[English below]
Neki strojevi ne umiru. Podivljaju.
Divlji mediji (feral media) izraz je koji koristim za tehnologiju koja je pobjegla funkciji za koju je napravljena. Kućanski uređaji dizajnirani su da slušaju: da sviraju ono što umetneš, prikažu ono što pošalješ, ugase se kad im kažeš. Otvoreni i prespojeni, prestaju slušati. Proizvode zvuk koji nitko nije skladao i slike koje nitko nije snimio. Oslobođeni su.
ReFunct Media kontinuirani je niz instalacija izgrađenih u potpunosti od elektroničkog otpada. Uređaji koji više ne rade, ili koji više nikoga ne zanimaju, otvaraju se, prespajaju i povezuju u lanac tako da signal prolazi s jednog stroja na drugi. Kamera hrani monitor koji pali senzor koji pokreće motor koji udara zvučnik. Svaki predmet ovisi o onima oko sebe. Rezultat je nestabilan, bučan i živ, i postoji samo dok veze drže.
U Zagrebu će se ova instalacija graditi zajednički, i od materijala pronađenog ovdje. Radionica počinje u nedjelju ujutro na Hreliću, ogromnoj buvljoj tržnici preko Save gdje sve na kraju završi i gdje se još uvijek može pronaći gotovo sve. Idemo zajedno, gledamo, cjenkamo se, nosimo natrag. Ono što pronađemo određuje ono što gradimo.
Sljedeća tri poslijepodneva provode se u radionici: otvaranje uređaja, razumijevanje njihovih komponenti, spašavanje onoga što još radi i povezivanje dijelova u jedan sustav koji se razvija. Sudionici rade u malim grupama, svaka odgovorna za jedan dio instalacije, uz tehničke demonstracije koje se održavaju kad god zatrebaju.
Radionica postavlja jednostavno pitanje s teškim odgovorima. Od čega je napravljena tehnologija, kamo ide kad je odbacimo, i što bi još mogla postati? Između ekstraktivizma i regeneracije, između cyberpunk budućnosti koja nam je obećana i solarpunk budućnosti koju bismo još uvijek mogli izgraditi, elektronički otpad materijal je koji već imamo.
*Prethodno iskustvo s elektronikom nije potrebno. Sve što je potrebno naučit će se tijekom radionice.
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Benjamin Gaulon umjetnik je, istraživač, edukator i kulturni producent sa sjedištem u Parizu, koji djeluje pod imenom Recyclism. Njegovo istraživanje bavi se granicama i kvarovima informacijskih i komunikacijskih tehnologija: planiranim zastarijevanjem, potrošačkim društvom i društvom jednokratnosti, vlasništvom i privatnošću, istraženih kroz détournement, hakiranje i recikliranje. Njegovi projekti poprimaju oblik instalacija, hardvera, softvera, web radova i uličnih intervencija, otvorenog koda gdje je to primjenjivo. Izlagao je u ZKM-u Karlsruhe, na Taipeiškom bijenalu, Nacionalnom muzeju umjetnosti Kine, na Transmediale festivalu i u Jeu de Paumeu. Zajedno s Dashom Ilinom vodi NØ School Nevers.
Datum i vrijeme:
- Nedjelja 20.9. – 9-13h (Hrelić); 15-20h radionica
- Ponedjeljak 21.9. – 15-20h
- Utorak 22.9. – 15-20h
- Srijeda 23.9. – 14-19h
Lokacija: Pogon Mislavova – Kneza Mislava 18
Sudjelovanje na radionici je besplatno. Sudjelovanje na svim danima radionice je obavezno.
Prijave se šalju na: soundartlabmama@gmail.com
U prijavi ukratko navedite zašto ste zainteresirani za radionicu.
Radionica se održava na engleskom jeziku.
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Izvedba se održava u sklopu programa Explicit Music (MaMa).
Izvedba je podržana sredstvima Grada Zagreba i Ministarstva kulture RH
[English version]
ReFunct Media workshop with Benjamin Gaulon (Recyclism)
Some machines don’t die. They go feral.
Feral media is a term I use for technology that has escaped the function it was built for. Domestic devices are designed to obey: to play what you insert, display what you send, switch off when you say so. Opened up and rewired, they stop obeying. They produce sound nobody composed and images nobody recorded. They are released.
ReFunct Media is an ongoing series of installations built entirely from electronic waste. Devices that no longer function, or that no longer interest anyone, are opened, rewired and chained together so that a signal passes from one machine to the next. A camera feeds a monitor that lights a sensor that drives a motor that strikes a speaker. Each object depends on the ones around it. The result is unstable, noisy and alive, and it exists only for as long as the connections hold.
In Zagreb this installation will be built collectively, and from material found here. The workshop opens on Sunday morning at Hrelić, the enormous flea market across the Sava where everything ends up eventually and where almost anything can still be found. We go together, we look, we haggle, we carry it back. What we find determines what we build.
The following three afternoons are spent in the workshop: opening devices, understanding their components, salvaging what still works, and connecting the parts into a single evolving system. Participants work in small groups, each responsible for a section of the installation, with technical demonstrations given throughout as they become necessary.
The workshop asks a simple question with difficult answers. What is technology made of, where does it go when we discard it, and what else could it become? Between extractivism and regeneration, between the cyberpunk future we were promised and the solarpunk one we might still build, electronic waste is the material we already have.
No prior experience with electronics is required. Everything needed is taught during the workshop.
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Benjamin Gaulon is an artist, researcher, educator and cultural producer based in Paris, working under the name Recyclism. His research addresses the limits and failures of information and communication technologies: planned obsolescence, consumerism and disposable society, ownership and privacy, explored through détournement, hacking and recycling. His projects take the form of installations, hardware, software, web based works and street interventions, open source where applicable. He has exhibited at ZKM Karlsruhe, the Taipei Biennial, the National Art Museum of China, Transmediale and Jeu de Paume. With Dasha Ilina he co-directs NØ School Nevers.
Date and time:
- Sunday 20.9 – 9am-1pm (Hrelić); 3pm-8pm workshop
- Monday 21.9 – 3pm-8pm
- Tuesday 22.9 – 3pm-8pm
- Wednesday 23.9 – 2pm-7pm
Location: Pogon Mislavova – Kneza Mislava 18
Participation in the workshop is free. Attendance on all days of the workshop is mandatory.
Applications should be sent to: soundartlabmama@gmail.com
In your application, briefly state why you are interested in the workshop.
The workshop is held in English.
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The performance is held as part of the Explicit music program (MaMa).
Perfomance is supported by the City of Zagreb and the Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Croatia.
