June 2019 - Eightycolumn

by Aymeric Mansoux

Hi all! The 80c website is now linked to a pad again. http://www.eightycolumn.net/ Some things to note: - the source pads are: https://annuel.framapad.org/p/eightycolumn.net https://annuel.framapad.org/p/eightycolumn.net.js https://annuel.framapad.org/p/eightycolumn.net.css - the site is updated every 10 minutes - the script is there: https://gitlab.com/xuv/80c (patches welcome, ask grandmaster xuv for access) - the new style of the new pad, made the js a bit b0rked. However, we should probably drop this js dependency, I think it would be more resource friendly to just have a static page. - the content of the pad is so so so outdated, but hey it's linked again, so feel free to edit/clean! Thanks to all at the latest LGM for making sure this is not turning into software rot! :) a. -- https://bleu255.com/~aymeric

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Call for participants: Collective Conditions

by Femke Snelting

[apologies for cross-posting, please forward!] *Collective Conditions* Constant worksession / Brussels, 8-16 November 2019 Deadline for applications: 10 September .. . . . . . ... . .. . . .... . . .. ... . . . ... .. . .. . . . . Collective Conditions experiments with the generative potential of codes of conduct, complaints procedures, bug reports and copyleft licenses. We understand these socio-technical protocols as artistic and activist media and are curious about the role they can play in the (different) imagination of complex collectivities. By ’complex collectivity’ we mean, for example, non-normative human constellations, or collectives where participants with radically different needs, backgrounds and agencies come together. ’Complex collectivity’ can be self-chosen, or be the result of structural forces such as laws, racism, technology, wars, austerity, queerphobia and ecological conditions. We will work with different modes of ’writing’ that go beyond typing protocols on a keyboard. We invite you to experiment with codes, rhythms, frequencies, scripts, scores and non-verbal agreements that regulate, challenge, stumble and collide; that pose questions and problems. We'll articulate conditions using time, material, bodies, spaces, machines, habits, repetition and chance. More: http://constantvzw.org/site/Call-for-participants-Collective-Conditions.html

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XPUB Special Issue 09 - IFL3 / The Library is Open - 20.06.2019 Rotterdam

by Aymeric Mansoux

Sorry for >< please >> /// Interfacing the Law 3 / The Library is Open Thursday June 20th, 2019 Leeszaal West Rotterdam 13:30-18:00 https://issue.xpub.nl/09 /// Dear readers, The Library Is Open invites you to an afternoon of workshops that make the operations within libraries visible. Join us in exploring the actions and roles of legal and extra-legal libraries (municipal, pirate, academic, +++), their custodians, and the public that form a community around collections of texts. Registration is not necessary, as on arrival you will be assigned to two workshops. After the first session there will be a short break, after which the second session of workshops will begin. At the end of the event we'll have a moment to share the outcomes of the workshops all together. We'd like you to attend both sessions if possible, in order to maximise the experience. The event is divided into three parallel workshops which will be held twice, giving participants the opportunity to encounter different experiences. Details about the workshops: https://issue.xpub.nl/09 /// The Library Is Open is a participatory event developed by the Piet Zwart Institute's Experimental Publishing program as part of the research project Special Issue #9: Interfacing the Law, in partnership with Constant. Interfacing the Law is a recurring thematic project which looks at how publishing practices develop in accordance, or in dissonance with legal frameworks. Contributors: Simon Browne, Tancredi Di Giovanni, Paloma García, Rita Graça, Artemis Gryllaki, Pedro Sá Couto, Femke Snelting, Biyi Wen, Bohye Woo http://www.pzwart.nl/experimental-publishing/ /// :* a. -- https://bleu255.com/~aymeric

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Relearn @ Brussels - Fr 21 & Sa 22 of June

by Manetta Berends

Hey all, After the session in Varia last weekend <https://varia.zone/en/relearn-2019.html>, the Relearn curve continues in Brussels on Friday the 21st and Saturday the 22nd of June! This session is hosted by OSP and focuses on computed layout tools: /Since 2013, several initiatives have been experimenting with making printed publications using HTML/CSS/Javascript with the help of CSS regions. This feature is necessary to produce multi-paged publications and since its removal from Blink (2014) and in WebKit (2017), users are trapped with old versions of WebKit. Sticking to older version is still viable today but for how long? // //// //This urgency leads us to a quite pragmatic but necessary worksession which will therefore focus on exploring other tools for making printed publications, especially computed layout tools (making layout with code). We already spotted three tools we would like to explore, but anyone is welcome to propose and experiment with other tools: // //// //Flat //<https://xxyxyz.org/>//- A Python library made to draw graphics but also designed to produce multi-paged PDFs. // //// //Sile //<http://sile-typesetter.org/>//- A contemporary rewriting of the TeX mastodon. // //// //paged.js //<https://www.pagedmedia.org/paged-js/>//- A Javascript polyfill of CSS official specs for printed documents. / More information about Relearn and how to subscribe for this session can be found on http://relearn.be/2019/#brussels Best, Manetta

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