[Microsound-announce] [OKNO] Network Summer Meetings

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:: okno / network meetings ::
:: date : 12.07.07 13.07.07 ::
:: location : okno HQ, koolmijnenkaai 30-34, 4th floor, 1080 BXL ::
:: http://okno.be ::
:: entrance free ::

This summer, okno (code31, so-on, réseau citoyen) will take a look at  
artistic networks.
In a series of meetings, we share our research and collaborate in  
hands-on experiments with wireless technology.
Whether you're a visual artist, writer, musician, coder, hardware  
developer or just have a keen interest in wireless networks, we would  
like to invite you to come over and join us.

Together, we'll look for new ways of using networks, investigate  
their artistic value and their social and geographical context.
Wireless technolgies are affordable and powerful instruments. By  
learning how to make and use them, we can break out of the limits  
imposed by corporate and government-regulated restrictions. //meh
In our hands-on experiments, we'll be builing antenna's, setting up  
the network and use it for audio and video.

The first two meeting will take place on July 12th and 13th, with  
Cédric Thernon (réseau citoyen) and Patrick De Kooning (antenna's and  
low power network modules).

July 12/2007:  2pm – 7pm
an introduction to the Reseau Citoyen-network and how to work with it
by Cédric Thernon

Reseau Citoyen is a Brussels project for a user-run wireless network  
via wi-fi; free of big operators, run by the people for the people.  
Réseau Citoyen is not an organisation, it's much more a phenomenon.  
Beside its technological aspects, Réseau Citoyen is a vector for ideas.
Community network projects are coordinated by citywide user groups  
who freely share information and help using the Internet. They often  
emerge as a grassroots movement.
Reseau citoyen is run on a voluntary basis.
Reseau Citoyen has a distinct ideological approach in putting up a  
free and open network. The volunteers provide the technological  
expertise and in a collaborative spirit make it available to the  
inhabitants of Brussels.
Okno tries to complement the social and technological infrastructure  
from a cultural point of view, hoping to put together a vehicle for  
socio-cultural activities in the information age.

July 13/2007- 2pm-7pm
hands on experiments with meshed networks
by Patrick De Kooning

In this session, we'll go straight to the technological basics.
What is a wireless network? What material do we need?
We make our first connections over several ranges, hook up our  
material and hope to get the network live and streaming.

When we get the nodes talking to eachother, what will they talk about?
How can we use it? Why not just use the internet? What can low power,  
inexpensive networks add to artistic and social practices?