{"id":11776,"date":"2010-06-29T12:12:49","date_gmt":"2010-06-29T10:12:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mono-1en-2507"},"modified":"2010-06-29T12:12:49","modified_gmt":"2010-06-29T10:12:49","slug":"monochrom-2600s-hope-conference","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/monochrom.at\/blog\/2010\/06\/29\/monochrom-2600s-hope-conference\/","title":{"rendered":"monochrom @ 2600’s HOPE Conference"},"content":{"rendered":"

\nYes, folks, there will be several monochrom presentations at 2600’s “The Next HOPE”<\/a> Conference (July 16-18, 2010) im New York City. What will be offer?\n<\/p>\n

\n

\n\tArse Elektronika: Sex, Tech, and the Future of
\n\tScrew-It-Yourself<\/strong>\n\t<\/p>\n

\n\tWe may not forget that mankind is a sexual and tool-using species.\n\t<\/p>\n

\n\tFrom the depiction of a vulva in a cave painting to the newest
\n\tInternet porno, technology and sexuality have always been closely
\n\tlinked. New technologies are quick to appeal to pornography consumers,
\n\tand thus these customers represent a profitable market segment for the
\n\tsuppliers of new products and services.\n\t<\/p>\n

\n\tCurrently, all factors show that high-tech developments owe a great
\n\tdeal of their success to the need for further sexual stimulation. One
\n\tcould cite the example provided by the science fiction concept of a
\n\tfull-body interface designed to produce sexual stimulation. But it isn\u2019t
\n\tscience fiction anymore. It’s DIY.\n\t<\/p>\n

\n\tAs bio-hacking, sexually enhanced bodies, genetic utopias, and
\n\tplethora of gender have long been the focus of literature, science
\n\tfiction and, increasingly, pornography, this year will see us explore
\n\tthe possibilities that fictional and authentic bodies have to offer. Our
\n\tworld is already way more bizarre than our ancestors could have ever
\n\timagined. But it may not be bizarre enough. “Bizarre enough for what?”
\n\tyou might ask. Bizarre enough to subvert the heterosexist matrix that is
\n\tunderlying our world and that we should hack and overcome for some
\n\tquite pressing reasons within the next century.\n\t<\/p>\n

\n\tDon’t you think, replicants?\n\t<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

\nAaaand…\n<\/p>\n

\n

\n\tHackerspaces Forever: A Panel Presented by Hackerspaces.org<\/strong>\n\t<\/p>\n

\n\tWith Nick Farr (HacDC, Washington DC, USA), Mitch Altman
\n\t(Noisebridge, San Francisco, USA), Sean Bonner (Crashspace, Los Angeles,
\n\tUSA \/ HackspaceSG, Singapore), Johannes Grenzfurthner (hackbus.at,
\n\tVienna, Austria), Markus “fin” Hametner (Metalab, Vienna, Austria),
\n\tAlexander Heid (HackMiami, Miami, FL, USA), Nathan “JimShoe” Warner
\n\t(Makers Local 256, Huntsville, AL, USA), Matt Joyce (NYC Resistor,
\n\tBrooklyn, NY, USA), Carlyn Maw (Crashspace, Los Angeles, CA, USA), Far
\n\tMcKon (Hive 76, Philadelphia, PA, USA), Psytek (Alpha One Labs,
\n\tBrooklyn, NY, USA)\n\t<\/p>\n

\n\tWe called your excuses invalid at The Last HOPE and you proved us
\n\tright! Since launching hackerspaces.org at The Last HOPE, there’s been
\n\tphenomenal worldwide growth in the hackerspaces movement. Continuing to
\n\tbuild on progress, this panel discussion brought to you by
\n\tHackerspaces.org will focus on strategies to help avoid drama, grow your
\n\thackerspace, and connect with your community.\n\t<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Aaaand…<\/p>\n

\n

\n\tReach Out And Touch Face: A Rant About Failing<\/strong>\n\t<\/p>\n

\n\tHackers love knowledge. They try to find out how stuff works. And
\n\tthat’s great. Experimentation is a major part of hacking. It is in the
\n\tmost philosophical sense a deconstruction of things.\n\t<\/p>\n

\n\tA specific use is never inherent to an object, even though technical
\n\tdemagogues like to claim that it is. Just compare the term “self-explanatory” and the term “archeological find.” It’s a pretty hard
\n\ttask to find out what technology is and what it should do if you don’t
\n\thave a clue about the context. Usually the use is connected with the
\n\tobject through definition (“instructions for use”). Turning an object
\n\tagainst the use inscribed in it means probing its possibilities.\n\t<\/p>\n

\n\tScience and Technology Studies (especially Langdon Winner and Bruno
\n\tLatour) have convincingly demonstrated that the widespread inability to
\n\tunderstand technological artifacts as fabricated entities, as social and
\n\tcultural phenomena, derives from the fact that in retrospect only those
\n\ttechnologies that prove functional for a culture and can be integrated
\n\tinto everyday life are “left over.” However, the perception of what is
\n\tfunctional, successful, and useful is itself the product of social and
\n\tcultural, and, last but not least, political and economic processes.
\n\tSelection processes and abandoned products (developmental derailments,
\n\tsobering intermediary results, useless prototypes) are not discussed.\n\t<\/p>\n

\n\tWell. What can we do?\n\t<\/p>\n

\n\tWe can fail.<\/em> Beautifully.\n\t<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

\nThe complete schedule of “The Next HOPE” can be found here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Yes, folks, there will be several monochrom presentations at 2600’s “The Next HOPE” Conference (July 16-18, 2010) im New York City. What will be offer? Arse Elektronika: Sex, Tech, and the Future of Screw-It-Yourself We may not forget that mankind is a sexual and tool-using species. From the depiction of a vulva in a cave … Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"koromo_page_header":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[17],"class_list":["post-11776","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-english-blog","tag-mono","koromo-columns","tablet-grid-50","mobile-grid-100","grid-parent","grid-50"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/monochrom.at\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/post\/11776","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/monochrom.at\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/post"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/monochrom.at\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/monochrom.at\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/monochrom.at\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11776"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/monochrom.at\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/post\/11776\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/monochrom.at\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11776"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/monochrom.at\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11776"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/monochrom.at\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11776"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}