VPN PICNIC: FROM HIVENETWORKS TO PIRATEBOX

Hivenetworks, started by Alexei Blinov and collaborators nearly 10 years ago, is an Open Source project that explores the new concepts of DIY network building, mesh architectures and ubiquitous computing. The aim is to take the DIY networking and publishing to the point where it becomes accessible to anyone with creative mind and basic knowledge of computing.

A PirateBox, designed in 2011 by David Darts, is a portable electronic device, often consisting of a router and a device for storing information, creating a wireless network that allows users who are connected to share files anonymously and locally. By definition, this device is disconnected from the Internet.

We are proposing an outdoor gathering, a picnic, where we'll test both platforms and discuss history of the future of autonomous connecting, media (file) sharing, meshing and swarming tactics in urban environment.

Date
29.05.
Start
12
00
End
15
30
Location
afo - ground floor
Format
Worklab
Contributor(s)
Larisa Blazic
James Stevens
Adnan Hadzi
Options for Participants

We will provide technology and some sustenance. Participants should bring blankets, nibbles, questions and ideas about networks.