
This publication was the result of an act of active documentation of the networked projects developed in and around Varia. Active documentation means that we not only documented, but rather revisited these projects, spending time on their maintenance and consolidation:
- Bibliotecha, a project centered on the development of local offline digital networks for the distribution of electronic publications within small communities. http://bibliotecha.info
- Homebrewserver Club, a periodic gathering where people learn together and reflect on self-hosting digital content. http://homebrewserver.club
- Relearn, a 'summer school' reflecting upon collective learning that has as many teachers as it has participants. http://relearn.be/
With this publication we hope to improve their resilience, portability, long-term sustainability and interfaceability.
https://networksofonesown.varia.zone/
Location: Varia, Gouwstraat 3, Rotterdam
Date: Saturday 28th of September
Time: 19:30 - 21:30
Networks of One's Own
This publication came to be after Constant, a non-profit artist-run organisation based in Brussels, extended an invitation to participate in the periodic publication 'Networks Of One's Own'. This series is based around the idea of publishing of specific 'software stacks'. These stacks are collections of software tools and practices which are developed and situated within a given collective's practice.
The first issue in the series documents the project 'Etherbox', a collaborative writing and documentation environment. The publication included a genealogy of the events, ideas and practices in the Constant network that influenced or reversely were influenced by what eventually became known as Etherbox. This way of documenting gives insight on how a project like Etherbox is the work of a heterogenous network of practices that contributes to its coming about, rather than focusing on a single author.