To Forge Or Not to Forge
| To Forge Or Not to Forge | |
|---|---|
| Name | To Forge Or Not to Forge |
| Location | Het Wilde Weg |
| Date | 2024/07/20 |
| Time | 10:00-13:00 |
| PeopleOrganisations | Maisa Imamović |
| Type | HDSC2024 |
| Web | Yes |
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Imagine you are a US immigrant applying for an O-1B Visa – i.e. a short-term U.S. work visa available to people with job offers to do outstanding work in the sciences, arts, athletics, education, or business. You are required to provide evidence to the state that you, the applicant: “have achieved national or international recognition for achievements evidenced by critical reviews or other published materials by or about the person in major newspapers, trade journals, magazines, or other publications.” Your work is outstanding, no doubt, but you have little evidence to prove that that's the case. And so the question arises — To Forge Or Not To Forge?
In this 2.5 hour workshop led by cyberfeminist coder, theorist and researcher Maisa Imamović, with support from the artist Maya Man, you will make forgeries of web pages from your favorite publishing platforms. The workshop will help you prepare illegal evidence for your application, reflect on your privilege, and think about contemporary forms of urgent publishing.
- duration: 3h
- number of participants: up to 30
- materials / tools: laptops
- what do participants need to prepare: download Visual Studio Code + Live Browser Extension, and web package -- I will send instructions one day before
Maisa Imamović is web developer/researcher and experimental educator.