The Dublin Art and Technology Association (D.A.T.A) in association with CTVR The Telecommunications Research Centre present Openhere, a four day festival that addresses social, technological and cultural issues surrounding the 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 economic implications of sharing in the online domain, where a range of nonmarket 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, alternative spectrum ownership models, next-generation networks and the political economy of infrastructure.
This festival included talks, presentations, workshops, discussions and screenings and was held in Science Gallery and in CTVR headquarters in Trinity College from June 28th to July 1st, 2012.
Openhere 2012 was curated by Rachel O'Dwyer, Linda Doyle and Benjamin Gaulon.
Participants included:
Ralph Borland (ZA)
Sarah Browne (IRL)
Alexamder Chemeris (RU)
Florian Cramer (DE)
CTVR (IRL)
Linda Doyle (IRL)
Jessica Foley (IRL)
Fairwaves (RU)
Benjamin Gaulon (FR)
Robert Horvitz (US)
Loz Kaye (UK)
Dmytri Kleiner (UA/CA)
Nicolas Maigret (FR)
Rachel O’Dwyer (IRL)
Julian Oliver (NZ)
Nora O’Murchu (IRL)
Jussi Parikka (FI)
Tom Rondeau (US)
Lourens Rozema (NL)
Danja Vasiliev (RU)
Martin Weiss (US)
Mick Wilson and Thomas Wilson (IRL)
