creative chaos 2012
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Creative ChaosHacking and activism as an art form
Tim PritloveUniversidad de los Andes
30. October 2012
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Wau Holland
Founder Chaos Computer Club (1951-2001)
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Me
Tim Pritlove // Media Hacker // Metaebene Personal Media
metaebene
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Hackers?
• Aren’t those The Bad Guys™?
• Tech Model Railroad Club (TMRC) at MIT
• Hacking: programming and playing tricks
• Phone phreaks against Vietnam War (TAP)
• Birth of a politically motivated movement
• Hacker = concerned & technology-aware
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Hacking is not a crime
• A crime needs criminals to take place
• Criminials pursue financial goals
• Criminals do not share knowledge
• Hackers pursue higher goals
• Hackers share knowledge
• Hackers are not criminals
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Birth of the German Hacker Movement
• 1968 events press society to change
• Depression by 1977 terror escalation
• Influence of technology is obvious
• TUWAT: “We have to do something”
• Calling for collaborative action
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The Chaos Computer Club
• Founded 1981 with “1984” in mind
• Chances and risks of technology for society
• Need to explain complicated things
• Using media to educate the public
• Hackers are concerned citizens and artists
• “Hacker Ethics” reflect principles of culture
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Hacker Ethics
Access to computers should be unlimited and total
Always yield to the Hands-on Imperative!
All information should be free
Mistrust authority — promote decentralization
Hackers should be judged by their hacking...
You can create art and beauty on a computer.
Computers can change your life for the better.
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Public Activism
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Hacking biometrics Public demonstration video
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Voting computers: The new threat to democracy
• Elections must be free, secret and anonymous to ensure separation of power
• Computer take over the role of paper ballots
• Vote is turned into a electronic signal field and becomes invisible
• Election can no longer be understood by humans, not even “experts”
• Recounts are no longer possible
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The NEDAP Hack
• NEDAP: leading manufacturer in Europe
• 95% of dutch votes counted with NEDAP
• Dutch and german hackers joined forces
• PowerFraud silently changes results
• NEDAP: “But it is not a real computer!If it were, you could play chess on it!”
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Voilà
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60 Seconds
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The Aftermath
• NEDAP competitor got kicked out immediately
• Government promised to start investigation
• Commission warned government to pursue
• All voting computers got banned in NL
• All voting computers got banned in D
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The Pirate Party
• Born out of the net freedom and hacker scene
• Founded in Sweden
• Huge success in Germany (so far)
• Transparency, Freedom, Liquid Democracy
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Liquid Democracy
• Increase participation in representative democracies
• Delegated Voting
• Make expertise a factor in decision-making
• Liquid Feedback
• Suitable for small and big organizations
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Art & Beauty
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This room is fullfilled mit specialelectronische equippment. Fingergrabbing
and pressing the cnoeppkes from thecomputers is allowed for die experts only!
So all the lefthanders stay away and do not disturben the brainstorming von here
working intelligencies.
Otherwise you will be out thrown and kicked anderswhere! Also: please keep still and only watchen astonished the
blinkenlights.
ATTENTION!
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Blinkenlights
Berlin, Haus des Lehrers12.9.2001 – 23.3.2002
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• Interactive installation at Haus des Lehrers, Berlin Alexanderplatz
• Spontaneous idea to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the Chaos Computer Club
• Five weeks from idea to realization
• One week setup time
• Low cost & low tech
Blinkenlights
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BlinkenlightsImpressions
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Blinkenlights Photography
Heart as seen from TV tower
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Blinkenlights Photography
Chaosknoten
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Blinkenlights Photography
Chaos Computer Club
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Blinkenlights Photography
Three Letter Acronyms
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Blinkenlights Photography
Supermännchen
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Blinkenlights Photography
Wintertime
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Blinkenlights Photography
No War
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Blinkenlights Photography
Pong
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Creating Movies
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Blinkenlights Movies
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Blinkenlights Movies File Format (BLM)
# BlinkenLights Movie 18x8
@800 000011100011100000000111110111110000001111111111111000001111111111111000000111111111110000000011111111100000000000111110000000000000001000000000
@200000000000000000000000011100011100000000111110111110000000111111111110000000011111111100000000000111110000000000000001000000000000000000000000000
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• Person creates movie with BlinkenPaint
• Sends in movie in by e-mail
• Assignment of code number
• Code gets back to person by e-mail
• Loveletter invocation by phone
Blinkenlights Loveletters
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Blinkenlights Video(Short Version)
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Arcade
Paris, Bibliothèque nationale de France25.9.2001 – 6.10.2002
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• Interactive installation at Bibliothèque nationale de France, Paris
• Part of “Nuit Blanche”
• Next generation Blinkenlights technology
• Greyscales and Plug-Ins
Arcade
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ArcadeImpressions
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Arcade Photography
Chaos Computer Club
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Arcade Photography
Pacman
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The Swan
Arcade Photography
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Arcade Photography
Mona Lisa
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Arcade Photography
Supermännchen
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Alfred Hitchcock
Arcade Photography
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Big Brother
Arcade Photography
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Arcade Photography
Ché Guevara
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Arcade Video(Short Version)
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Stereoscope
Toronto, Ontario, Toronto City Hall4.10.2008 – 12.10.2008
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• Inclusion is a good thing
• Participation unleashes untapped participation
• Understanding the world around you is the key to change
• Any system must constantly be evaluated and questioned as stagnation means regression
What did we learn?
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And now?
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Embrace the future
• PLAY: make up your ideas as you go along
• COLLABORATE: share knowledge with others
• TRUST: fear and false security have no future