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Book presentation Constant proudly presents the publication: With contributions by: Simon Pope, elpueblodechina, Ronald Patterson, An Mertens, Claudia Borges, Julia Lee Barclay, AGF, Vincent Vandeghinste, Mario Campanella, tatibrazil, Jacques Jouet, Harrisson, Sarah Infanger, Filiep Tacq, Richard Vijgen, Femke Snelting, Wendy van Wynsberghe, Stephane Quertimont, Lucas Catherine, Jamal Boukhriss, Patricia Niedzwicki, Bambi Cueppens, Peter Westenberg, Graham Harwood, Marijs Boulogne, Kris Rutten <\/p>\n Pocket size, 193 pages, B\/W print (…) Verbindingen\/Jonctions 9 took place from 24 until 28 November 2005 between Brussels, Li\u00c3\u00a8ge and Antwerp. To contribute to a critical reading of language, memory and exchange as underlying structures and applications of digital media, V\/J9 considered language and memory as instruments for sharing contents and free exchange of information, instead of accepting them as unchangeable entities. We were curious about language and code as means to express multiplicity; we wanted to \u00ef\u00ac\u0081nd out how dialects, pidgin and slang could act as cultural bridges. We took the words \u00e2\u20ac\u02dcjonctions\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 and \u00e2\u20ac\u02dcverbindingen\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 literally, and made connections between places and languages in our own country. If we are crossing linguistic borders between fellow citizens speaking Bruxellois, Walloon, English, French, Dutch, West-Vlaams or Moroccan, we are also crossing borders between \u00ef\u00ac\u0081ction and a surrealist practice of language; as surrealist as an exquisite corpse; Are our languages like walking dead or cyborgs? (…) Are our languages re\u00ef\u00ac\u201aecting a queer deal or are they expressions of patriarchal dictatorship? Can we learn from certain computer languages the ability to evolve according to uses and mistakes? (…)<\/p>\n The program of Verbindingen\/Jonctions(VJ), the annual multidisciplinary festival organised by Constant combines high-, low- and no-tech strategies from utopian, contemporary, traditional and tribal cultures with open standards, free licenses, feminism and queer theories. The festival offers radio makers, artists, software programmers, academics, linux users, interface designers, urban explorers, performance artists, technicians and others an occasion to experience each other\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s practices, and to share their activities and interests with a broad public of visitors interested.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Book presentation VJ9: The Language of Sharing \/ Deeltaal \/ Protocoles d\u00e2\u20ac\u2122\u00c3\u00a9changes Location: Constant office: Fortstraat 5, 1060 st. Gillis, Brussels, +32 (0)2 5392467 Time: Friday 17 November 2006, between 17.00 – 20.00 Constant proudly presents the publication: VJ9 The language of sharing. We invite you to join us in our office on November 17, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[25],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.constantvzw.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/138"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.constantvzw.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.constantvzw.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.constantvzw.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.constantvzw.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=138"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/news.constantvzw.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/138\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.constantvzw.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=138"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.constantvzw.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=138"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.constantvzw.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=138"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nVJ9: The Language of Sharing \/ Deeltaal \/ Protocoles d\u00e2\u20ac\u2122\u00c3\u00a9changes <\/em><\/strong>
\nLocation: Constant office: Fortstraat 5,
\n1060 st. Gillis, Brussels, +32 (0)2 5392467<\/strong>
\nTime: Friday 17 November 2006, between 17.00 – 20.00<\/strong><\/p>\n
\nVJ9 The language of sharing. <\/strong>
\nWe invite you to join us in our office on November 17, between 17.00 and 20.00. Copies of the book will be freely available, a drink and a snack will be served. If you can’t be present to obtain your copy of the book, but would like to receive one, please leave your post address in our mailbox.
\ninfo**at**constant.com
\nLooking forward to seeing you!<\/p>\n
\nDesign: Roger Teeuwen
\nEditing: Femke Snelting + Peter Westenberg
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