The Prosumer Chronicles – The Great Medical Disaster
by Dave
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Categories: Exhibitions
Radical Networks – NYC
by Dave
I spent a great weekend at Radical Networks listening to talks and attending workshops. I introduced my research into asceticism on the network too, you can see the talk here
Categories: Practice & Research
Outlandia Residency – Ben Nevis
by Dave
During August I have been at Outlandia, an off-grid treehouse artist studio and field station in Glen Nevis, Lochaber, Scotland. During this period I wrote an essay, Art, Neo-Medievalism and Loyalty, and created a mountainside wireless network that showed a short film, Tribute.
Categories: Practice & Research
Ascetic Server – DIY Home Hosting
by Dave
As part of the drive to move into a more ascetic mode of operating on the internet I have moved my work to a server that I keep at home, on a shelf, in our living room. (Just writing these words ‘server’ and ‘living room’ in the same sentence makes me realise how far apart […]
Categories: Practice & Research
The Hum – Caustic Coastal
by Dave
I’m happy to have a new WiFi LAN work WAVES in The Hum curated by Tžužjj at Caustic Coastal in Salford . Emli Alrai, Dave Evans, James Fuller, David Lamelas, Mark Riddington, Troika Collective. 3/3/17 – 8/4/17 PV: Thursday 9th March 6-9pm UNIT 2, Regents Trading Estate, Oldfield Road, M5 4DE Open Thursdays & Saturdays […]
Categories: Exhibitions
Tate Exchange – Digital Ascetic
by Dave
I will be presenting my research at Tate Exchange in Liverpool on Monday the 16th of January at 1pm. I’ll be talking about how asceticism can be a useful part of a digital practice. To get to this we need to look at how asceticism has been co-opted and altered to mean something else, something […]
Categories: Practice & Research
The White Lizard – LAN Project Space
by Dave
White Wizard has become a LAN project space and relocated to the frequency signal of 2437 mhz in the general location of Northern Lights, Cains Brewery Village, Grafton Street, Liverpool, L8 5SD. Look for a wireless SSID signal of ‘TheWhiteLizard’- like this: For more info go here
Categories: Practice & Research
Create Your Own Local Wireless Internet
by Dave
Asceticism is about desire, and specifically how you limit that desire. In relation to digital networks that might consist of making your own, albeit limited, network rather than plugging into the endless fruity possibilities of the www. I decided to try to do this. After some research I decided the best way was to try […]
Categories: Practice & Research
OPEN Form – Porcine Reversal – Bergen Assembly
by Dave
My research into digital asceticism has led me to experiment with creating an local, open wifi network as an 1:1 scale platform (see previous audio steam post for more info about what this is). This is a network that anyone in the vicinity can access. It is hosted locally, so has a limited geographical range. […]
Categories: Practice & Research