<p>TheUpsettingSettingsCataloguepresentstwoyears' worth of work from the 2019 graduates of the Piet Zwart Institute, Experimental Publishing. The publication was launched within the graduation show Upsetting Settings, at UBIK Rotterdam. The concept behind 'Upsettingsettings' arises from the defaults of technology. In every system there are settings predefined by its creators, that most of the time stay untouched by us, as users. It'stheirdefault,notours,butit'suptoustochangeit.Societyismadeofsimilarpresetframeworksthatwetakeforgranted.Theprojectsinthisexhibitionengagewiththesedifferentdefaultmodesandinterveneintheircorestructure/source/root.
<p>TheUpsettingSettingsCataloguepresentstwoyears' worth of work from the 2019 graduates of the Piet Zwart Institute, Experimental Publishing. The publication was launched within the graduation show Upsetting Settings, at UBIK Rotterdam. The concept behind <i>Upsetting settings</i> arises from the defaults of technology. In every system there are settings predefined by its creators, that most of the time stay untouched by us, as users. It'stheirdefault,notours,butit'suptoustochangeit.Societyismadeofsimilarpresetframeworksthatwetakeforgranted.Theprojectsinthiscatalogueengagewiththesedifferentdefaultmodesandinterveneintheircorestructure/source/root.
TheHappinessProjectwascreatedtogetherwithAngelikiDiakrousiasainterventioninthecityofGroningen.Theinterventiontookplaceinparallelandasaresponsetothelocalfestival Let's Gro, a festival about improving the city through start up initiatives, wih a focus on the assumption that Groningen locals are 'happy'.</p>
TheHappinessProjectwascreatedtogetherwithAngelikiDiakrousiasainterventioninthecityofGroningen.Theinterventiontookplaceinparallelandasaresponsetothelocalevent <i>Let's Gro</i>, a festival about improving the city through start up initiatives, wih a focus on the assumption that Groningen locals are 'happy'.</p>
<p>UpsettingSettings,CollectedWorkspresentsgraduationthesesfromthe2019graduatesofthePietZwartInstitute,ExperimentalPublishing.ThepublicationwaslaunchedwithinthegraduationshowUpsettingSettings,atUBIKRotterdam.Theconceptbehind'Upsetting settings'arisesfromthedefaultsoftechnology.Ineverysystemtherearesettingspredefinedbyitscreators,thatmostofthetimestayuntouchedbyus,asusers.It's their default, not ours, but it'suptoustochangeit.Societyismadeofsimilarpresetframeworksthatwetakeforgranted.Theprojectsinthisexhibitionengagewiththesedifferentdefaultmodesandinterveneintheircorestructure/source/root.
<p>UpsettingSettings,CollectedWorkspresentsgraduationthesesfromthe2019graduatesofthePietZwartInstitute,ExperimentalPublishing.ThepublicationwaslaunchedwithinthegraduationshowUpsettingSettings,atUBIKRotterdam.Theconceptbehind'Upsetting settings'arisesfromthedefaultsoftechnology.Ineverysystemtherearesettingspredefinedbyitscreators,thatmostofthetimestayuntouchedbyus,asusers.It's their default, not ours, but it'suptoustochangeit.Societyismadeofsimilarpresetframeworksthatwetakeforgranted.
<p>Techno/Cyber/Xeno-Feminism:TheIntimateandPossiblySubversiveRelationshipBetweenWomenandMachinesReaderexplorestopicsfromwomen's introduction into the technological workforce, the connection between weaving and programming, and using technology in favour of the feminist movement. One major concept that appears throughout the reader is an almost mystical connection between women and software writing, embedded deep in women'straditionofweavingnotjustthreads,butnetworks.Doessoftwarehaveagender?
<p><i>Techno/Cyber/Xeno-Feminism:TheIntimateandPossiblySubversiveRelationshipBetweenWomenandMachines</i>Readerexplorestopicsfromwomen's introduction into the technological workforce, the connection between weaving and programming, and using technology in favour of the feminist movement. One major concept that appears throughout the reader is an almost mystical connection between women and software writing, embedded deep in women'straditionofweavingnotjustthreads,butnetworks.Doessoftwarehaveagender?