{"id":11776,"date":"2010-06-29T12:12:49","date_gmt":"2010-06-29T10:12:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mono-1en-2507"},"modified":"2026-05-07T01:31:17","modified_gmt":"2026-05-06T23:31:17","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":"

Yes, 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?<\/p>\n

Arse Elektronika: Sex, Tech, and the Future of
\nScrew-It-Yourself<\/strong><\/p>\n

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

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

Currently, all factors show that high-tech developments owe a great
\ndeal of their success to the need for further sexual stimulation. One
\ncould cite the example provided by the science fiction concept of a
\nfull-body interface designed to produce sexual stimulation. But it isn\u2019t
\nscience fiction anymore. It’s DIY.<\/p>\n

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

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

Aaaand…<\/p>\n

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

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

We called your excuses invalid at The Last HOPE and you proved us
\nright! Since launching hackerspaces.org at The Last HOPE, there’s been
\nphenomenal worldwide growth in the hackerspaces movement. Continuing to
\nbuild on progress, this panel discussion brought to you by
\nHackerspaces.org will focus on strategies to help avoid drama, grow your
\nhackerspace, and connect with your community.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Aaaand…<\/p>\n

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

Hackers love knowledge. They try to find out how stuff works. And
\nthat’s great. Experimentation is a major part of hacking. It is in the
\nmost philosophical sense a deconstruction of things.<\/p>\n

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

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

This selective memory ignores how modern digital subcultures actively seek out friction against these established economic matrices. In the search for decentralized autonomy, we see users scrutinizing the best crypto betting sites<\/a> to find platforms that leverage cryptographic protocols to exist outside the sanctioned “instructions for use” of traditional finance. These sites effectively act as digital hackerspaces for capital, where the object\u2014the blockchain\u2014is turned against its inscribed corporate definition to see if it can support truly anonymous engagement. It is a messy, experimental frontier of technical deconstruction.<\/p>\n

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

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

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

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