- Lamp fillIn front of the Palais de Justice small cobble stones are inserted in the pavement. You will find a line of these, along the roadside. In 2016 these squares were circles. Not stone but glass. They still contained the fittings of lamps, although they were clearly at the end of their lives, which is now […]
- Rain pipe repairThis crushed rain pipe has been temporarily repaired using a plastic bottle.
- Smoke divideThis post is for the archive of odd regulations. The dotted line on the ceiling of café Verschueren has been put in place to indicate the separation between the smokers and no smokers side of the café. Before the law required that smokers spaces need to be closed off spaces, there was a brief period […]
- Festival Mondial des Cinémas SauvagesAPPEL A FILMS SAUVAGES ! jusqu’au 30 mars 2017 Inscriptions des films en ligne : http://www.festival-cinemas-sauvages.net/fr/formulaire/ Le Festival Mondial des Cinémas Sauvages veut montrer des films libres dans leurs manières de se fabriquer, libres dans leurs manières d’être diffusés. Pas de critères de durée, de genre, de date de réalisation, de nationalité, de support (nous […]
- Everything old is new again…HMMMM… the continuing legacy of patented video compression. But now rather than the David vs. Goliath of Theora/Xiph.org vs. MPEG LA it’s Google vs. MPEG-LA. Interesting though how this coverage in the main stream technology press doesn’t even once mention free software, nor even open source. What’s also not discussed is the relation to hardware […]
- AXIOM Beta Crowd Funding Launchhttps://www.apertus.org/axiom-beta-crowdfunding-launch AXIOM Beta: The first open digital cinema camera apertus° was started by filmmakers who were fed up with the limitations of the tools they had to work with every day. Compared to 50 years ago, cameras today are technologically far superior, but at same time a lot less accessible. AXIOM Beta intends to fix […]
- 2019 publicationsThe website of Books with an Attitude has been updated with the 2019 publications of Constant and friends. Feel free to discover the catalogues of Constant_V, Diversions and Data Workers; and the fascinating publications Footfall Almanac 2019 and Networks of One's Own (Varia Zone). For each of the publications you can either download the pdf […]
- Constant @ Privacy SalonIn the framework of the collective exhibition MENSCH MASCHINE, curated by Thierry Vandenbussche and Privacy Salon and presented on the occasion of the Computer Privacy and Data Protection Conference (CPDP 2020) in Brussels, Constant proposes a 'reading corner' filled with publications around the dichotomy 'human / non-human' and the prejudices involved in technological development. Opening: […]
- Occupying the middleOccupying the middle On Artistic Research and the Arts, Sciences and Technology transdisciplinary practices https://www.bozar.be/en/activities/163458-occupying-the-middle Constant is invited in a panel that is part of the closing event of BOZAR and JRC's Datami exhibition, Culture Action Europe, BOZAR LAB and JRC are jointly organising a meeting with experts on Arts, Science and Technology research to […]
- CraneA construction crane being built up, seen from the 25th floor of the World Trade Center in Brussels.
- Koto, angisa, odo interviewInterview met /with Christine van Russel-Henar Christine van Russel-Henar is the driving force behind the Koto museum in Paramaribo. I spoke with her about the way language, oral culture and traditional Surinamese wear are connected. The interview is in Dutch. Below you will find a transcription in Dutch, followed by a translation to English. Christine […]
- Kwatta PasieBuses in Paramaribo are privately operated, mostly by Hindustani owners. The buses are small, but still pack around 30 people. They are extensively decorated, mostly with movie heroes, crazy lettering, beautiful women, pop stars, slogans, patterns. In terms of themes, Bollywood seems to dominate the landscape. The 2009 / 2010 SPAN project organised activities to […]
Urban(e)(istiques) Anomalie(ën)(s) Bru(x)(ss)el(le)(s) Open Source Video Constant Routes and routines