13 Dec 2015 – 16 Feb 2016

Debra Solomon and D-CENT partner Jaromil Roio (Dyne.org) present Entropical consisting of four art works in which the value and dynamics of the exchange of materials in the biological world is set against the abstract value of algorithms and computer calculations.

Entropical is a research project started in 2015, the international year of the soil. This first presentation of Entropical consists of four art works in which the value and dynamics of the exchange of materials in the biological world is set against the abstract value of algorithms and computer calculations.

How can we bring these value systems into a direct productive relationship in a time in which intensive computation is valued far more than ecological regeneration? How, for example, can Bitcoin positively affect the rhizosphere, the layer of earth around the roots of plants?

Entropical
Debra Solomon (Urbaniahoeve) & Jaromil Roio (Dyne.org)
December 13, 2015 – February 16, 2016
Opening Sunday December 13, 2 -4 PM, het Glazen Huis, Amstelpark

pictures: Jaromil Rojo, Dyne.org

Nesta invites you to Digital Democracy to showcase the development of the D-CENT (Decentralised Citizens Engagement Technologies) tools and to explore the opportunities for the further activity in a UK context.

D-CENT is a Europe-wide project bringing together citizen-led organisations that have transformed democracy in the past years, and helping them in developing the next generation of open source, distributed, and privacy-aware tools for direct democracy and economic empowerment.

There will be presentations from the D-CENT team demonstrating the technology and highlighting key insights learnt from direct democracy activity in Barcelona, Reykjavik, Helsinki and Madrid.

In addition, a panel of movers and shakers in the UK digital democracy scene will discuss the practicalities of applying similar approaches in UK cities and how to use digital technology to reinvigorate democracy and participation in the UK.

Registration: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/d-cent-showcase-and-opportunities-for-uk-digital-democracy-registration-19422166222

The Athens Biennale 2015-2017 “OMONOIA” begins its official programme on November 18, 2015 with Synapse 1: Introducing a laboratory for production post-2011, an ongoing collective experiment, which will transform the Omonoia area into a social laboratory of ideas with the contribution of anthropologists, researchers, activists, academics, artists, civic organisations and self-managed groups. Marco Sachy, D-CENT partner from Dyne.org, will present freecoin at the event. 

From November 18th to 29th, 2015 the Athens Biennale 2015-2017 “inhabits” the greater area of Omonoia square, joins forces and shares its spaces and facilities with cultural institutions, such as the National Theatre of Greece, non-profit art organisations, individual artists and groups. The empty landmark hotel of Bageion serves as the central venue. The building was granted for use to the Athens Biennale by the Municipality of Athens, since, for the first time, the Athens Biennale is co-organized with the City of Athens.

Massimiliano Mollona, the Programme Director of the Athens Biennale 2015-2017 “OMONOIA” (Senior Lecturer in the Department of Anthropology, Goldsmiths College, London) is interested in “how art can contribute to broader political and economic debates and create a bridge between social research and civic engagement”. Marco Sachy, from Dyne.org and D-CENT project, will present freecoin at the event.

Website: http://athensbiennale.org

On November 13 and 14, the New School in New York City will host a coming-out party for the cooperative Internet, built of platforms owned and governed by the people who rely on them. This is your chance to get on the ground floor of the next Internet, and to help make it a reality. D-CENT Project Coordinator Francesca Bria will be one of the speakers at the event. 

The program of Platform Cooperativism:  The Internet, Ownership, Democracy event will include discussion sessions, screenings, monologues, legal hacks, workshops, and dialogues, as well as a showcase of projects, both conceptual and actual, under the purview of celebrity judges. We’ll learn from coders and worker cooperatives, scholars and designers. Together, we’ll put their lessons to work as we work toward usable apps and structural economic change.

Platform Cooperativism is convened by Trebor Scholz (The New School) and Nathan Schneider (University of Colorado Boulder).

The event is free of charge but requires registration: http://platformcoop.net/register

Twitter: @platformcoop #platformcoop

FSCONS (Free Society Conference and Nordic Summit) tries to bridge the gap between software and cultural freedom. It provides a meeting place where subjects covering society, culture and technology can be discussed and brought to life in peer discussions. This year’s programme includes a keynote from Birgitta Jónsdóttir, poetician and activist in the Icelandic Parliament for the Pirate Party, and chairperson of the International Modern Media Institute, one of the D-CENT partners.

Organised since 2007, FSCONS 2015 dives into themes like P2P Society, Biohacking, Keepers of Culture, Everyday Crypto and Groundbreaking User Experiences. The programme includes presentations about decentralized social networks, Bitcoin, cryptech, biohacking and independent journalism, for example.

The keynote speakers are:

• Birgitta Jónsdóttir, poetician and activist in the Icelandic Parliament for the Pirate Party. Jónsdóttir also chairs the International Modern Media Institute, which is one of the D-CENT partners.
• Ken MacLeod, a biologist turned computer programmer turned science fiction writer.

See the full agenda and list of all the speakers.

Registration: https://fscons.org/2015/register.html

FSCONS  is held each autumn in Gothenburg, Sweden.

The 3rd International Conference on Social and Complementary Currencies will be organised on the 27th – 30th of October 2015 in Salvador, Brazil. The theme of the event is “Social currencies in social and solidarity economies: innovations in development”. On the 27th of October, Marco Sachy, D-CENT partner from Dyne.org, will present Freecoin Toolchain Design and application to Pilots. The presentation will be part of the theme Typologies, models and innovation.

Website: http://socialcurrency.sciencesconf.org

The Open Government Partnership Global Summit, organised every two years, is the largest gathering of open government practitioners from all over the world. In 2015, the summit is held in Mexico on the 27-29 October. D-CENT partner Róbert Bjarnason will be one of the speakers of the event.

The Mexico 2015 OGP Global Summit will focus on highlighting how the principles of open government can promote the implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals of the United Nations Post-2015 Development Agenda. The event gather together representatives from governments, academia, civil society and multilateral organizations to exchange experiences and share best practices and major developments in open government.

On Wednesday October 28th, D-CENT partner Róbert Bjarnason from Citizens Foundation Iceland will be speaking about “Supporting the Use of Tech for the Next Stage of Open Government Models”.

See the whole programme: http://ogpsummit.org/agenda.html

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