[Nettime-nl] Workshop RFID & the Internet of Things | line-up

[Jago van den Akker|Mediamatic <jago@mediamatic.net>]

Workshop RFID & the Internet of Things | line-up
9 | 10 | 11  May @ Mediamatic

In this new RFID & the Internet of Things workshop by Mediamatic, 5  
great speakers will guide the participants of the workshop through  
the technical, social and cultural issues relating to RFID, and will  
help the participants develop (small) RFID related prototypes and  
user-scenarios.

The increasing merging of the physical and the digital is fuelled by  
the use of RFID technology. RFID allows for the unique identification  
of objects and the possibility to link any kind of online data to  
these unique ID’s. The resulting Internet of Things is a space with  
both utopian and nightmarish possibilities.

*   Régine Debatty is the writer of the blog we-make-money-not- 
art.com. Her blog elaborates on artists, hackers and interaction  
designers who endeavour new technologies like RFID. During the  
workshop she will give a broad overview of current artistic and  
cultural applications of RFID.

*   Matthew Karau (former researcher at MIT MediaLab) has been  
working on numerous RFID related projects. He will give technical  
introductions on what RFID is and what it is or is not capable of,  
and will support the participants in developing their projects.

*   Heiko Hansen is artist and one half of the duo HeHe, that makes  
beautiful projects in which the technological systems that surround  
us are 'reverse engineered', and put to new critical usage and social  
functions. Using examples from HeHe's work, Heiko will go into issues  
relating to ubiqitous computing and physical interfaces.

*   Malcom McCullough, is Associate Professor of Architecture and  
Design, University of Michigan, and author of Digital Ground. Malcolm  
will talk about designing for human agency in a situation where  
(digital) interactivity has become ambient, and will discuss his  
theory of 'place' for interaction design.

*   Matthijs Kouw studies Science Dynamics at the University of  
Amsterdam and will present his research into the issue of making  
sense of the enormous reservoirs of new kinds of data that are  
generated by the wide implementation of RFID.

The workshop has room for 16 designers, artists, thinkers and makers.  
Participation fee is €350 per person, ex BTW. Lunches, technical  
equipment and assistance are included. If you want to participate in  
this workshop, please register at our online registration form:
http://www.mediamatic.net/workshopregistration
For questions or more information, surf to http://www.mediamatic.net/ 
internet-of-things, mail to workshops@mediamatic.nl, or call Klaas  
Kuitenbrouwer: +31 20 6389901.
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