Workshop Statement

OPEN SOURCE AND SOFTWARE AS CULTURE

The Danish group Communal Urban Green Space is working on open source and content models in public spaces. In their Helsinki workshop teenagers from a local school will get together at Kontupiste to develop their fast SMS skills into a means of expressing their thoughts through interfaces in the public space. The messaging developed in the workshop will be screened in the Kiasma Cafe.

• Marie Markman, Jesper Dyrehauge & Nis Romer are Danish visual artists who have an interest in the design and functionality of public spaces. ‘We think that’ it is important that the place is made with respect to the environment, and that there is space for the social diversity which is present in the neighborhood.

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