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Pure Data Patching Circle

a experimental workspace for diverse practices working with free software & tools;

somewhere between hackerspace and co-working space
it's at times:
classroom,
conference venue,
(ir)regular meeting place,
studio,
residency,
gallery,
kitchen table
& cafeteria

our TOOLS
are increasingly mediated by software and the algorithmic and legal dynamics that constraint and shape its use.

Reconnecting to the material (both physical and digital) is a vital means of (re)asserting ownership and ensuring an active participation in the future development of our work practices

Licenses

Variable was initiated by Constant VZW
and made possible with the kind support and facilities of the VGC

to edit the pages ADD /edit to the URL and login with the user/password in An's initial mail

hotglue bug alert: it seems you need to click "up here" to create things -- then you can drag them DOWN!

Who's idea of freedom?

When Richard Stallman initiated the Free Software Foundation and GNU project, it was not purely out of love of the collective.

He was also concerned about how the legal conditions of his work (at University) meant that he himself could lose control of his own creative production. The GNU license was a way to ensure that the conditions of one's (digital) work were equitable to those creating it.

Ordis + Ado's

Multidisciplinary practises & collaborations between people with very different backgrounds: * Computer Science / Software Design * Graphic Design / Media Design
* Linguistics / Literature * Painting / Film/Video * ...