Catarina M.

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First meeting

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4 years ago
by Catarina M. in

AltLab's first meeting
AltLab’s found­ing mem­bers had their first offi­cial meet­ing yes­ter­day (see pho­tos). We approved the collective’s guide­lines, com­piled a list of tools to pur­chase, set up a hard­ware recy­cling bin, and then had a lot of fun dis­cussing ideas and shar­ing knowl­edge. Two ini­tial work groups were formed to build an out­doors video pro­jec­tor and a remote-controlled-mini-helicopter car­ry­ing a video cam­era  - we’ll post more info on each of these on the community’s plat­form. We’ll also be work­ing on our indi­vid­ual projects which include robot­ics, music, com­puter vision, smart mate­ri­als, and lots of other fun things. More mem­bers and col­lab­o­ra­tors will be join­ing us from May 5th on and new work groups will be formed. We’ll keep you posted.

Work sessions

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4 years ago
by Catarina M. in

We are cur­rently look­ing for a per­ma­nent and full-time work­space (any and all suggestions/offers are wel­come). Until we get our own lab, our friends @ Geral­dine have kindly agreed to host AltLab’s weekly work ses­sions. Start­ing on May 5th we’ll meet on Tues­days from 19:00 to 24:00 (direc­tions here).

Every­one is wel­come to join us for some hack­ing, brain­storm­ing, cod­ing, what­ever it is you’re into that day. Please fill out this form if you want addi­tional info or just to let us know that you’re com­ing to one of our ses­sions. You can also find our con­tact and mail­ing list info on the con­tact page.

Hello world!

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4 years ago
by Catarina M. in

altLab

Alt­Lab is a col­lec­tive ded­i­cated to inde­pen­dent research and exper­i­men­ta­tion in alter­na­tive media. Community-based and community-building by nature, it seeks to pro­mote active par­tic­i­pa­tion, knowl­edge shar­ing, and col­lab­o­ra­tion among indi­vid­u­als such as artists, pro­gram­mers, engi­neers,  hob­by­ists, sci­en­tists, and all those who wish to freely explore cre­ative and eman­ci­pa­tory uses of tech­nol­ogy. Just like many other hack­er­spaces which have emerged all over the world in recent years, Alt­Lab has also been founded on the notions of software/hardware libre and the belief in col­lec­tive inde­pen­dent plat­forms for open and active knowledge-sharing and experimentation.

In Feb­ru­ary 2009, a group of inter­ested indi­vid­u­als, under the umbrella of Audiên­cia Zero, joined efforts to cre­ate Alt­Lab with the fol­low­ing objec­tives: Build stronger com­mu­nity ties by gath­er­ing dis­perse cells of researchers, artists, and DIY­ers around a com­mon and open plat­form; Pro­vide a shared phys­i­cal space for exper­i­men­ta­tion, test­ing, and devel­op­ment of new objects and con­cepts (rang­ing from robot­ics to soft­ware to art to con­cep­tual research); Share knowl­edge, sup­port col­lab­o­ra­tive work, and col­lec­tively push the bound­aries of DIY cre­ativ­ity; Estab­lish part­ner­ships and syn­er­gies within and across the bor­ders with other col­lec­tives that share sim­i­lar goals and ideals. To achieve these goals AltLab:

Pro­vides a col­lec­tive workspace;

Orga­nizes, on a reg­u­lar basis, pub­lic work­shops, con­fer­ences, paper pre­sen­ta­tions, exhi­bi­tions, talks, debates, etc.;

Offers open lab days where all inter­ested indi­vid­u­als are wel­come to join us with the pur­poses of: just learn­ing about the project, pre­sent­ing pro­pos­als and ideas, work­ing with us;

Con­sis­tently expands the col­lec­tive by accept­ing new mem­bers and col­lab­o­ra­tors as well as estab­lish­ing part­ner­ships with other organizations;

Main­tains a high level of open­ness and flex­i­bil­ity to insure that AltLab’s projects and activ­i­ties will be lim­ited only by the com­mit­ment and enthu­si­asm of those involved and may be eas­ily extended beyond these ini­tial activities.

Hello World ;)

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