[Air-L] Fwd: [Softwareandculture] HARDcoded on SAT 2007.12.08 @ EN3MY (FREE!)

[Jeremy Hunsinger]

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> From: jonCates <joncates at criticalartware.net>
> Date: December 3, 2007 11:29:15 AM CST
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> Subject: [Softwareandculture] HARDcoded on SAT 2007.12.08 @ EN3MY  
> (FREE!)
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> HARDcoded :: Digital Punk Magicians
>
> SAT December 08 2007
> 1 PM - 9 PM
> @ EN3MY
> 1550 N. Milwaukee Ave 3rd Fl. Chicago, IL 60622
>
> FREE + OPEN!
>
> ++ simultaneously streaming @
>
> CentroMultiMedia + BORDER
> Mexico City DF, Mexico
>
> HARDcoded is an ongoing collaboration between newMedia artists in  
> Chicago + Mexico City, that explore the cross-over between digital  
> noise, punk, + magic. HARDcoded is a wordplay between embedded/non- 
> mailable data sets in software development, like End User License  
> Agreements (or EULA) or closed-source proprietary computer  
> applications, + the xXxHARDCORExXx ethic of Punk culture. Our  
> (artists + organizers alike) approach to reconstruct/disrupt the  
> controlled environment of digital technology by breaking these  
> social devices with wizardry. Here, wizardry is informed by Tolkien  
> references in early moments of information technology + digital  
> networking, as well as playfully applying narratives of spell  
> casting, enchantment, + fantasy to the otherwise dull architecture  
> of cyberspace. This wizardy of course would be nothing without  
> "magic." This "magic," which serves as ironic term with a critical  
> bent, can break the spell of traditional methods of cultural  
> communication + sharing in an ever-growing oppressive state.
>
> HARDcoded seeks to create a space where ruptures in our digital  
> playing field (glitch, noise, + hacked/repurposed material/tools)  
> can take precedence over the norms of our contemporary static  
> digital landscape. The collaboration borrows from a Punk ethics/ 
> ethos + the necessity for a sustainable break away from the  
> normative practices of commercial platforms. By invoking these  
> ideologies/methodologies HARDcoded hopes to provide/facilitate a DIY/ 
> DIT network of subversion. In attempting to approach this task,  
> HARDcoded wishes to provide a social platform of workshops, talks, +  
> performances (and hybrids of these three) to enable these fissures  
> to break through the veil of our closed-source expectations +  
> reliance.
>
> The Program consists of workshops/talks by ::
>
> [1PM – 2.30PM ]  Alex Ignlizian + Mark Beasley + Cassandra Rosas  
> (Hardware Hacking/Building)
> [2.30 PM – 3 PM] Jake Elliot dai5ychain.net (Reprogramming Computer  
> Literacy)
> [3 PM – 3.30 PM] Marisa Plumb Working Engineer, Pathegon corp.  
> (Lecture/Performance)
> [3. 30 PM – 4.30 PM] Temporary Services temporaryservices.org  
> (Lecture on Urban Hacktivism)
> [4.30 PM – 5 PM] criticalartware criticalartware.net (Media Art  
> Histories Lecture)
>
> [5 PM – 7 PM]
> Installation By ::
> Mark Beasley (DotMatrix Printer + Sound Installation)
> Paul Hertz collaboratory.nunet.net/phertz/ (Ignotus the Mage,  
> Performance/Installation)
>
> [7 PM – 9 PM]
> Nightly Performances/screening by ::
> Valerie Brewer (Machinima Video)
> Professor Pangaea (Machinima Video)
> CHHO (The Chicago Hacked Hardware Orchestra, Performance from  
> Workshop)
> criticalartware w/ Morgan Higby Flowers criticalartware.net  
> (Realtime Artware Development Performance)
> I <3 Presets ilovepresets.com (Realtime Audio/Video performance)
>
> @ EN3MY in Chicago, IL, United States.
>
> Simultaneously, in Mexico City the HARDcoded Program consists of an  
> open invitation for completely horizontally organized discussion +  
> reflection
>
> @ CentroMultiMedia in Mexico City, Mexico
>
> + Performances/Screenings by Ezequiel Netri, Lalo Melendez, Jaime  
> Villarreal, Eusebio Bañuelos + an open jam session @ the BORDER in  
> Mexico City, Mexico!
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jeremy hunsinger
Information Ethics Fellow, Center for Information Policy Research,  
School of Information Studies, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee (www.cipr.uwm.edu 
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