Occult language and esoteric imaginaries have become the most adequate descriptors for conspiratorial politics, aestheticized digital cultures, and technological assemblages we find ourselves embedded within. Or, to put it plainly, why everything has become so fucking weird. Language: mostly English. 15 seats plus auditors. Price: free, prior registration. Who is it for: artists, future artists, designers, digital cultures experts, very online people, internectuals, but also activists, journalists, visual and digital anthropologists and, in general, anyone who is into internet cores, digital subcultures, conspiracy theories, or critical media theory. → Sign up here Two-day workshop aimed at mapping —both theoretically and practically— how occult language and esoteric imaginaries have become the most adequate descriptors for conspiratorial politics, aestheticized digital cultures, and technological assemblages we find ourselves embedded within. The turn toward occult vocabularies when confronting technology is not a return to superstition but a recurring epistemological adaptation: from Victorian telegraphy feeding...

Repair Café Madrid is a weekly meeting to repair small everyday objects and learn to look at them in a more sustainable way. Neighbors can learn how to repair their broken appliances with the help of handyman and accompanied by a coffee. It also has a section of Electroganchillo. Where Repair Café Madrid meets at Medialab Matadero (Terrario room) starting in 2015 in the Serrería Belga building coordinated by the TimeLab working group and the Escala Digital mediation-research project, making use of the resources and tools available at the center. To participate in the meeting no prior registration is required, just come on a Saturday between 18:00 and 20:00 with the device (electrical or electronic) that needs to be repaired. Objectives The objectives of Repair Café Madrid are: Maintain and disseminate knowledge about repair. To promote social cohesion by establishing contact between neighbors. To reintroduce repair in the local society...