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Geoffcox: /* Glitchy, Caring, Tactical: A Relational Study Between Artistic Tactics and Minor Tech */

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Geoffcox: /* Glitchy, Caring, Tactical:A relational study between artistic tactics and Minor Tech */

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Manetta: /* Glitchy, Caring, Tactical: A relational study between artistic tactics and Minor Tech */

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	== Works cited ==		== Works cited ==
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	Berlant, Lauren. “The commons: Infrastructures for troubling times*.” ''Environment and Planning D: Society and Space'', vol 34, no. 3, 2016, pp. 393-419. https://doi.org/10.1177/0263775816645989.		Berlant, Lauren. “The commons: Infrastructures for troubling times*.” ''Environment and Planning D: Society and Space'', vol 34, no. 3, 2016, pp. 393-419. https://doi.org/10.1177/0263775816645989.

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	Woodgate, Agustina; Gomez, Miquel Hervas and Krischock, Sascha.''VPN,'' 2019.		Woodgate, Agustina; Gomez, Miquel Hervas and Krischock, Sascha.''VPN,'' 2019.
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	[[Category:5000 words]]		[[Category:5000 words]]

Simoon: /* Glitchy, Caring, Tactical: A relational study between artistic tactics and Minor Tech */

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Glitchy, Caring, Tactical: A relational study between artistic tactics and Minor Tech

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	== Abstract ==		== Abstract ==
	This paper directs attention to the parameters of creative resistance to large-scale commercial digital platforms. It does so by enhancing the understanding of minor tech through the analysis and case study of the artwork, VPN. While minor tech might sound unfamiliar to the many, examples of its existence are at the same time incredibly familiar through examples of digital commoning, sharing of skills, and organisational systems. In the case of VPN, the work existed as a growing emancipatory multimedia archive, executed as a transparent server architecture revealing its technical workings to its users. This format exemplified tactics of intentional glitches through an artful inclusion of persons, space, and objects. By identifying the elements of tactics and care within the VPN, the paper draws parallels of overlapping tendencies within the movement of minor tech. Drawing on Olga Gorionova's research on 'Shadow librarians' and including former digital examples of knowledge sharing furthermore assists in sketching a web development towards the nature of minor tech and VPN. By analysing the significance of these initiatives, the paper raises the questions: What are the drives across creative resistance practices? And (how) do such creative contributions help to critically nuance various existing understandings of large-scale digital platforms?		This paper directs attention to the parameters of creative resistance to large-scale commercial digital platforms. It does so by enhancing the understanding of minor tech through the analysis and case study of the artwork, VPN. While minor tech might sound unfamiliar to the many, examples of its existence are at the same time incredibly familiar through examples of digital commoning, sharing of skills, and organisational systems. In the case of VPN, the work existed as a growing emancipatory multimedia archive, executed as a transparent server architecture revealing its technical workings to its users. This format exemplified tactics of intentional glitches through an artful inclusion of persons, space, and objects. By identifying the elements of tactics and care within the VPN, the paper draws parallels of overlapping tendencies within the movement of minor tech. Drawing on Olga Gorionova's research on 'Shadow librarians' and including former digital examples of knowledge sharing furthermore assists in sketching a web development towards the nature of minor tech and VPN. By analysing the significance of these initiatives, the paper raises the questions: What are the drives across creative
			resistance practices? And (how) do such creative contributions help to critically nuance various existing understandings of large-scale digital platforms?

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	== Introduction ==		== Introduction ==

Simoon at 13:57, 17 July 2023

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	While web history has many layers, its differences can, as pointed to by Prof. Bogna Konior, be simplified down to the drives for money, data, identity, and anonymity. Connecting these drives to the different web periods, Bogna presented “wormholes and hidden narratives” of the structure of the internet. When considering the significance and accomplishments of creative tactics and minor tech alternatives throughout web history, introducing early cyberspace that was imagined as wild, free and counter-cultural is relevant.		While web history has many layers, its differences can, as pointed to by Prof. Bogna Konior, be simplified down to the drives for money, data, identity, and anonymity. Connecting these drives to the different web periods, Bogna presented “wormholes and hidden narratives” of the structure of the internet. When considering the significance and accomplishments of creative tactics and minor tech alternatives throughout web history, introducing early cyberspace that was imagined as wild, free and counter-cultural is relevant.

	[[File:Screenshot 2023-03-09 at 10.37.41.jpg\|thumb\|~~400px~~\|Figure 3: Performance lecture, Bogna Konior, Entangled Transparencies, The Center for Art and Media (ZKM), Screenshot: March, 2023.]]		[[File:Screenshot 2023-03-09 at 10.37.41.jpg\|thumb\|380px\|Figure 3: Performance lecture, Bogna Konior, Entangled Transparencies, The Center for Art and Media (ZKM), Screenshot: March, 2023.]]

	Naturally, looking into the history of the internet reflects more than money, data, and identity but also the development of technologies, ethics, and values. From being an exclusive site of military initiatives and favourable ways to proceed with academic research, Web 1.0 presented a system of static one-way interactions that, despite developing into a public domain, had limited bandwidth and user access (Curran; Lovink). With Web 2.0 (2004), the world wide web introduced a digital platform for user interaction. Web 2.0, with its myriad of tracking algorithms and commercial drives, presented us with automated profile generations and data-hungry thriving digital platforms across various fields (social media, search engines, shopping). In this context, networking services created a structure within which user-produced content could thrive and where online shopping boosted online money-making.		Naturally, looking into the history of the internet reflects more than money, data, and identity but also the development of technologies, ethics, and values. From being an exclusive site of military initiatives and favourable ways to proceed with academic research, Web 1.0 presented a system of static one-way interactions that, despite developing into a public domain, had limited bandwidth and user access (Curran; Lovink). With Web 2.0 (2004), the world wide web introduced a digital platform for user interaction. Web 2.0, with its myriad of tracking algorithms and commercial drives, presented us with automated profile generations and data-hungry thriving digital platforms across various fields (social media, search engines, shopping). In this context, networking services created a structure within which user-produced content could thrive and where online shopping boosted online money-making.
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	== Tactical tech ==		== Tactical tech ==
	[[File:Figure 4, Page from VPN reader.jpg\|thumb\|~~400px~~\|Figure 4: Page from VPN reader.]]		[[File:Figure 4, Page from VPN reader.jpg\|thumb\|380px\|Figure 4: Page from VPN reader.]]
	Despite the scattered illustrations mentioned in the first section, what makes the case study of VPN of interest is not so much the meaning of the content but the physically dependent disruption of it. Under regular conditions, a server remains static; however, due to the disrupted content of VPN, the server transformed into an active element of the experience. The artists describe these disrupting features to display both “strength and weakness” (VPN reader). Thereby when generating a visual interface across the different locations, VPN revealed the physical process of the infrastructural system. By revealing the doings of the VPN, the VPN tactic was likewise inviting the user to understand the making of its infrastructure.		Despite the scattered illustrations mentioned in the first section, what makes the case study of VPN of interest is not so much the meaning of the content but the physically dependent disruption of it. Under regular conditions, a server remains static; however, due to the disrupted content of VPN, the server transformed into an active element of the experience. The artists describe these disrupting features to display both “strength and weakness” (VPN reader). Thereby when generating a visual interface across the different locations, VPN revealed the physical process of the infrastructural system. By revealing the doings of the VPN, the VPN tactic was likewise inviting the user to understand the making of its infrastructure.

Simoon at 13:56, 17 July 2023

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	== Glitchy tech ==		== Glitchy tech ==
	[[File:Figure 5, VPN Node at Sandberg Instituut, Amsterdam.jpg\|center\|thumb\|~~280px~~\|Figure 5: VPN Node at Sandberg Instituut, Amsterdam.]]		[[File:Figure 5, VPN Node at Sandberg Instituut, Amsterdam.jpg\|center\|thumb\|200px\|Figure 5: VPN Node at Sandberg Instituut, Amsterdam.]]
	As you move through the different VPN nodes, the content starts flickering. What in the previous location accumulated a stream of photos now provokes the activation of sound or moving images. At this point, the pace of the VPN interface has become more familiar, and the repetition of content disruption makes it possible to start detecting the interface influence of the work.		As you move through the different VPN nodes, the content starts flickering. What in the previous location accumulated a stream of photos now provokes the activation of sound or moving images. At this point, the pace of the VPN interface has become more familiar, and the repetition of content disruption makes it possible to start detecting the interface influence of the work.

Simoon at 13:54, 17 July 2023

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	While web history has many layers, its differences can, as pointed to by Prof. Bogna Konior, be simplified down to the drives for money, data, identity, and anonymity. Connecting these drives to the different web periods, Bogna presented “wormholes and hidden narratives” of the structure of the internet. When considering the significance and accomplishments of creative tactics and minor tech alternatives throughout web history, introducing early cyberspace that was imagined as wild, free and counter-cultural is relevant.		While web history has many layers, its differences can, as pointed to by Prof. Bogna Konior, be simplified down to the drives for money, data, identity, and anonymity. Connecting these drives to the different web periods, Bogna presented “wormholes and hidden narratives” of the structure of the internet. When considering the significance and accomplishments of creative tactics and minor tech alternatives throughout web history, introducing early cyberspace that was imagined as wild, free and counter-cultural is relevant.

	[[File:Screenshot 2023-03-09 at 10.37.41.jpg\|thumb\|~~480px~~\|Figure 3: Performance lecture, Bogna Konior, Entangled Transparencies, The Center for Art and Media (ZKM), Screenshot: March, 2023.]]		[[File:Screenshot 2023-03-09 at 10.37.41.jpg\|thumb\|400px\|Figure 3: Performance lecture, Bogna Konior, Entangled Transparencies, The Center for Art and Media (ZKM), Screenshot: March, 2023.]]

	Naturally, looking into the history of the internet reflects more than money, data, and identity but also the development of technologies, ethics, and values. From being an exclusive site of military initiatives and favourable ways to proceed with academic research, Web 1.0 presented a system of static one-way interactions that, despite developing into a public domain, had limited bandwidth and user access (Curran; Lovink). With Web 2.0 (2004), the world wide web introduced a digital platform for user interaction. Web 2.0, with its myriad of tracking algorithms and commercial drives, presented us with automated profile generations and data-hungry thriving digital platforms across various fields (social media, search engines, shopping). In this context, networking services created a structure within which user-produced content could thrive and where online shopping boosted online money-making.		Naturally, looking into the history of the internet reflects more than money, data, and identity but also the development of technologies, ethics, and values. From being an exclusive site of military initiatives and favourable ways to proceed with academic research, Web 1.0 presented a system of static one-way interactions that, despite developing into a public domain, had limited bandwidth and user access (Curran; Lovink). With Web 2.0 (2004), the world wide web introduced a digital platform for user interaction. Web 2.0, with its myriad of tracking algorithms and commercial drives, presented us with automated profile generations and data-hungry thriving digital platforms across various fields (social media, search engines, shopping). In this context, networking services created a structure within which user-produced content could thrive and where online shopping boosted online money-making.
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	== Tactical tech ==		== Tactical tech ==
	[[File:Figure 4, Page from VPN reader.jpg\|thumb\|~~480px~~\|Figure 4: Page from VPN reader.]]		[[File:Figure 4, Page from VPN reader.jpg\|thumb\|400px\|Figure 4: Page from VPN reader.]]
	Despite the scattered illustrations mentioned in the first section, what makes the case study of VPN of interest is not so much the meaning of the content but the physically dependent disruption of it. Under regular conditions, a server remains static; however, due to the disrupted content of VPN, the server transformed into an active element of the experience. The artists describe these disrupting features to display both “strength and weakness” (VPN reader). Thereby when generating a visual interface across the different locations, VPN revealed the physical process of the infrastructural system. By revealing the doings of the VPN, the VPN tactic was likewise inviting the user to understand the making of its infrastructure.		Despite the scattered illustrations mentioned in the first section, what makes the case study of VPN of interest is not so much the meaning of the content but the physically dependent disruption of it. Under regular conditions, a server remains static; however, due to the disrupted content of VPN, the server transformed into an active element of the experience. The artists describe these disrupting features to display both “strength and weakness” (VPN reader). Thereby when generating a visual interface across the different locations, VPN revealed the physical process of the infrastructural system. By revealing the doings of the VPN, the VPN tactic was likewise inviting the user to understand the making of its infrastructure.

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	== Caring tech ==		== Caring tech ==
	[[File:Figure 6, VPN Network hardware, photo from VPN reader .jpg~~\|center~~\|thumb\|280px\|Figure 6: VPN Network hardware, photo from VPN reader.]]		[[File:Figure 6, VPN Network hardware, photo from VPN reader .jpg\|thumb\|280px\|Figure 6: VPN Network hardware, photo from VPN reader.]]
	The technical complications of projects such as VPN exist of material limitations, from electricity plugs to internet connection. Starting as a software project, the VPN grew into a compilation of nodes, proxies, and hosting to become a system of maintenance and care eventually.		The technical complications of projects such as VPN exist of material limitations, from electricity plugs to internet connection. Starting as a software project, the VPN grew into a compilation of nodes, proxies, and hosting to become a system of maintenance and care eventually.

Simoon at 13:53, 17 July 2023

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	While web history has many layers, its differences can, as pointed to by Prof. Bogna Konior, be simplified down to the drives for money, data, identity, and anonymity. Connecting these drives to the different web periods, Bogna presented “wormholes and hidden narratives” of the structure of the internet. When considering the significance and accomplishments of creative tactics and minor tech alternatives throughout web history, introducing early cyberspace that was imagined as wild, free and counter-cultural is relevant.		While web history has many layers, its differences can, as pointed to by Prof. Bogna Konior, be simplified down to the drives for money, data, identity, and anonymity. Connecting these drives to the different web periods, Bogna presented “wormholes and hidden narratives” of the structure of the internet. When considering the significance and accomplishments of creative tactics and minor tech alternatives throughout web history, introducing early cyberspace that was imagined as wild, free and counter-cultural is relevant.

	[[File:Screenshot 2023-03-09 at 10.37.41.jpg\|thumb\|~~560px~~\|Figure 3: Performance lecture, Bogna Konior, Entangled Transparencies, The Center for Art and Media (ZKM), Screenshot: March, 2023.]]		[[File:Screenshot 2023-03-09 at 10.37.41.jpg\|thumb\|480px\|Figure 3: Performance lecture, Bogna Konior, Entangled Transparencies, The Center for Art and Media (ZKM), Screenshot: March, 2023.]]

	Naturally, looking into the history of the internet reflects more than money, data, and identity but also the development of technologies, ethics, and values. From being an exclusive site of military initiatives and favourable ways to proceed with academic research, Web 1.0 presented a system of static one-way interactions that, despite developing into a public domain, had limited bandwidth and user access (Curran; Lovink). With Web 2.0 (2004), the world wide web introduced a digital platform for user interaction. Web 2.0, with its myriad of tracking algorithms and commercial drives, presented us with automated profile generations and data-hungry thriving digital platforms across various fields (social media, search engines, shopping). In this context, networking services created a structure within which user-produced content could thrive and where online shopping boosted online money-making.		Naturally, looking into the history of the internet reflects more than money, data, and identity but also the development of technologies, ethics, and values. From being an exclusive site of military initiatives and favourable ways to proceed with academic research, Web 1.0 presented a system of static one-way interactions that, despite developing into a public domain, had limited bandwidth and user access (Curran; Lovink). With Web 2.0 (2004), the world wide web introduced a digital platform for user interaction. Web 2.0, with its myriad of tracking algorithms and commercial drives, presented us with automated profile generations and data-hungry thriving digital platforms across various fields (social media, search engines, shopping). In this context, networking services created a structure within which user-produced content could thrive and where online shopping boosted online money-making.