. This past week, in collaboration with Rune Brink Hansen from Dark Matters and Majken Overgaard from Art & Innovation Hub, I launched a new project. It's called PLADS; a platform for open source art and technology installations in urban space. As part of the launch we had engaged with 8 Copenhagen-based artists, who all came […] Read More…
. . This weekend TagTomat, a lovely Danish urban gardening project from the Nørrebro district in Copenhagen (where I live) secured funding for their scheduled book release by successfully completing a crowdfunding campaign (see more here). I'm contributing to the book by writing a chapter about links between urban gardening and Internet culture. In general I am […] Read More…
. . Cinemateket, the main venue of the The Danish Film Institute in Copenhagen, is organizing a film series this autumn called "Press Play". It focuses on, quote-unquote, "digital utopias and new beginnings" and features, among other, a screening of the magnificant sci-fi classic Tron. As 8-bit klubben we've been asked to contribute and have […] Read More…
. . On Wednesday October 1 2014 we are happy in Science Friction to invite Wikimedia Denmark to run their monthly community meetup WikiWednesday in our space. Read more about the event here and come join.. . On Wednesday October 1 2014 we are happy in Science Friction to invite Wikimedia Denmark to run their monthly community meetup WikiWednesday in […] Read More…
. . This coming week with Open Knowledge Denmark we're organizing a meetup to invite everyone in Copenhagen interested in Open Access and open science to come listen to a presentation by the founder of one of the most exciting Open Access projects right now, The Open Access Button - David Carroll. We would love to see the […] Read More…
. . As part of the ALT:CPH art festival this week (taking place at Fabrikken for Kunst & Design) we're shifting 8-bit klubben into gear to organize a grand Mikrodisko party, #3 on Copenhagen soil, with the some of best artists the international chip tune scene has to offer: Bit Shifter (US), Nerdsynth (DE) and Trey […] Read More…
By Christian Villum
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Also posted in 8bitklubben, Art, Events, Music, Science Friction, Workshop
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Tagged Alt:Cph, Bit Shifter, Halfdan Pisket, La Belle Indifference, mikrodisko, Nerdsynth, Trey Frey
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. To prepare the city for the upcoming Copenhagen Mikrodisko #3 happening at the ALT:CPH Festival later this week and the onslaught of Bit Shifter (US), Trey Frey (US), Nerdsynth (DE), Halfdan Pisket (DK) and La Belle Indifference (DK), we did a flash mob in the Copenhagen Metro today. Our buddes in the Chassis Arcade […] Read More…
. . With Strøm Festival going full steam in Copenhagen this week we're organizing an event to warm up to September's big Mikrodisko event at the ALT:CPH festival (as announced earlier). The event, which is co-organized with the Click Festival/Yoyooyoy collective, we'll present a line-up of chiptune artists alongside more experimental acts in an event […] Read More…
. . With a bunch of buddies, we've decided to pick up and dust off the old Copenhagen chiptune community 8-bit klubben ("the 8 bit club") which was pioneered a few years back by my Science Friction colleague Jacob Sikker Remin. It's been in hiatus for a couple of years, but that's to now due to change - […] Read More…
. . On Monday I have been invited to sit in a panel for DR2-TV's Dokumania's official Danish premiere of 'The Internet's Own Boy' in Den Sorte Diamant, Copenhagen. It's the documentary telling the story of Internet activist Aaron Swartz, who among other authored the Guerilla Open Access Manifesto, co-wrote RSS web feed format, co-founded Reddit but most importantly […] Read More…