Future Storage:  Architectures to host the Metaverse

WASTELAND 2025: Out of Sight  |  3-27 July, Rotterdam  | A transdisciplinary festival exploring waste ecologies through art, performance, and collective research

collective.wasteland

A keynote lecture by Marina Otero Verzier followed by Radio set by Cardboard Lamb

The Grey Space in the Middle

DESCRIPTIONThis evening is focused on the waste that is generated by our growing reliance on the digital. This encompasses both the tangible and the abstract aspects of our digital existence: from the physical infrastructure of internet cables on the ocean floor, sprawling data centers, to our electronic devices like smartphones and computers, which quickly end up as electronic waste when new developments render them outdated.Our exploration extends to the intangible dimensions of 'digital waste’. Cloud storage gives us the impression that data is stored in an “immaterial” dimension, while it relies on a massive internet infrastructure of data centers, that require hardware, energy and emit CO2. This evening we raise questions about the environmental implications of persistently archiving digital data, and explore alternative ways of data storage.Our digital worlds depend on resource-extractive practices, contribute to geopolitical inequalities, consume significant amounts of energy, occupy land, and together emit more CO2 than the aviation industry.Join us for a discussion on the future of digital waste, led by Marina Otero Verzier, as we address the urgent need for sustainable waste management in our online worlds. Linger on the digital waste production in a sonic exploration with Cardboard Lamb.Marina Otero Verzier is an architect based in Rotterdam and Head of the Social Design Masters at Design Academy Eindhoven. From 2015-2022 she was the Director of Research at Het Nieuwe Instituut (HNI), the Dutch institute for Architecture, Design and Digital Culture. At HNI she led initiatives such as “Automated Landscapes”, focusing on the emerging architectures of automated labour, and “BURN-OUT: Exhaustion on a planetary scale”, instigating forms of care for multispecies, collective bodies.‍Cara Mayer is Cardboard Lamb. As a DJ, she cares about narrative radio – mixing ambient, experimental electronics, and various iterations of wave and folk with film clips, field recordings, and poetry along a chosen theme.She is a resident at Mutant Radio in Tbilisi with a bi-monthly show exploring Italo Calvino’s Invisible Cities, as well as a student studying the sonics, poetics, and politics of spaces at Sandberg’s Studio for Immediate Spaces. Outside of DJing, Cara is a music programmer at Radio Tempo Não Pàra, and has worked as awriter, host, and radio-maker for Pinkman Records,PRACTICAL INFORMATIONTickets:To allow greater access, Wasteland 2023 offers a combination of free program parts and sliding-scale tickets for paid events and activities. For all paid program items, solidarity tickets are available for people with limited resources; please email us if you would like to use them.Venue and accessibility:Located in the city centre of the Hague, The Grey Space in the Middle is easily reachable by bike, public transport, or car. All spaces on the ground floor and the basement (via a lift) are accessible by wheelchair and mobility scooter. Please ask the staff for access to the lift. There is an accessible toilet on the ground floor. There are few parking spaces located in front of the building.More information:<a href="http://www.collectivewasteland.nl/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">www.collectivewasteland.nl</a><a href="http://www.instagram.com/collective.wasteland" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">www.instagram.com/collective.wasteland</a><a href="https://www.eventbrite.nl/e/wasteland-streams-of-waste-events-tickets-734213732037?aff=oddtdtcreator&lang=nl-nl&locale=nl_NL&status=30&view=listing">info@collectivewasteland.nl</a>_________________________________________________OVERVIEW FESTIVAL EVENING PROGRAMLocation: The Grey Space in the Middle, Filmhuis Den Haag19 – 29 October, every evening except 23.10 and 26.10Throughout the festival, we offer a variety of engaging and accessible events to contextualise the "Streams of Waste" theme from different angles. By day, art and activism are fused within the interventions that will take the festival to the streets of The Hague. At the same time, evenings will provide further insights through various formats, including club events, performance nights, presentations, keynote speakers, film screenings, and dinner sessions.Join us on a journey to generate new streams of knowledge, engage in sonic dialogues during our club nights, or dive deeper into performative journeys.With contributions by: Marina Otero Verzier, Werner van der Zwan, Nikos, Loma Doom, RJM Van der Heyden, What You See is What You Get, Sophia Bulgakova, Hans Hannah, Donatas Tretjakovas, TrashUre Hunt, Soyun Park, Jaeha Ban and Seunghee Ha, LUC, Cardboard Lamb, Pawel Wojtasik, Toby Kim Lee, Ernst Karel, <a href="https://dafilms.com/director/8441-milos-tomic" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Miloš Tomić</a>, Francois Knoetze.Thursday 19th of OctoberLocation: The Grey Space in the Middle18:00 – 22:00Opening! Including a performance by Werner van der Zwan and Gökay AttabekFriday 20th of OctoberLocation: The Grey Space in the Middle22:00 – 02:00Clubnight Scenius by PayBaziSaturday 21st of OctoberLocation: The Grey Space in the Middle21:00 – 02:00Streams of Sound - ClubnightSunday 22nd of OctoberLocation: The Grey Space in the Middle19:00 – 22:00Beyond the Streams - A background evening together with the participating artists of the exhibitionTuesday 24th of OctoberLocation: The Grey Space in the Middle19:00 – 22:00Wasted Cities: Critical Look into our Waste and our Resources - Zine-Launch curated in collaboration with the students of Leiden University, WDKA and Erasmus UniversityWednesday 25th of OctoberLocation: Filmhuis Den Haag21:00 – 22:30Streams on Screen: Film screening in collaboration with WYSIWYGFriday 27th of OctoberLocation: The Grey Space in the Middle20:00 – 22:00Bibimbap News: Here’s the secret we found from North Korean garbage stranded on the South Korean beach,Presentation of work-in-progress by Soyun Park, Jaeha Ban and Seunghee HaSaturday 28th of OctoberLocation: The Grey Space in the Middle20:00 – 21:30 Future Storage: Architectures to host the Metaverse - a keynote lecture by Marina Otero Verzier followed by Radio set by Cardboard LambSunday 29th of OctoberLocation: The Grey Space in the Middle18:00 – 20:00 Dinner experience with Sophia Bulgakova20:00 – 22:00 Open Field - a sonic lecture by Loma Doom

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