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Creative ChaosHacking and activism as an art form
Tim PritloveUniversidad de los Andes
30. October 2012
Wau Holland
Founder Chaos Computer Club (1951-2001)
Me
Tim Pritlove // Media Hacker // Metaebene Personal Media
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Hackers?
• Aren’t those The Bad Guys™?
• Tech Model Railroad Club (TMRC) at MIT
• Hacking: programming and playing tricks
• Phone phreaks against Vietnam War (TAP)
• Birth of a politically motivated movement
• Hacker = concerned & technology-aware
Hacking is not a crime
• A crime needs criminals to take place
• Criminials pursue financial goals
• Criminals do not share knowledge
• Hackers pursue higher goals
• Hackers share knowledge
• Hackers are not criminals
Birth of the German Hacker Movement
• 1968 events press society to change
• Depression by 1977 terror escalation
• Influence of technology is obvious
• TUWAT: “We have to do something”
• Calling for collaborative action
The Chaos Computer Club
• Founded 1981 with “1984” in mind
• Chances and risks of technology for society
• Need to explain complicated things
• Using media to educate the public
• Hackers are concerned citizens and artists
• “Hacker Ethics” reflect principles of culture
Hacker Ethics
Access to computers should be unlimited and total
Always yield to the Hands-on Imperative!
All information should be free
Mistrust authority — promote decentralization
Hackers should be judged by their hacking...
You can create art and beauty on a computer.
Computers can change your life for the better.
Public Activism
Hacking biometrics Public demonstration video
Voting computers: The new threat to democracy
• Elections must be free, secret and anonymous to ensure separation of power
• Computer take over the role of paper ballots
• Vote is turned into a electronic signal field and becomes invisible
• Election can no longer be understood by humans, not even “experts”
• Recounts are no longer possible
The NEDAP Hack
• NEDAP: leading manufacturer in Europe
• 95% of dutch votes counted with NEDAP
• Dutch and german hackers joined forces
• PowerFraud silently changes results
• NEDAP: “But it is not a real computer!If it were, you could play chess on it!”
Voilà
60 Seconds
The Aftermath
• NEDAP competitor got kicked out immediately
• Government promised to start investigation
• Commission warned government to pursue
• All voting computers got banned in NL
• All voting computers got banned in D
The Pirate Party
• Born out of the net freedom and hacker scene
• Founded in Sweden
• Huge success in Germany (so far)
• Transparency, Freedom, Liquid Democracy
Liquid Democracy
• Increase participation in representative democracies
• Delegated Voting
• Make expertise a factor in decision-making
• Liquid Feedback
• Suitable for small and big organizations
Art & Beauty
This room is fullfilled mit specialelectronische equippment. Fingergrabbing
and pressing the cnoeppkes from thecomputers is allowed for die experts only!
So all the lefthanders stay away and do not disturben the brainstorming von here
working intelligencies.
Otherwise you will be out thrown and kicked anderswhere! Also: please keep still and only watchen astonished the
blinkenlights.
ATTENTION!
Blinkenlights
Berlin, Haus des Lehrers12.9.2001 – 23.3.2002
• Interactive installation at Haus des Lehrers, Berlin Alexanderplatz
• Spontaneous idea to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the Chaos Computer Club
• Five weeks from idea to realization
• One week setup time
• Low cost & low tech
Blinkenlights
BlinkenlightsImpressions
Blinkenlights Photography
Heart as seen from TV tower
Blinkenlights Photography
Chaosknoten
Blinkenlights Photography
Chaos Computer Club
Blinkenlights Photography
Three Letter Acronyms
Blinkenlights Photography
Supermännchen
Blinkenlights Photography
Wintertime
Blinkenlights Photography
No War
Blinkenlights Photography
Pong
Creating Movies
Blinkenlights Movies
Blinkenlights Movies File Format (BLM)
# BlinkenLights Movie 18x8
@800 000011100011100000000111110111110000001111111111111000001111111111111000000111111111110000000011111111100000000000111110000000000000001000000000
@200000000000000000000000011100011100000000111110111110000000111111111110000000011111111100000000000111110000000000000001000000000000000000000000000
• Person creates movie with BlinkenPaint
• Sends in movie in by e-mail
• Assignment of code number
• Code gets back to person by e-mail
• Loveletter invocation by phone
Blinkenlights Loveletters
Blinkenlights Video(Short Version)
Arcade
Paris, Bibliothèque nationale de France25.9.2001 – 6.10.2002
• Interactive installation at Bibliothèque nationale de France, Paris
• Part of “Nuit Blanche”
• Next generation Blinkenlights technology
• Greyscales and Plug-Ins
Arcade
ArcadeImpressions
Arcade Photography
Chaos Computer Club
Arcade Photography
Pacman
The Swan
Arcade Photography
Arcade Photography
Mona Lisa
Arcade Photography
Supermännchen
Alfred Hitchcock
Arcade Photography
Big Brother
Arcade Photography
Arcade Photography
Ché Guevara
Arcade Video(Short Version)
Stereoscope
Toronto, Ontario, Toronto City Hall4.10.2008 – 12.10.2008
• Inclusion is a good thing
• Participation unleashes untapped participation
• Understanding the world around you is the key to change
• Any system must constantly be evaluated and questioned as stagnation means regression
What did we learn?
And now?
Embrace the future
• PLAY: make up your ideas as you go along
• COLLABORATE: share knowledge with others
• TRUST: fear and false security have no future
Thank you!
@timpritlovetim@pritlove.org
http://metaebene.me/
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