Projects/WDKA+MICA

Roel Roscam Abbing - Pretty Fly For A WIFI

Unravel the Code V - Unravel Radio Marathon

When you hear the word radio, one might think nostalgically about AM and FM, car tunes, or talk shows. With over a hundred years of human radio transmission behind us, what then is radio's contemporary relevance? We have the internet right?

Radio is, however, much broader than a commercial broadcast. It is an essential infrastructure in our lives, and one that is fundamental to many technologies we depend on. At any given moment the air is filled with signals -- from cell phone packets to a bus driver walkie-talkie chatter, airplane tracking and bluetooth mouse movements, from satellites beaming down to the beep of wireless keys, the hum of electrical devices and much much more. All these technologies, and even ones which are part of 'the internet', such as Wi-Fi, 3G, 4G, microwave towers...are radio based. In short, any electrical device which lacks wires and still works (hence: wireless), works via radio. If that is not enough relevance, it is also good to note that radio itself is a natural phenomenon that older than mankind. Its strongest broadcasters are the stars. And it is deeply physical.

For Unravel The Code 2k16 we will take this expanded understanding of radio as our topic and departure point as Digital Craftsmen. We will dream up devices that make these radio systems more present and visible. We will open them up to critical inquire. We will tune in to poetical intervention and aesthetic experience. We will recount obscure histories as well as meticulously construct new narratives that lie in the grey zone between craft and the electromagnetic spectrum.

About the Collaborating Progames

MICA http://unrvl.net

WDKA Digital Craft

Participating Students

MICA Students

1. Tila Assgari - https://tilaassgaricpj.wordpress.com/
2. Trisha Cheeney - https://trishacheeney.wordpress.com/
3. Kaitlyn Conte - https://kaitlynconte.wordpress.com
4. Kristin Holifield - http://kh415.wordpress.com/
5. Bianca Jackson - https://bjacksoncpj.wordpress.com/
6. Esther Kim - https://mycreativepocessjournal.wordpress.com/
7. Erin Kirchner - https://erinkirchnerblog.wordpress.com/
8. Dan Langston - http://dtljr.wordpress.com/
9. Priya Pappu - http://priyapappu.wordpress.com/
10. Seul Rhee - https://srheecpj.wordpress.com
11. Kate Smith-Morse - https://ksmithmorsecpj.wordpress.com/
12. William Solomon - https://williamharrissolomon.wordpress.com/
13. Christina Stone - https://cstonecpj.wordpress.com/
14. Brooke Thyng - https://bthyngcpj.wordpress.com

Minor Digital Craft

1. Marjolein Stassen
2. Arthur Boer
3. Boris Smeenk
4. Stan Haanappel
5. Pascalle de Jager
6. Lars Noback
7. Meike⌇Brand
8. Stijn van Aardenne
9. Nora Mabrouki
10. rensvanpinxteren
11. Koen van Geel
12. Kars van den Heuvel
13. Judith
14. Emma Rijk

3rd Year Digital Craft

1. Jeroen Rijnart
2. Mattijn Mulder
3. Naomi
4. Alkenah Wansing
5. Kaylee Bos
6. Caio Vita
7. Seline de Graaff
8. Mirthe Jasmijn Alferink
9. Jerry Estié
10. Nina Michailidou
11. Sanne Schilder
12. Merle Sibbel
13. Sara Pavicic
14. Jeanine Verloop
15. Tian✨
16. Manouk Moreau
17. Vera Castelijns
18. Alex laman

Participating Faculty

MICA

1. Alan Grover, awgrover@msen.com, technical assistant volunteer
2. Kim Loper, kloper@mica.edu, GTI (Teacher assistant)
3. Ryan Hoover, rhoover@mica.edu, instructor
4. Margaret MacDonald, mmacdonald@mica.edu, (curatorial assistant)
5. Annet Couwenberg, acouwenb@mica.edu, instructor

WDKA

1. Simon de Bakker, simon@commonplace.nl, digital craft tools & tech mentor
2. Tim Knapen, tim@indianen.be, digital craft practice mentor
3. Yoana Buzova, yoanabuzova@gmail.com, interaction station instructor
4. Jon Stam, jon@commonplace.nl, digital craft research mentor
5. Radio-Roel Roscam Abbing, roel@roelroscamabbing.nl, digital craft practice/research mentor (not participating in person, but will sending signals)

Schedule (subject to change)

Awkward Video Call

10-14/10	Baltimore-Rotterdam
(time and date student arranged)	MICA and WDKA minor students try to sustain a 5 min awkward conversation, knowing that it will make the week much smother knowing at least one partner student on a face to face basis. See below for pairing.

Bitterball'n

22 or 23/10	DDW Eindhoven
(time and place arranged by minor students)	MICA students encounter Belgium beer and WDKA students try to convince everyone that the deep fried snack balls are really Dutch haute cuisine.

Meet, Greet, Show, Tell

Monday 24/10	Blaak 10 Foyer
12:00-12:30	Welcoming by minor students / name call WDKA minor and 3rd year
12:30 – 13:30	MICA presentations (see below for format)
13:30 – 14:00	Coffee Break - MICA/Minor pairs join up with a 3rd year student for informal chat
14:00 – 14:45	Minor/3rd year mini radio/radiation exhibition walk though
14:45 – 16:00	Unravel Radio Marathon Briefing
16:00 – 18:00	Mini Excursion - WDKA students take their MICA partner to a favourite spot in the City
18:00	Dinner?
After Hours....	Drinks?

Unravel Radio Marathon

25/10	Blaak 10 Foyer & Interaction Station (2nd Floor Wijnhaven)
9:30 – 10:00	Recapping workshop challenge / division into groups Inter-galatic communication The Internet Radio of Things Post-Radio Aesthetics Pirate Radio
10:00 – 18:00	Building transmitters, receivers, and producing powerful content
19:00-19:30	Regrouping, bringing parts together and sending the signals
19:30-20:00	Real or Imaginary Radio? - moment of truth

Exhibit and Document

25/10	Blaak 10 Foyer
9:00 – 11:00	Photo/video documentations of results
11:00 – 12:00	Walk through of results to WDKA managers/coodinators

MICA & Minor Pre-Marathon Meeting

MICA and Digital Craft Minor students plan a 5 min Skype/Hangout/Facetime meeting to discuss the following:

1. share a love/hate about your current program (of course no bad talking about UTC ;)
2. share an anecdote on radio (your secret extra-sensory electromagnetic perception, what the car radio's double function was when you four, or the time killed it on NPR's sunday puzzle)
3. share a memorable photograph of your past that fits under the title “ the moment I knew what I wanted to do”.

The purpose of this pre-meeting is to have the first exchange to be on a peer to peer basis and break the ice before the marathon begins.

Student Pairings

1. Tila Assgari, tassgari@mica.edu & Stijn van Aardenne, 0883885@hr.nl
2. Trisha Cheeney, tcheeney@mica.edu & Arthur Boer, 0882827@hr.nl
3. Kaitlyn Conte, kconte@mica.edu & Meike Brand, 0883201@hr.nl
4. Kristin Holifield, kholifield@mica.edu & Koen van Geel, 0883030@hr.nl
5. Bianca Jackson, bjackson01@mica.edu & Stan Haanappel, 0877946@hr.nl
6. Esther Kim, ekim05@mica.edu & Judith van der Heiden, 0864247@hr.nl
7. Erin Kirchner, ekirchner@mica.edu & Kars van den Heuvel, 0884318@hr.nl
8. Dan Langston, dlangston@mica.edu & Pascalle de Jager, 0884310@hr.nl
9. Priya Pappu, ppappu@mica.edu & Nora Mabrouki, 0877573@hr.nl
10. Seul Rhee, srhee01@mica.edu & Lars Noback, 0884935@hr.nl
11. Kate Smith-Morse, ksmithmorse@mica.edu & Rens van Pinxteren, 0876181@hr.nl
12. William Solomon, wsolomon@mica.edu & Emma Rijk, 0880827@hr.nl
13. Christina Stone, cstone@mica.edu & Boris Smeenk, 0884964@hr.nl
14. Brooke Thyng, bthyng@mica.edu & Marjolein Stassen, 0879333@hr.nl

MICA Presentations

On Monday afternoon Mica students will have 3 minutes to share their interests and approach to their practice. Considering collaboration can continue well beyond the project week it could be interesting to see on what basis can students connect. Please prepare a short 5 slide presentation on the following format and have it ready as a pdf.

• Slide 1: A memorable photograph of your past.

(That fits under the title “ the moment I knew what I wanted to do”)

• Slide 2: What do you make?

(Tell us in one image and one slide about creative background)

• Slide 3: What is your topic of interest?

(Explain a past/current Q9 project topic or what you wish to research in Q10)

• Slide 4: What is your medium?

(Explain what materials and tools you wish to use)

• Side 5: What is your question?