Creative chaos 2012

Creative ChaosHacking and activism as an art form

Tim PritloveUniversidad de los Andes

30. October 2012

Wau Holland

Founder Chaos Computer Club (1951-2001)

Me

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Hackers?

• Aren’t those The Bad Guys™?

• Tech Model Railroad Club (TMRC) at MIT

• Hacking: programming and playing tricks

• Phone phreaks against Vietnam War (TAP)

• Birth of a politically motivated movement

• Hacker = concerned & technology-aware

Hacking is not a crime

• A crime needs criminals to take place

• Criminials pursue financial goals

• Criminals do not share knowledge

• Hackers pursue higher goals

• Hackers share knowledge

• Hackers are not criminals

Birth of the German Hacker Movement

• 1968 events press society to change

• Depression by 1977 terror escalation

• Influence of technology is obvious

• TUWAT: “We have to do something”

• Calling for collaborative action

The Chaos Computer Club

• Founded 1981 with “1984” in mind

• Chances and risks of technology for society

• Need to explain complicated things

• Using media to educate the public

• Hackers are concerned citizens and artists

• “Hacker Ethics” reflect principles of culture

Hacker Ethics

Access to computers should be unlimited and total

Always yield to the Hands-on Imperative!

All information should be free

Mistrust authority — promote decentralization

Hackers should be judged by their hacking...

You can create art and beauty on a computer.

Computers can change your life for the better.

Public Activism

Hacking biometrics Public demonstration video

Voting computers: The new threat to democracy

• Elections must be free, secret and anonymous to ensure separation of power

• Computer take over the role of paper ballots

• Vote is turned into a electronic signal field and becomes invisible

• Election can no longer be understood by humans, not even “experts”

• Recounts are no longer possible

The NEDAP Hack

• NEDAP: leading manufacturer in Europe

• 95% of dutch votes counted with NEDAP

• Dutch and german hackers joined forces

• PowerFraud silently changes results

• NEDAP: “But it is not a real computer!If it were, you could play chess on it!”

Voilà

60 Seconds

The Aftermath

• NEDAP competitor got kicked out immediately

• Government promised to start investigation

• Commission warned government to pursue

• All voting computers got banned in NL

• All voting computers got banned in D

The Pirate Party

• Born out of the net freedom and hacker scene

• Founded in Sweden

• Huge success in Germany (so far)

• Transparency, Freedom, Liquid Democracy

Liquid Democracy

• Increase participation in representative democracies

• Delegated Voting

• Make expertise a factor in decision-making

• Liquid Feedback

• Suitable for small and big organizations

Art & Beauty

This room is fullfilled mit specialelectronische equippment. Fingergrabbing

and pressing the cnoeppkes from thecomputers is allowed for die experts only!

So all the lefthanders stay away and do not disturben the brainstorming von here

working intelligencies.

Otherwise you will be out thrown and kicked anderswhere! Also: please keep still and only watchen astonished the

blinkenlights.

ATTENTION!

Blinkenlights

Berlin, Haus des Lehrers12.9.2001 – 23.3.2002

• Interactive installation at Haus des Lehrers, Berlin Alexanderplatz

• Spontaneous idea to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the Chaos Computer Club

• Five weeks from idea to realization

• One week setup time

• Low cost & low tech

Blinkenlights

BlinkenlightsImpressions

Blinkenlights Photography

Heart as seen from TV tower


Chaosknoten


Chaos Computer Club


Three Letter Acronyms


Supermännchen


Wintertime


No War


Pong

Creating Movies

Blinkenlights Movies

Blinkenlights Movies File Format (BLM)

# BlinkenLights Movie 18x8

@800 000011100011100000000111110111110000001111111111111000001111111111111000000111111111110000000011111111100000000000111110000000000000001000000000

@200000000000000000000000011100011100000000111110111110000000111111111110000000011111111100000000000111110000000000000001000000000000000000000000000

• Person creates movie with BlinkenPaint

• Sends in movie in by e-mail

• Assignment of code number

• Code gets back to person by e-mail

• Loveletter invocation by phone

Blinkenlights Loveletters

Blinkenlights Video(Short Version)

Arcade

Paris, Bibliothèque nationale de France25.9.2001 – 6.10.2002

• Interactive installation at Bibliothèque nationale de France, Paris

• Part of “Nuit Blanche”

• Next generation Blinkenlights technology

• Greyscales and Plug-Ins

Arcade

ArcadeImpressions

Arcade Photography

Chaos Computer Club

Arcade Photography

Pacman

The Swan

Arcade Photography

Arcade Photography

Mona Lisa

Arcade Photography

Supermännchen

Alfred Hitchcock

Arcade Photography

Big Brother

Arcade Photography

Arcade Photography

Ché Guevara

Arcade Video(Short Version)

Stereoscope

Toronto, Ontario, Toronto City Hall4.10.2008 – 12.10.2008

• Inclusion is a good thing

• Participation unleashes untapped participation

• Understanding the world around you is the key to change

• Any system must constantly be evaluated and questioned as stagnation means regression

What did we learn?

And now?

Embrace the future

• PLAY: make up your ideas as you go along

• COLLABORATE: share knowledge with others

• TRUST: fear and false security have no future

Thank you!

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