[spectre] PirateBox Party: cutlery & auto-net @ the Furtherfield Commons

[marc garrett]

Sorry for any cross posting...

PirateBox Party: cutlery & auto-net

Autonomous spaces, autonomous networks, boxes and forks – we invite all 
DIY lovers to come and join us for an afternoon of re-appropriation of 
networking technology to bypass the censorship and liberate our files.

At the Furtherfield Commons
Saturday, June 7, 2014
1:30 PM to 5:00 PM

http://www.furtherfield.org/programmes/event/piratebox-cutlery-auto-net

An afternoon of PirateBox and LibraryBox demos and discussion.

What does a free culture look like? What is technology that supports it? 
For many years artists and others have been engaging with these 
questions, challenging restrictive laws and regulations as well as 
complex technical solutions. A new surge in search for practical 
solutions to file-sharing, easier to use and incorporate to our everyday 
life is the focus of this workshop. On the day we will install and use 
Piratebox and Librarybox on various devices to test their promise.

Inspired by pirate radio and the free culture movements, PirateBox 
utilizes Free, Libre and Open Source software (FLOSS) to create mobile 
wireless communications and file sharing networks where users can 
anonymously chat and share images, video, audio, documents, and other 
digital content.

PirateBox fork, LibraryBox (LibraryBox v2.0:Portable Private Digital 
Distribution) is an open source, portable digital file distribution tool 
based on inexpensive hardware that enables delivery of educational, 
healthcare, and other vital information to individuals off the grid.

And Also - NOW ON!
Piratbyrån and Friends exhibition at the gallery until 8 June 2014
http://www.furtherfield.org/programmes/exhibition/piratbyran-and-friends