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| − | '''Varia''' is a collective | + | '''Varia''' is a space for developing collective approaches to everyday technology located in [[Rotterdam]]. Varia favours, without idealising, [[FLOSS|Free / Libre and Open Source Software]], free culture, open standards, lowtech and DIY/DIWO culture, because they offer the opportunity to shape a different present and leave the door open for desirable futures. Currently Varia is operated by 16 members: designers, researchers, artists, activists and programmers. The group runs a collective-space in the city of Rotterdam, where public events and moments for collective learning take place. Next to that, the group works on collective infrastructures that are available for members, such as a collective server that we run from the space, various digital services such as chat and code repositories, different printing facilities and a set of tools to work with electronics. ([http://web.archive.org/web/20210227185751if_/https://open-hmm-source-hmm.online/Collective_Terms_for_Learning 2020], upd.) |
The space is located on Gouwstraat 3 and first opened its doors on 3 November 2017. | The space is located on Gouwstraat 3 and first opened its doors on 3 November 2017. | ||
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* [https://another.varia.zone/ Stock Taking Sense], 2024. [https://gts.varia.zone/@varia/statuses/01HS1RHKSBZN2G37PREBSQ11Y9 Toot]. | * [https://another.varia.zone/ Stock Taking Sense], 2024. [https://gts.varia.zone/@varia/statuses/01HS1RHKSBZN2G37PREBSQ11Y9 Toot]. | ||
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| + | * [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cpG9We15rEs&t=8293s Video talk on Varia's collective infrastructure] by Danny Tirthdas van der Kleij, Permacomputing symposium, FIBER, Amsterdam, December 2023 | ||
* ''[https://varia.zone/en/sometimes-af-en-toe.html SomeTimes]'', collection of announcements and conversations: [[Media:Varia_SomeTimes_1_2022.pdf|Issue 1]] (February-April 2022), [[Media:Varia_SomeTimes_2_2023.pdf|Issue 2]] (April 2023), [[Media:SomeTimes_3_2023.pdf|Issue 3]] (12 October 2023). | * ''[https://varia.zone/en/sometimes-af-en-toe.html SomeTimes]'', collection of announcements and conversations: [[Media:Varia_SomeTimes_1_2022.pdf|Issue 1]] (February-April 2022), [[Media:Varia_SomeTimes_2_2023.pdf|Issue 2]] (April 2023), [[Media:SomeTimes_3_2023.pdf|Issue 3]] (12 October 2023). | ||
Latest revision as of 16:00, 6 July 2024
Varia is a space for developing collective approaches to everyday technology located in Rotterdam. Varia favours, without idealising, Free / Libre and Open Source Software, free culture, open standards, lowtech and DIY/DIWO culture, because they offer the opportunity to shape a different present and leave the door open for desirable futures. Currently Varia is operated by 16 members: designers, researchers, artists, activists and programmers. The group runs a collective-space in the city of Rotterdam, where public events and moments for collective learning take place. Next to that, the group works on collective infrastructures that are available for members, such as a collective server that we run from the space, various digital services such as chat and code repositories, different printing facilities and a set of tools to work with electronics. (2020, upd.)
The space is located on Gouwstraat 3 and first opened its doors on 3 November 2017.
- Links
- CC (creative crowds), server for publishing experiments
- Digital Solidarity Networks, pad, March 2020-
- Stock Taking Sense, 2024. Toot.
- Video talk on Varia's collective infrastructure by Danny Tirthdas van der Kleij, Permacomputing symposium, FIBER, Amsterdam, December 2023
- SomeTimes, collection of announcements and conversations: Issue 1 (February-April 2022), Issue 2 (April 2023), Issue 3 (12 October 2023).
- Narrowcast, 2023, [40] pp, PDF. [1]
- 5th year anniversary, 2022. Toot.
- Varia interview in Bratislava critical monthly Kapitál, 2022
- Varia members have a talk in Catching Up in the Archive, De Appel, 2022
- Video presentation of Varia by Lídia Pereira and Cristina Cochior at the De-platformization event at Display, Prague, 2020
