MEDIA()MESSe: Is Caring for Media to care for the Mess? Workshops/Conferences. This conference is based on the work of COST Action Toolkit of Care (TOC), CA21102, supported by COST (European Cooperation in Science and Technology). https://cost.eu/
This conference-meet-up brings together four innovative European labs working at the intersection of media and open technologies. Over three days, participants will explore the creative and societal potential of technology, especially focusing on how digital tools and media can be instruments of care within communities. Led by expert trainers from each lab, the event offers an immersive experience, combining discussions, hands-on experimentation, and collaborative performances that push the boundaries of traditional technological use.
Objectives and Themes
The program is designed to engage participants in understanding and expanding the creative possibilities of technology in everyday life. Through experimentation with sensor instruments, interactive performances, and technology hacking (both visual and musical), participants will explore:
Technology as a Tool for Care: How can technological tools be adapted to foster care, support, and empowerment in our digital lives?
Creative Collaboration through DIWO (Do It With Others): How can we develop new collaborative methodologies that emphasize inclusivity, support, and creative freedom?
Sustainable and Ethical Technology Practices: What are responsible, sustainable approaches to technology that consider societal impacts and care for participants and audiences?
Toolkit of Care Toolkit of Care is an interdisciplinary group of creative practitioners, academics, researchers, and artistic/craft organizations specializing in creative technologies, who have come together to form a “care critical network”. The action network will collaborate to share collective expertise and creatively employed technical knowledge to develop care knowledge and methodologies.
This COST Action Toolkit of Care (TOC), CA21102, is supported by COST (European Cooperation in Science and Technology). https://cost.eu/ *COST (European Cooperation in Science and Technology) is a research and innovation network funding agency. Our actions help connect research initiatives across Europe and enable scientists to develop their ideas by sharing them with their peers. This stimulates their research, careers, and innovation.
Anastasia Melandin, Dimitra Kousteridou – MADLab Media Arts & Design Research Lab, Limassol, Cyprus – Pivoting on hybrid and interdisciplinary research in arts, design, and emerging techno -scientific culture.
Jenny Pickett, Julien Ottavi, Romain Papion – APO33 is an interdisciplinary artistic, theoretical and technological laboratory that develops various collective projects combining research, experimentation and intervention in the social space.
Tanja Brandmayr, Jan-Nahuel Jenny, Taro Klemens Knopp – Stadtwerkstatt (STWST) is a cultural center in Linz, Austria, which was founded as an artists’ collective in 1979. Since the 1980s it has shaped media history with significant projects in the context of new media.
Gisle Froysland, Maite Cajaraville – PIKSEL – Piksel Festival offers an engaging and thought-provoking experience, blending art, technology, science, and critical discourse. With the involvement of artists, technologists, and activists from around the world.
