When: 21st and 22nd of January 2010
Where: http://esadse.fr

Hacktion is a free micro event spreading over two days during the open days of the École Supérieure d’ Art et Design Saint-Etienne, in France. This event is organized by Aymeric Mansoux (http://goto10.org) and Antoine Moreau (http://artlibre.org) with the support of the ESADSE and the participation of Enrike Hurtado (http://www.ixi-software.net), Florian Cramer (http://pzwart.wdka.nl), Daltex (http://www.daltex-lab.com) and Anne Laforêt (http://www.sakasama.net).

Planning
• jeudi 21 janvier
Noon: Potlach Feast with the «cabas noir» Part I
Afternoon: Présentations from Antoine Moreau, Aymeric Mansoux, Enrike Hurtado, Daltex, as well as works from the students.
Evening: performances from Aymeric Mansoux, Enrike Hurtado, Anne Laforet + Daltatron session with Daltex.

• vendredi 22 janvier
Morning: roundtable with Florian Cramer, Anne Laforêt, Daltex
Noon: Potlach Feast with the «cabas noir» Part II
Afternoon: Programming crash course with Enrike Hurtado + improvised discussions, hacking, writing and drawing.

Workshop with Enrike Hurtado:

Crash course on programing. How to gain control of computers. Computers are pervasive in nowadays world. They are present in almost all moments of our lives, catching a train, sending an email, reading a newspaper… However, the design and production of those systems is controlled mostly by engineers. Thanks to modern programming languages and free software this is not so true any more. Any person
with some reasonable effort and cheap hardware can learn programming and therefore have its say on this. From the perspective of an artist/musician/creator, gaining control of the tools we use or at least understanding how they are built, gives us another perspective on the politics, ethics (and esthetics) implied by them.

In this crash course we will be exposed to tools, ideas and processes used on this field from a practical point of view. We will write small computers programs that communicate different computers in the network, we will control basic graphics, sound and video. We will get content from the internet such as images or data from websites and use it in our applications.

booking, info and hugs:http://www.esadse.fr