[spectre] CALL FOR PARTICIPANTS: DEAF 2014 MAKERS' SPACE: SUPERGLUE: RESHAPING THE WEB?

[Emma O'Hare]

*DEAF 2014 MAKERS' SPACE: SUPERGLUE: RESHAPING THE WEB? *

*CALL FOR PARTICIPANTS*



*Call for critical evaluators, open source developers, web users and
futurists to trial, test and experience a new system for creating and
hosting websites.*

*EVENT @ DEAF 2014: Saturday 24 May, 13:00-17:00*



*Want to participate? Please send a mail to
**makers at deaf.nl*<makers at deaf.nl?subject=SUPERGLUE%20Participation>*
with a short bio! Participation is free.*

*See **SUPERGLUE: RESHAPING THE
WEB?*<http://deaf.nl/PROGRAMME/events/superglue-reshaping-the-web-hosted-by-worm-and-libre-graphics-research-unit>*
for more info about the event*



Web 2.0 promised that everyone could become a free and creative media
publisher, but had exactly the opposite result. Today, most people's web
content is locked into the proprietary services of only a handful of
Internet social media giants. Individual freedom of expression fits
perfectly in a consumerist environment of templates and themes. Privacy is
not an issue because “we have nothing to hide”. And cloud computing refers
to everything except the clouds of CO2, that are being emitted by
datacenters all over the world.



Superglue is the successor of Hotglue (http://hotglue.me), a tool to
intuitively create your own website that is being used by thousands of
users. Superglue not only allows Internet users to simply and cheaply
design websites, but also run a energy saving micro Web-server and bring
personal data back to your home and thus truly own it again.



In this workshop, you will join the Superglue development team, Danja
Vasiliev, Michael Zeder and Joscha Jäger for a four-hour exploration and
alpha testing. Evaluate Superglue and provide your feedback on the design
and functionality. Learn how to build Superglue websites and find out how
to get involved in the project.



Participants will receive a Superglue router and the downloadlinks to the
Superglue plugin, that enables you to edit your webpage directly in the
browser, and the firmware, that turns your Superglue router into a personal
webserver.



Superglue is “hosted” by WORM (http://worm.org) together with the Libre
Graphics Research Unit (http://lgru.net) and supported by Stimuleringsfonds
Creatieve Industrie (http://www.stimuleringsfonds.nl/) and the European
Union (http://europa.eu/).





*ABOUT THE COACHES*



Starting from year 1999 Danja Vasiliev is involved in computer-technology
events, media-art exhibitions and seminars around the world. He received a
number of awards and mentions at Ars Electronica, Japan Media Art Festival,
Transmediale and he is one of the creators of Hotglue.

http://k0a1a.net



Joscha Jaeger is a freelance interface designer at filmicweb - Hypervideo
Interface Design and research assistant at Merz Akademie Stuttgart. His
work covers web-based hypervideo technology, search interfaces, web
applications for educational settings and collaborative editing systems.

http://filmicweb.org/



Michael Zeder is engaged with research in and development of tools for a
information society. He works currently on systems of knowledge
distribution and learning environments. For Superglue, Michael designed the
client-side software architecture and an interactive development system.

http://michaelzeder.de/



*About DEAF*



The tenth edition of DEAF (Dutch Electronic Art Festival) will take place
from Wednesday 21 May until Saturday 24 May 2014 at Het Nieuwe Instituut,
Museumpark 25 in Rotterdam.
The DEAF exhibition runs from 21 May to 9 June.



DEAF 2014 offers a rich and varied programme with a thematic exhibition,
seminars, lectures, workshops and performances. The theme for the 2014
edition is ʻThe Progess Trapʼ, the trap when technological innovation has
become a means to an end in itself and has been decoupled from the cultural
and social advances that it was supposed to help achieve.

DEAF 2014 proposes to view the innovations of our globalised world through
a critical lens.



For the full programme visit www.deaf.nl.
Emma O'Hare
Researcher / Editor
DEAF | Dutch Electronic Art Festival

T  +31 (0)6 - 50513457 I Office: +31 (0)10 206 7272
Eendrachtsstraat 10
3012 XL Rotterdam
www.deaf.nl
@DEAFdotNL
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