[spectre] (fwd) timelab OPEN - Ghent - march 18

Andreas Broeckmann ab at mikro.in-berlin.de
Mon Mar 22 09:38:24 CET 2010


From: "Eva De Groote" <eva at timelab.org>
Date: Tue, 9 Mar 2010 21:08:15 +0100


We are very happy to invite you to the opening of timelab!

timelab is a new platform in Ghent, a workplace for art, technology and
society. timelab consists of a fabLab, an artists-in-residence programme,
social research and get-togethers when artists, experts and other interested
parties can meet, exchange ideas and find inspiration.

Make it! - Ghent boasts Belgium's first real public fabLab. It is part of
the timelab. Anyone and everyone can come along to the Friday Open Lab Days
to realize their very own designs. There is also scope for larger projects.
For example, Lieven Standaert is working with timelab to make a 3-axis CNC
table.

Artists-in-residence - timelab invites artists from diverse backgrounds to
take part in a residential programme. For some the link with technology is
all-important; others prefer to start from a contemplative standpoint about.
Nikolaus Gansterer will put in various appearances at the timelab during the
course of 2010. Geert-Jan Hobijn (Staalplaat Soundsystem) will lead a
project during a short, intensive residential programme in the fall in
Ghent.

fabCases and Talklabs - The fabCases examine the social relevance of
technology and the fabLab/timelab. The fabCases are part of wider research
into developing a methodology about the relationship between the fabLab and
timelab and its environment. For the Talklabs, timelab invites not only
artists but also stakeholders, policy and opinion-makers to debate themes
which the workplace sets store by.

It's all about the people - In addition to the numerous get-togethers in the
fabLab and a series of training programmes, there is an annual summer camp,
an intensive ten-day programme in the city for15 local and international
artists.  The 2010 edition runs from June 20th to 30th.
Every month there is the international network meeting Dorkbot, "people
doing strange things with electricity", where makers explain the technical
aspects of their creations or research to a group of interested people.
Finally, every year in early spring the timelab OPEN assesses the state of
play.

On the programme:

14 - 17.00 hrs
fabLab workshop - 'how do I use the fabLab?'
-
Kurt Van Houtte presents the machines and demonstrates how they are used.

17 - 18.00 hrs
  The internet of things

After the revolution of the internet comes the internet of things.
Rob van Kranenburg gives a talk about how everything is now linked to
everything else.


>From 18.00 hrs
Open Lab

with documentation and continuous explanation about the different parts of
timelab.

19.00 hrs
Presentation of timelab
by Evi Swinnen
Word from the Chairman Chantal De Smet.
Eva De Groote and Kurt Stockman reveal some of their plans.

Followed by: drinks, fabfood and fabmusic and the Meisjes van Plezier

Location: Sint Pietersnieuwstraat 21 - 9000 Ghent


  http://www.timelab.org/

In January 2010 Time Festival became timelab.

timelab has the support of the Flemish Community, the Province of East
Flanders and the City of Ghent and benefits from the Flemish City Fund.



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