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The Well Bottom / LocalNet Adventure!!

Radical Networks 2019 Proposal

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Format: [Workshop + Artwork]
Name: [Alden Rivendale Jones]
Pronouns: [they/them]
Location: [NYC, NY]
Email: [rivendalejones@gmail.com]
Twitter: [@miamiworldwide]
Repo: []
Url(s): [http://alden.website]
Consent to being photographed?: [Yes]
Consent to being on the livestream?: [Yes]

Speaker Bio and Profile Picture

[Alden Rivendale Jones is a New York City based artist, researcher, and programmer working in performance and new media. Recent work themes include human to algorithm interactions, utopic infrastructures, and failure. Formerly they were curator at hq Objective Gallery in Portland, OR. Currently they are a managing editor of Adjacent Journal and a Research Resident at New York University's Interactive Telecommunications Program.

Website: http://alden.website

Github: https://github.com/miamiww

Currently Working On:

[I graduated from the Interactive Telecommunications Masters program this past May, so my primary community at the moment are my fellow recent alums of the graduate program. I am now a bit rootless, having moved to New York for school and leaving my Portland community behind, and feeling between several different worlds. In Portland I had been in a scene of social practice artists and queer nightlife club kids, but in grad school I never really had time to go out and my arts practice was focused inward toward the grad school community.]

[https://www.dropbox.com/s/ql1zgamzduwxqbs/HeadShotSmall.png?dl=0]

Note: Format for bio picture should be PNG/JPG/GIF, 256x256px.

Description

[The Well Bottom (TWB) is a simulated infrastructure of pocket local networks created with a router and several Raspberry Pis. LocalNet Adventure!! is a workshop/alternate reality game in which participants engage with and explore The Well Bottom as a means to imagine internet alternatives or even a post-internet reality.

The internet appears as a monolithic, totalizing force, and with this exercise I hope to demystify it, explore alternatives, and show how the internet doesn't have to be the only network around. In this two hour iteration, I will guide participants in connecting to the network, scanning for connected devices, sshing into servers, and looking around those servers for clues on how to proceed and explore. Other tasks include using FTP, inspecting html pages, and scanning ports. The progression is level-like, and narratively reads as attempting to understand old "forum" posts from long-dead digital communities. There is lots of ASCII art. A short introduction and tool setup will take the first 10-15 minutes, with guided exploration the rest of the period, ending with a group discussion on the internet's place in our lives and steps we can take to improve our relationship with it. Participants will need to bring their own laptops.

TWB could either be set up at the beginning of the conference and be available to explore throughout the duration of the conference, or set up only for the duration of the workshop.]

Note: Panels should follow a moderator / discussion format, with possible participation from the audience.

Length: [2 hours for workshop with 15 minutes of setup time, an hour and 15 minutes of exploration, and 30 minutes of discussion]

Please adhere to these guidelines:
Talks: 15 - 30 minutes with 10 minutes for questions.
Panels: 30 minutes with 10 minutes for questions.
Lunchtime Meetups: up to 1h.
Workshops: 1h - 6hrs.
Tour/Field Trips: up to 6hrs.
Performances / Film Screenings: up to 90 minutes.

Workshop technical requirements and materials list (if applicable)

Equipment/technical requirements: [Projector]

Maximum number of attendees: [30]

Full list of materials needed for attendees: [Own laptop]

Artwork installation requirements (if applicable)

[Power and space for 6 Raspberry Pis and a router. All could be visible or hidden.]

Artworks must be installed on Friday October 18th, 2019.

Note: We are not responsible for damages done to your work! (Although we will take every precaution we can to safely handle your work.)

Performance requirements (if applicable)

[Tech/production rider for your performance.]

Additional Info / Links / References

[ Here is the reference page for the last time I ran LocalNet Adventure!!: http://blog.alden.website/post/localnet-adventure-LA/

Here are slides from my most recent artist talk: https://www.dropbox.com/s/bjzwc91l10ajxs4/LRLXJune25.pptx?dl=0

Video of a recent talk I gave, Strategies for Post-Digital Subversion: https://youtu.be/ZLR0fc2NoX0?t=19505

Video of my thesis presentation for NYU's Interactive Telecommunications Program: https://vimeo.com/337308373 ]