(1) In this section we question the relationship between technical infrastructure and the political intentions implied within it, imagining different possibilities for the shape, purpose, and design of connectivity devices, along with new ways to envision a free network. Here we dismantle and rebuild mesh routers and antennas together, transforming them into tactical objects designed to respond to communitarian needs and adaptable to various contexts by both form and intention.
The outputs of "Reshaping nodes":
The Workshop:
Documentation of the first workshop session — Re-shaping Nodes.
Reading list:
Below are listed the readings and resources that guided this workshop. These references functioned as the starting point to facilitate a discussion on the objective of the experience.
〔↘〕A Manifesto for the Mutable Net, 2026
〔↘〕Pico Peering Agreement, 2003
〔↘〕Wireless Commons Manifesto, 2002
〔↘〕Rizomatica Wiki
〔↘〕Connecting the Unwired World With Balloons, Satellites, Lasers and Drones, Data Center Frontier, Rich Miller, 2015
〔↘〕DakNet: A Road To Universal Broadband Connectivity, Amir Alexander Hasson, 2003
〔↘〕Decoder, Gomma
〔↘〕Decoder, Anarchivism Wiki
〔↘〕Electronic Civil Disobedience, Critical Art Ensemble, 1996
〔↘〕How to Build a Low-tech Internet, Kris De Decker, LOW←TECH, 2015
〔↘〕Junk Bin Cyberdish Turns You Into The Satellite Tracker, Dan Maloney, Hackaday, 2023
〔↘〕LibreMesh Documentation
〔↘〕Long-distance, Low-Cost Wireless Data Transmission (PDF), Ermanno Pietrosemoli, 2011
〔↘〕LoRa-Powered Birdhouses Enable Wireless Networking When The Internet's Down, Robin Kearey, Hackaday, 2022
〔↘〕Node by Node, Justine Calma, the Verge, 2023
〔↘〕Solar Protocol, Tega Brain, Alex Nathanson and Benedetta Piantella.
〔↘〕Solar powered router, Freifunk Community Network Wiki
〔↘〕The ABC of Tactical Media, David Garcia and Geert Lovink, 1997
〔↘〕Whole Earth Catalog, Monoshop, 1968
〔↘〕T. A. Z. The Temporary Autonomous Zone, Ontological Anarchy, Poetic Terrorism, Hakim Bey,1991
〔↘〕Transborder Immigrant Tool, Electronic Disturbance Theater 2.0/b.a.n.g. lab, Net Art Antology, 2007-ongoing
