Roam the Wilderness of Autonomous Social Networks
workshop by Liaizon Wakest
find.select.transform
About the event
Liaizon Wakest will guide a tour of the autonomous social space known as the fediverse. Explore the challenges and potentials of this unraveling hydra where individual autonomy and collective action intersect. Each node in the network can range from a single autonomous human operator to millions under the control of a multinational corporation, all utilizing the same methods of exchange. This diverse spectrum of ownership and governance within the fediverse reflects the complexity of digital ecosystems, where individuals and corporations coexist and interact within a shared strata. The evening will start with an introduction and brief history of the fediverse. Everyone will set up an account and then collectively navigate across various islands of the network and ponder questions together as they arise.
Artist
Liaizon Wakest has a focus on technology that supports an Infrastructural Anarchism. They have been participating in the fediverse since 2017, absorbing its odd and otherworldly currents as they ebb and flow. They currently work on Open Source Hardware at MNT Research in Berlin. https://wake.st
Event Series
The exhibition Alt Nets is part of the project find.select.transform – Resilient Networks in a Wounded World, which responds to the pressing social, ecological, and economic challenges of our time. It employs artistic positions to critically examine how current technological developments and organizational practices can contribute to a sustainable transformation of our society.
The project aims to highlight alternative strategies, aesthetic positions, and networks that challenge the conventional understanding of growth. In doing so, it emphasizes the role of art in narrating such developments and seeks ways to address power imbalances and extractivism.
The focus will be on artistic positions regarding the climate catastrophe and community networks that promote democratic participation and equality.
The schedule for 2024 includes the symposium in June and September, the presentation of telepresent artists and a live streaming event in October as well as the exhibition and accompanying programs from September to October. The variety of formats promotes interdisciplinarity and multiperspectivity.
Partners
The realization of exhibition is made possible by funds from the Hauptstadtkulturfonds.
