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Audible Edge Night School: Opt-out
March 31, 2024 @ 3:00 pm - 5:00 pm
Opt-out is a workshop focused on ‘opting out’ of the attention economies of capitalist platforms and developing alternatives that foster listening online. Facilitated by Ben Byrne, it will feature a presentation of some of his work with Avantwhatever, a forum for digital sound, art, and design. This will include the decentralised social media server Avantwhatever.org, which workshop participants will be able to experiment with and will be provided as an online gathering space during the Audible Edge Festival. Participants will be invited to share their own struggles, with the infinite scroll of commercial social media, listening to and paying for music deliberately and ethically, connecting with other musicians and listeners online, or otherwise. Ben will then lead the group in discussing the possibilities of decentralised technologies and tactics for inhabiting the open web in creative ways.
Accessibility
Ben will deliver this workshop online via Jitsi, from Helsinki. Participants are encouraged to attend in-person for post-workshop reflections, but can also attend purely online.
The State Library of Western Australia Geographe Room is a wheelchair accessible venue. It is located on the ground floor. There are numerous wheelchair accessible, all-gender bathrooms located throughout the library. The event is alcohol-free and all-ages. The room will be brightly and clearly lit. Live captioning can be arranged for the workshop. The venue is enclosed with no windows that can be opened. It will not be overcrowded, but depending on in-person attendance numbers, it may not have spare for more than 1.5m physical distancing.