Keywords: workshop, electronics, cooling oil, data centers, speculation, robotics.

Artist Igor Bobbeldijk invites you to a session where we will be diving into how to build robotic creatures capable of living in a special oil used as a cooling technology —supposedly more efficient than traditional air conditioning and ventilation systems in spaces such as data centers.

As data centers become critical vectors of oppression, at what point does material resistance become necessary? In this session we will explore this science fiction-like under-oil environment from different angles; both earnest and absurdist speculation are welcome.

After an introduction by Igor, we will discuss strategies and make sketches. The generated material may become part of the ongoing installation in the window of Constant.

When
Join us on Saturday 12 April from 11:00 to 15:00 at Constant’s Studio.

Where
Address: Chaussée de Jette 388 Jetsesteenweg, 1081 Koekelberg, Brussels.

Accessibility
The Studio is fully accessible for wheelchairs. More info about accessibility

Language
The workshop will be held in English.

Registration
If you would like to participate, please send an email to imane@constantvzw.org

Workshop outline:

• Introduction to the under-oil world.
• At what point does material resistance become necessary?
• Discussion of possible tactics of sabotage
  • Points of entry
  • Propulsion / moving under-oil
  • Executing actions
  • Escape?
• Sketching session: We will follow the discussion by taking some of the problems and solutions that were discussed and put them into sketches.
• DIY robotics: Building We will put together some electronics and make some "3D sketches".

Participants are welcome to bring some old, obsolete tech (phone,camcorder,..) to tinker with.