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Friday, 30 May 2008
Drupal video server.
Generatech, the post porn folks, use drupal video server.
Their content is queer, performances and post porn. These go up on their website. It is politically decentralized actions made visible and empowering.
They ARE code. Code and surface creates agents. Code is central in defining technology, subjectives and culture. The digital divide is an issue of access to code. There isa gebder gap and an ethnic gap in access.
Capitalism restricts code access through software patents.
Access to code is cultural power. The net creates culture and represents culture. Media corporations want to control and sell culture. They represent women poorly. They sell western culture to everyone.
There are economic issues in regards to access and also knowledge issues. I can't afford it. I don't know how.
We need to write our own code and make our own culture. Free software lets us protect our interests. We can make sure out interface is non-sexist. Queer theory lets us rewritew the gender/sex code.
They use inkspace as a tool. And cineralla. Their work is copylefted.
Their plan of action: is to increase access to tech by increasing knowledge of foss tools.
They want to specifically promote these tools among people who tend to have less access.
Video.ningunlugar.org is to share documentation of their acts of "gender terrorism." They did a festival with an image of jesus with boobs and a penis crown (instead of thorns). The police came to the house of the graphic designer.
Post pron is non-normative. It seems theyre trying to tweak social conservatives. They want to re-sexualize the body and change social definitions of sexiness.
"Gender hackers" can be whatever they want and rewrite the gender code. YAy.
They are trying to fight censorship. One of the speaker's friends got banned from youtube. ANother from myspace. ANother from blogger. Her POETRY was banned?
In summary: we are code. COde is being privatised. We have to rewrite all our codes for social transofmration.
They want to combine all progressive causes in a larger millieu.
They really beleive in online video, free software and progressive causes. Yay.
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