C/Change 2023 R&D Lab Cohort Salon
December 5, 2023
Please join us as we celebrate the culmination of C/Change’s second Creative R&D Lab cycle with a presentation of projects that build toward the future of digital cultural exchange.
C/Change Workshops at Gray Area Festival
OCTOBER 19 – 22, 2023
Join us October 19–22 for the 9th edition of Gray Area Festival, a conference, performances, workshops, and an exhibition surveying culture through the lens of art and technology.
C/Change 2022 R&D Lab Cohort Salon
January 19, 2023 — 10:00 Am PDT
Please join us as we celebrate C/Change’s inaugural R&D Lab cycle with a presentation of final projects. Over the past six months five interdisciplinary teams from around the world have produced interactive experiences to demonstrate the use of emerging technologies to foster inclusive dialogue and safe spaces for exchange. Join us virtually on Thursday, January 19 at 10 AM PST for a salon featuring the teams’ final prototypes with an open discussion to follow.
View the presentation recording here.
Recipes for the Future:
Reimagining Family Cookbooks for Resilience in a Changing Climate
NOVEMBER 13, 2022 — 1:00 pm PDT
In order to contend with extreme and imminent climate change, and to sustain cultural cohesion in the inhospitable environments that may result, we need to learn from each other how to embrace new, climatically appropriate foods. In this workshop led by applied ecologist Erin Riordan and experimental philosopher Jonathon Keats, participants will learn about the impact of climate change on the availability of food plants with which they’re familiar, and will be guided through the process of creating a cookbook containing traditional family recipes adapted to future climate conditions through artful use of ingredients likely to be locally available in fifty years. Intended to serve as futureproof heirlooms while simultaneously inspiring collective introspection in the present, the cookbooks will be written by hand and embellished with an assortment of craft supplies by people of all ages sitting around a communal table.
Whistleblowing for Change:
Exposing Systems of Power and Injustice
September 30, 2022 — 2:30 pm PDT
The courageous acts of whistleblowing that inspired the world over the past few years have changed our perception of surveillance and control in today’s information society. What are the wider effects of whistleblowing as an act of dissent on politics, society, and the arts? How does it contribute to new courses of action? In this presentation, Tatiana Bazzichelli introduces for the first time in the US the book Whistleblowing for Change: Exposing Systems of Power and Injustice (Nov. 2021, transcript Verlag).
Gray Area Festival Workshop Series
October 2, 2022 — 11AM – 6pm PDT
Gray Area Festival presents a C/Change workshop series. Prototype and experiment along with artists and creative technologists from all over the globe, through topics ranging from design history to decentralized livestreaming, reproductive surveillance, and Afro-futurist worldbuilding. These participatory in-person workshops offer attendees a platform to experiment, create, and collaborate in community-driven projects and experiences that illustrate forward-looking paradigms for digital futures.
R&D Lab Information Session
April 6, 2022 — 10AM PDT
Join us for an online information session about the R&D Lab open call. C/Change staff will give an overview of the application process and participant experience, then answer any questions you might have.