HDSA 2015. About bugs, bots & bytes
About bugs, bots & bytes
In 2015 Hackers & Designers launched their first summer academy. Stirred by the title of 'About Bugs, Bots and Bytes' H&D curated a hands-on program including, workshops, excursion, a public film screening and lectures. The biggest part of the program took place in De PUNT, an art & project space in the center of Amsterdam. Fostering an understanding of contemporary digital culture and maximising participation ambiguities and misconceptions about topics like privacy, surveillance, open source, user-controlled platforms, role of algorithms, digital-self and identity were researched in a playful and hands-on manner.
The immersive program of the Summer Academy allowed participants to build relationships and investigate new technology and design media, and equipped them with technological tools, collaboration opportunities, cross-disciplinary vocabulary, and an understanding of tech and design tools in a social context.
The cover charge of €350,00 per participant covered the 10 day program, a welcome dinner, daily lunches and an arduino kit.
Workshops
- Toy Hacking by Selby Gildemacher, James Bryan Graves and Anja Groten
- Algorithmic Kitchen by Luis Rodil-Fernández
- Code, text and text-to-speech by An Mertens and Michael Murthaugh from Constant Association for Art and Media
- Language Design by Vadim Zaytsev
- Applied Bio-Robotics by Arjan Scherpenisse
- Error Messages by Daniël van der Velden from Metahaven
- DIY theremin making by Andrey Smirnov
- Domestic Drone Defence by Ruben Pater and Tijmen Schep
Excursions
Public film screening
- Underground Cinema by Jeffrey Babcock with Decoder (1984)
H&D Summer Talks
At the end of the Summer Academy Hackers & Designers invited cross-disciplinary speakers to take the participants and the public into a deeper conversation around topics, which have arose in our modern techno society and breached over the course of the Summer Academy.
The speakers offered insights and diverse perspectives into their research, professional and artistic practices, all the while maintaining the satirical and humorous approach of Hackers & Designers.
- The right to die digitally, digital euthanasia, image rights and more – Lecture by Stëfan Schäfer
- Training and the problem of data: What would it take to adopt fugitive statistics – Text by Ramon Amaro
- Gestural Interfacing – Lecture by Jeremy Bailey
- The potentials of technological flaws – Lecture by Rosa Menkman
Party
School's out for Summer!
Hackers & Designers hosted a summer night of talks, drinks, 'n tunes.
H&D Summer Party, music by:
- DJ Nudist Looters
- DJ Boris Becker with Neila Kiosk Mixtape
- DJ Toby
Organisation
Participants
- Nabieh Ali
- Jona Andersen
- Lucian Blankevoort
- Yoana Buzova
- Jurriaan Boerman
- Filianne Farigu
- Eurico Sá Fernandes
- Flaminia Fortunato
- Scott van Haastrecht
- Vincent Hoenderop
- Maaike De Laat
- Michaela Lakova
- Caterine Lenoble
- Linder Basil Lukas
- Rosa Menkmann
- Gianluca Monaco
- Abdelfatah Naser
- Tijmen Schep
- Maartje Smits
- Mark-Jan Tellingen
- Vicky De Visser
- Klasien van de Zandschulp
Credits
The Hackers & Designers Summer Academy 2015 has been generously funded by:
and kindly supported by:
