XPUB1 - next special issue sessions
by Manetta Berends
hey all,
Next week we will continue with our freshly installed XMPP servers :).
We will use the day to create different channels and write scripts/bots
that will process the images, texts, links, etc. that are sent to the
channels into webpages. We will use these channels as research channels:
streams of material that capture your current interests and questions
around the topic of network infrastructures and federated publishing.
Please gather a couple of things, files, notes, text, etc. before
Tuesday to work with. Also think about one or multiple channels you
would like to start.
A couple of things to consider: What are the questions that a channel
explores? Are there shared questions in the group that can come together
in shared channels? Can a channel be formed around a disagreement? Is
the material in the channel a collage, a timeline, a conversation, or
something else?
If you want to send images to your channel and your image-upload
function is not working on your server, please subscribe an extra
account on another server (either Artemis' server or a public XMPP server).
Something else, there will be a little change in the schedule!
We will push the scheduled collective discussion of next week further to
Tuesday the 12th of February, starting at 16:30h.
The discussion will focus on the question "What is federated
publishing?". We would like to use this collective moment to hear your
responses to this question. What triggered you in the last weeks? How do
you understand federation? See it as a deadline to present (web and
xmpp-based) prototypes, documentation and research questions, but most
of all as a moment to try things out! Please prepare your material in
such way, that we can put in on the table, look at it and discuss it
together. This also applies for questions you would like to share,
please print them out, that will make it easier to discuss them.
In the same week, you will also have a session with Lidia during Steve's
class on Wednesday the 13th. And the first seminar day with Florian on
Thursday the 14th.
See you soon!
Roel & Manetta
2 years, 3 months
Fw: !! Call for essays !! (info@thehmm.nl)
by Aymeric Mansoux
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Subject: !! Call for essays !!
Dear plain text'er
For our new season, we're looking for research!
In 2019 we are commissioning seven original essays for The Hmm platform
that engage with digital visual culture, both in its niche manifestations
and in the broad, mainstream reality of the internet.
We are looking for essays that make connections between different types of
knowledge and domains, such as media theory, art, politics and
leglislation, technology, and pop culture. In relation to the 2019
thematics of The Hmm, the topic of the essay should fall within one of the
following four categories:
♥ NICHE ♥ From the very beginning, the internet has been the place for
niche content—but increasingly we see that the niche becomes the norm.
What are the dynamics between niche and popular culture? Between the niche
and art?
♥ PLATFORMS ♥ What influence do large platforms —such as YouTube,
Facebook, Instagram, and Adobe— have on what we make and how we share
images? Which assumptions underlie the algorithms that we use every day?
♥ GRAMMABLE ♥ Online platforms shape our physical environments and
ensure that we take into account how our ‘offline’ world will look
online. To what extent do artists alter and shape their work in relation to
the online platforms where it will (hopefully) be shared?
♥ DIGITAL PERSONA ♥ Through digital visual culture, our faces, bodies
and lives are exposed and monitored like never before. The deployment of AI
technology includes AI influencers, humanoid robots and sophisticated chat
bots. How are our relations with AI and our habituation to bots advancing?
Is there an acceptance of the ‘false’ and if so, what does this mean?
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of what you’d like to write about (max. 200 words).
♦ The final essay must be written in accessible, non-academic English and
be between 1000-1500 words. We strongly encourage the use of images.
♦ Please note that if your contribution is selected, we’ll be expecting
a first draft at the end of March. You will work together with an editor
from The Hmm team on the final text.
♦ The selected contributor will receive a fee for the text.
Send submissions to info(a)thehmm.nl with ‘Call for essays’ in the
subject line.
DEADLINE: February 18, 2019
This series of essays is kindly supported by the Creative Industries Fund.
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2 years, 3 months
RPi/SBC farm in studio
by Aymeric Mansoux
Hi everyone,
I've setup a 24 ports switch in the studio yesterday (against the wall,
at the end of the room on the right). It seems to work fine for now,
let's use this space to plug whatever RPis, SBC and similar things that
needs to be on 24/7 for projects and your own experiments.
JUST MAKE SURE YOU DISABLE SSH ROOT LOGIN AND USE A STRONG NON-DEFAULT
PASSWORD :)
(The academy has a system that scans for weak passwords and easily
exploitable out of date services and web applications, and we already
got into trouble with the XPPL RPi).
Right now, the switch is on the floor, might be good to put it on a
table or something before it becomes a mess. Any idea how we could tidy
it up? I think we're out of small tables/furniture.
a.
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2 years, 3 months
week 4
by Roel Roscam Abbing
Hi all,
To prepare for tomorrow's session we're gonna ask you to open some more
ports :D
We will play around with chatbots as publishing interfaces and for that
we will set up an xmpp server called Prosody on your homeservers!
Prosody needs at least the following ports:
5222 (for client to server)
5269 (server to server)
5281 (default https port for prosody)
In case you share a router, you can invent the other three ports.. just
make sure you write them down :)
Then also make sure you make another two (sub)subdomains:
one called uploads and one called groups.
So for example this means that you should also have:
groups.nothat.bad.mn and
uploads.nothat.bad.mn
Then as an extra you can try following this guide to install prosody:
https://homebrewserver.club/configuring-a-modern-xmpp-server.html
That could save us some time we can spend on prototyping tomorrow :)
see you tomorrow!
greetings,
Roel
2 years, 3 months
Upcoming open house at XPUB
by Simon Browne
Hi all,
Alice has made a highly professional promo image for our upcoming open house event on February 9th, 10:00-17:00 at the XPUB studio, 4th floor, Wijnhaven 61(attached).
Feel free to disseminate across your various social networks!
Best
Simon
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2 years, 3 months
Special Issue guest lecture next week 29.01
by Aymeric Mansoux
Hello XPUB1,
Heads-up!
Next Tuesday during the Special Issue day, we have a guest lecture from
Aditya Mandayam. Adi will be around the whole day as part of further
developing the prototypes and will give a lecture after lunch.
http://pzwiki.wdka.nl/mediadesign/Category:WttF#Week_4
The reading list is a bit heavier than usual, so after talking to
Manetta and Roel, we decided that you can pick 2 references each.
One of:
- homebrewserver.club, Have you considered the Alternative?
- Zach Blas, Contra-Internet
plus one of:
- Ulises Carrion, The New Art of Making Books
- Peter Blasser, An Essay on Worldmaking in Plumbutter
- Aditya Mandayam, Crux of the Ooze
Just don't all pick the same two obviously :)
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2 years, 3 months
Fwd: a.pass: CALL FOR APPLICATIONS Post-Master program and Associate Researcher
by Femke Snelting
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2 years, 3 months
week 3
by Roel Roscam Abbing
hey all,
Tomorrow we're meeting again to have a closer look at online network
topologies and do some hands-on experiments with federation.
Now that you've had an introduction to python it will get exciting :)
We will be joined by Lidia Pereira who will be joining as a guest editor
from time to time.
Some things to keep in mind:
*Please make sure you have your servers online for tomorrow's class* and
take note of your external IP addresses :)
Some of you had questions about last week's readings, please bring these
to class so we can discuss them tomorrow!
Then we asked you to take some documentation of last week's tour, please
bring that along as well.
Last but not least:
After last week I started writing down a guide about port forwarding for
the homebrewserver.club. It would be really great if we could use some
of your router interface screenshots for that. It is not done yet, so
now that you have gone through the process yourself, please have a read
and let me know which parts are unclear
https://homebrewserver.club/drafts/basics-port-forwarding.html :)
see you tomorrow!
greetings,
Roel
2 years, 3 months
