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== Algolit ==
 
== Algolit ==
  
Algolit is a project of [http://www.constantvzw.org Constant], a workgroup around i-literature, free code and texts. The group was initiated in 2012.
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Algolit is a workgroup around i-literature, free code and texts. It was initiated by [http://www.constantvzw.org Constant] in 2012.  
  
 
The group meets regularly following the principles of the Oulipo-meetings: they share work and thoughts and create together, with or without the company of an invitee. Algolit is open to anyone interested in exchanging practises around digital ways of reading and writing.
 
The group meets regularly following the principles of the Oulipo-meetings: they share work and thoughts and create together, with or without the company of an invitee. Algolit is open to anyone interested in exchanging practises around digital ways of reading and writing.
  
* Agenda & announcements: http://algolit.constantvzw.org/index.php/Agenda
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* '''Agenda & announcements''': http://algolit.constantvzw.org/index.php/Agenda
* Sign up for the mailinglist: https://listes.domainepublic.net/listinfo/algolit
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* '''Sign up for the mailinglist''': https://boucan.domainepublic.net/mailman3/postorius/lists/algolit.lists.constantvzw.org/
* Who is algolit:
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* '''Who is Algolit''': http://algolit.constantvzw.org/index.php/Collaborators
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* '''Texts about Algolit''': http://algolit.constantvzw.org/index.php/Texts
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== Sessions ==
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This year we will focus again on CAMille, the digital archive database dedicated to the history of journalism in Belgium, managed by KBR and ULB.
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The database is a rich resource that has not been studied very much yet.
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The plan is to work concretely towards a new algoliterary work in 2025 with a focus on nature/ecology, colonialism...
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You find the brief notes here:  https://pad.constantvzw.org/p/algolit_240621
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All meetings take place in An Mertens' house, Place du Jeu De Balle 7, 1000 Brussels, from 10h till 18h.
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'''PLANNING'''
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- '''Friday 1 November 24'''
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- '''Friday 6 December 24'''
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- '''Friday 31 January 25'''
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- '''Friday 28 February 25'''
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- '''Friday 28 March 25'''
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- '''Friday 25 April 25'''
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- '''Friday 30 May 25'''
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- '''Friday 4 July 25'''
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[[Agenda#Past_Meetings|Past Meetings]]
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== Data Workers ==
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<div style="padding-right:5px;" >[[File:Data-workers poster square.jpg|thumbnail|150px|right|alt=data worker poster]]</div>
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Exhibition of stories told from an ‘algorithmic storyteller point of view’ at the [http://www.mundaneum.org/en Mundaneum] from 28 March until 29 April 2019. As part of the exhibition, we invited [https://www.decontextualize.com/ Allison Parrish], an algoliterary poet from New York. She gave [http://constantvzw.org/site/About-automatic-writing-and-autocomplete-the-poetics-of-technology.html a talk] at Passa Porta in Brussels - [https://video.constantvzw.org/Algolit/Allison_Parrish/allison%20parrish%20JA.mp4 watch the video] - on Thursday evening 25 April and a [http://constantvzw.org/site/The-Computational-Scrawl.html workshop] at the Mundaneum on Friday 26 April.
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[https://www.algolit.net/mundaneum/report_in_images_data_workers_EN.pdf Report in Pictures] // [https://www.algolit.net/mundaneum/rapport_en_images_data_workers.pdf en français]
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[https://www.algolit.net/images/4/47/Data-workers.en.publication.pdf Download the publication of the exhibition] // [https://www.algolit.net/images/f/fc/Data-workers.fr.publication.pdf en français]
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[https://www.algolit.net/index.php/Data_Workers Find the installations and their sources] // [https://www.algolit.net/index.php/Data_Workers_FR en français]
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[https://www.algolit.net/index.php/Listen Listen to the stories contextualizing the works] // [https://www.algolit.net/index.php/Ecoutez_les_r%C3%A9cits en français]
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Latest revision as of 13:25, 15 October 2024

Algolit

Algolit is a workgroup around i-literature, free code and texts. It was initiated by Constant in 2012.

The group meets regularly following the principles of the Oulipo-meetings: they share work and thoughts and create together, with or without the company of an invitee. Algolit is open to anyone interested in exchanging practises around digital ways of reading and writing.

Sessions

This year we will focus again on CAMille, the digital archive database dedicated to the history of journalism in Belgium, managed by KBR and ULB.

The database is a rich resource that has not been studied very much yet.

The plan is to work concretely towards a new algoliterary work in 2025 with a focus on nature/ecology, colonialism...

You find the brief notes here: https://pad.constantvzw.org/p/algolit_240621

All meetings take place in An Mertens' house, Place du Jeu De Balle 7, 1000 Brussels, from 10h till 18h.


PLANNING

- Friday 1 November 24

- Friday 6 December 24

- Friday 31 January 25

- Friday 28 February 25

- Friday 28 March 25

- Friday 25 April 25

- Friday 30 May 25

- Friday 4 July 25


Past Meetings


Data Workers

data worker poster

Exhibition of stories told from an ‘algorithmic storyteller point of view’ at the Mundaneum from 28 March until 29 April 2019. As part of the exhibition, we invited Allison Parrish, an algoliterary poet from New York. She gave a talk at Passa Porta in Brussels - watch the video - on Thursday evening 25 April and a workshop at the Mundaneum on Friday 26 April.

Report in Pictures // en français

Download the publication of the exhibition // en français

Find the installations and their sources // en français

Listen to the stories contextualizing the works // en français