As part of the upcoming openhere festival, there will be a number of writing workshops responding to themes raised throughout the 4 day festival, which will range from discussions on the digital commons, open spectrum, ‘zombie’ media, ‘net-art’, next generation networks and the mysterious phenomenon of the ‘transdisciplinary’.
The workshops will be informal, with plenty of tea and comfort provided to ensure lively discussion and uninhibited writing, whether factual or fictive! Watch this space for more information, and read on below for details on the Festival:
CTVR / The Telecommunications Research Centre, in collaboration with the Dublin Art and Technology Association (D.A.T.A) present openhere, a four day festival that addresses social, technological and cultural issues surrounding the digital commons.
What does it mean to be open today?
If we speak of ‘the commons’ today as a general phenomenon, this has a lot to do with the modes of production, consumption and distribution that have emerged over the last two decades around information and communication technologies. This period has seen a growing emphasis on the social and juridical implications of peer-production and sharing in the online domain, where a range of nonmarket and non-proprietary activities such as open source software, remix culture and commons-based peer production have lead some to propose the advent of a ‘digital socialism’. However, as sharing and openness become the watchwords of the new corporation, as the commons is increasingly central to capitalism, such positions are no longer straightforward.
Open Here will bring together a transdisciplinary community of critical theorists, engineers, artists, designers and industry professionals to expand debates surrounding the digital commons. Key points of discussion will include the conflictive spaces of the digital commons, tactical media, net-art, digital policy, disruptive wireless practices, next-generation networks and the political economy of infrastructure.
This festival take the form of talks, presentations, workshops, discussions and screenings. It will be held in The Science Gallery and in CTVR headquarters in Trinity College and runs from June 28th to July 1st, 2012.
Persistence of…
The Writing Workshop
Weds 23rd March from 5.30 – 7pm
at the Joinery Gallery as part of Alchemical Reserve
facilitated by Jessica Foley
This workshop will take place at the Joinery Gallery and will draw its subject matter from the exhibition Alchemical Reserve – there will be experiments with thaumotropes (simple homemade 19th century animation devices) and wisdom from the i-ching, and mostly there will be chat, writing and tea drinking. No experience required, all welcome.
Please contact jessica.dylan.foley@gmail.com to reserve a spot or inquire for more information. (If you get to us by 6pm you will still be able to take part!)
LOCATION
The Joinery
6 Rosemount Terrace
Arbour Hill
Stoneybatter
Dublin 7
http://www.thejoinery.org/events/alchemical-reserve
Contact Miranda or Feargal on 086 9815370, 086 3313690, thejoinery@gmail.com or drop in for more info.
All quiet, but there’s still a pulse!
Terribly sorry for the quietness – things are dormant, in rest, but not gone, no indeed. There is still a pulse! Prior to Christmas we had a run of workshops in various locations about the city center, but the lack of one space to work from on a consistent basis took it’s toll in the end. That and the fact that we’d just put down a year where several members of the workshop had exhibited & workshopped in both P.S.1, New York City, & Tate Modern, London in the space of about 5 months! A pretty eventful year indeed.
But, as I’ve said, the workshop is not gone. Simply put, we will be ‘ideas’ motivated from now on, rather than schedule motivated (as in meeting up every two weeks). So, if anyone is interested in hosting a writing workshop, or has an good idea for one, then the workshop will surely rise from it’s leafy slumber & trot amongst the language fields once again!
At the moment, the workshop is sleepy & dreaming sweet dreams… and, well, dreams are the beginning…
What is the Colour of Soft? PART II
The last session related to developing sensory descriptions in writing, through experience, was so effective, we’re going to try it again – for anyone who didn’t make it to the last session, please follow the guidelines above – to bring a tactile object of some description with you.
Below is a sample of what went on at the last session:
Dada inspired group project
From our Dada-style cut and paste workshop, we came up with an idea for a group project.
In the vein of Dada inspired writing, it was decided that the ‘About’ section of The Writing Workshop blog would be the chosen subject for being cut up and rearranged. The plan is for different members of The Writing Workshop to re-cut and rearrange the piece again and again, eventually leaving us with several versions of the ‘About’ section, as well as a somewhat sculptural piece or writing.
Pictured above is the first re-arrangement by me (Aisling). To see it larger, click on it.
What is the Colour of Soft?
7.11.10
ATTENTION ATTENTION!!! The Writing Workshop will take place this coming Sunday at a new venue, The Trinity Capital Hotel on Pearce Street in Dublin’s City Centre. We’re going to kick off at 5pm – so it’ll be a bit of an afternoon tea affair, very luxurious upholstery will enhance the theme of this weeks workshop me thinks! So without further ado, feast your eyes upon the next workshop agenda, please note you have to bring along AN INTERESTING TACTILE OBJECT, so read on:
This Workshop has been devised & will be facilitated by Kay Inckle.
THE TRINITY CAPITAL HOTEL
Here’s The Trinity Capital Hotel on the map, it’s pretty sprawling, so have a wander round when you get in to find us! See ya there! 
The Writing Workshop @ Exchange Dublin, Sunday October 17th @ 7pm
Hear ye, Hear ye! This coming weeks writing workshop will involve a bit of cutting & pasting in the Dada tradition. Please bring along with you sissors, glue, paper & any texts you can muster (magazines, comics, newspapers, old books, pamphlets, your own work!) for this coming workshop. Also, feel free to bring along any of your own work should you wish to share & get a bit of feedback on your writing/ideas, etc.
See you then, all welcome!
