HTML Zine Club is a workshop making a personal-scope of web publication. Webzines, like print zines, are personal, story-based publications, but can also be made interactive and nonlinear through code, using basic programming languages such as HTML, CSS, and a bit of JavaScript (if you like!). In this workshop, an artist Nami Kim will lead participants who have little to no coding experience on how to craft their own webzines, centred around programming with care.
read moreSometimes Not Available considers the need for interrelation and support for existing feminist server efforts, and for connecting around collective practices of developing, hosting and implementing tools and methods that reflect local needs, interests and conditions. On the 23rd of November, Inés and Martu from la_bekka will join us in discussing these matters.
read moreSometimes Not Available considers the need for interrelation and support for existing feminist server efforts, and for connecting around collective practices of developing, hosting and implementing tools and methods that reflect local needs, interests and conditions. On the 30th of November we will be joined by The Transfeminist Digital Care Network who will share their work.
read moreThis worksession intends to be a moment of collective learning, to make tangible invisible colonial mechanisms of hierarchy and oppression that are prevalent in everyday communication technologies, yet often difficult to comprehend.
read moreThe launch of Dysfluent Issue 2, a magazine about people who stammer.
read moreStatement of solidarity with the people of Palestine
read moreThe question of extronality concerns not only 'how', but also 'where'. With both eyes open, this extratonal event will focus on acoustic tools to locate sonic oddities and performative gestures, from endoscope cameras to satellite receivers.
read moreDuring the second edition of the Extratonal Education workshop series, we explore the world of electromagnetic waves and their ubiquity in our lives, together with Mathias Hurtl (MTHS). After being introduced to special hardware and Software Defined Radio, participants will acquire radio signals from different frequency bands. The workshop is free; afterwards there is a vegan dinner.
read moreExtratonal Infrastructure is back from the holidays. With a freshly charged battery, we continue the second half of our extratonal program of 2023. This time our event is dedicated to the New Dutch Naïvity, which means Dutch-language pop music for a new era!
read moreVaria Afhaal are thematic gatherings based around the common experiences, everyday technologies and home economics of food preparation.
read morePERFORMANCE NIGHT organised by Alaa Abu Asad, Merve Kılıçer and Ulufer Çelik.
read moreBelhuizen (call shops which in The Netherlands functioned also as internet cafes) are places where access to technology has been made possible through the practical acquisition of knowledge related to specific usages, as most shops are operated by diaspora members connecting community members from within and outside of Europe. For migrant populations in Rotterdam, they are points of entry to local internet infrastructure, which enables the pursuit of everyday life.
read moreVaria Afhaal are thematic gatherings based around the common experiences, everyday technologies and home economics of food preparation.
read moreA lowkey social hangout for those who like to write computer programs in the company of other people.
read moreWe invite you to "Gardening as Electricity Making," a workshop that celebrates the interplay of soil, electricity, life, and the internet.
read moreExtratonality is a vocation. As such, it requires a voice. This is why Extratonal Infrastructure invited several experimental vocalists to look into the many afforandances of the vocal cords. Join us for our final event before the summer break!
read moreWe are looking for new members to join our collective space, Varia.
read moreExtratonality not only transcends disciplines, but also understanding. The May edition of Extratonal Infrastructure is dedicated to the unknown and the elusive. With a program consisting of Colombian Cumbia and cutting edge experimentation this edition will prove to be another step towards extratonal synergy.
read moreIn the first edition of the Extratonal Education workshop series Kauê Werner will give an introduction to sound synthesis with the programming language SuperCollider. No previous knowledge is necessary! Just show up with a laptop & headphones and have fun. The workshop is free and after the workshop there will be a free vegan dinner.
read moreIn our imagination everything appears different than it really is! This premise is a fundamental part of an extratonal understanding. In april extratonal infrastructure will once again invite exceptional artists to Varia in order to approach the concept of extratonality from even more unexpected angles than before. Put on your work and dancing shoes for an evening beyond your wildest imagination!
read moreVaria joins south explorer for the 2023 edition Varia will fill the ether on the PMR Band with reports on neighborhood activities, random chatter and South Explorer updates. Experimental loempias, kombucha fizzzzes and cocktails will also be served
read moreB.Y.O.Clothes, shoes, accessories, all garments you want to exchange are welcome in our clothes swap evening! There will be mirrors and concealing curtains to try on your possible new wardrobe.
read morea drag workshop w/ Anne Ampersand | Marko Gutić Mižimakov
read moreFrom August 2022 to April 2023, Varia Library and Rotterdam Electronica Depot hold Read & Repair events on the last Saturday of every month. For this month, we will be exploring the theme Innards of technology with eeefff and Danny Tirthdas van der Kleij
read moreIn this workshop, Kit draws on their research in software engineering education and experience in technical pedagogy to host a space to share experiences of how we navigate programming knowledge. They ask: What are the challenges to effective technical learning or teaching? How can we overcome those barriers, both pedagogically and practically?
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