In exchange for our data or money, we temporarily feel at home in virtual places, but are they
really ours? On the other side we use open source programs and platforms that
do belong to everybody – but do they allow us to work efficiently and stand a chance in commercial competiton?
For online communication and audiovisual art production, we lease
platforms and programs from big tech companies. In exchange for our data or money, we temporarily feel at home in virtual places, but are they
really ours? Do we have a say in their evolution? How about rights of entry
or freedom of speech?
On the other side we use open source programs and platforms that
do belong to everybody – but do they allow us to work efficiently and
competitive? What do they necessitate to become more sustainable than
a subscription at a multinational?
On the 28t of january, Mobo-researcher Julia Clever had invited Multimedia-artist Olivier Meunier, who has presented another kind of internet, outside of the platforms of GAFAM (Google, Amazon, Facebook, Apple, Microsoft ). The recording of htis session is consultable online, on the BBB-server of the RITCS.
Later that day, we zoomed in on open source in grading and editing.
With Olivier, students and teachers from 3 BA Editing, we discussed a couple/range of multiplatform-open source editing programs. Based on this afternoon, Julia Clever will assemble recommendations/a self help kit for those in “editing distress.”, to be found here soon.