Last Saturday of March is an International Hackerspace Open day.
We are happy to announce opening of F0RTHSP4CE: fresh new hackerspace in Tbilisi, Georgia.
Location: Akaki Khorava, 11/18 (OpenMaps)

We scheduled a full day of events and lectures, so come, meet, learn, create and communicate!
All activities in English, but you can communicate in any language.

26.03 F0RTHSP4CE OPENING DAY 🚥

Opening
12:00 gather, meet, communicate
14:00 livecoding generative music set (@alex_notch)
14:45 - 15:30 History and philosophy of hackspaces (@algroznykh)
15:30 - 16:00 Der Chaos Computer Club (movie fragment)

Residents' speeches
16:00 - 16:20 Body implants
16:20 - 17:00 NFT: what is it and how society benefit (sic!) from it
17:00 - 17:30 FM-synthesis
17:30 - 18:00 What is called "sandbox" in information security? How to bypass sandbox?
15 mins break

Popular topics
18:15 - 19:00 Basic internet security techniques in 2022. Why do you need them?
19:00 - 19:30 How Tor works (onion routing explained)
19:30 - 21:00 Discussion about current state of internet in Russia and its nearest future (moderator @anthonyharmitage): censorship, DDOS of Russian services, mesh networking, "matryoshka" networks, VPN.

F0RTHSP4CE is officially 0 years old now! Hooray🎉

Biohacking in EEMEA Region & Synthetic Virology

Monday, 04.04.2022, at 19:00

Arda Deniz Dokuzoglu will give an improvised talk about today's biotech startup scene and share his experiences/stories on creating a biohack community in Turkey & work on synthetic viruses.

More info:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1I0mS09khYYNf1dcH0i2x0fcQjo8EBnGOdZ4cIXI-NNA/edit?usp=drivesdk

Location: Akaki Khorava, 11/18 (OpenMaps)

SATURDAY, APRIL 9

f0rth.space (Tbilisi, Akaki Khorava, 11/18)

18:00 — VCV Rack workshop from @ferluht
20:00 — PAPA SRAPA movie screening

PAPA SRAPA is not a typical music documentary, but rather a condensed trip to the very heart of Noise. It is loaded with music that can hurt and heal, Russian weird avant-garde and savage vigor of its preeminent performer.

The film takes us to bizarre noise festivals and performances with ravers, tripsters and freaks immersing into worlds of sonic violence and ecstatic states of mind. Together with Papa we trace Noise back to 1920-s, binding it to early Soviet avant-garde figures, such as Dziga Vertov, Arseniy Avraamov and Nikolai Kulbin.

The craftsmаn should make his own tools - so Papa makes his of old Soviet radio components and cheap junk. We show it is not just about the way he plays them, using blood and saliva, but about the way he brings them to life. His weapons, known to the best part of Russian electronic musicians.

This weekend:

Saturday 23.04 19:00

We're watching film about CCC & hackerspaces history:
Everything is one. Except for the 0 / Alles ist eins. Ausser der 0. / Клуб "Хаос" (2020) (eng sub)
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt11794022/

Sunday 24.04 13:00

Algorave workshop from @alex_notch. Tidal Cycles. You'd better come prepared!
https://tidalcycles.org/docs/getting-started/linux_install

Saturday event: Livecoding a web application in PureScript

Hi!

My name is Vladimir, I'm one of the f0rth.space residents.
I'm enthusiastic about introducing people to functional programming, so I decided to put up an event where I will showcase the full process of making a PureScript web application.

The application itself is a mixer for YouTube players - it should allow to play multiple embedded videos simultaneously with interactive volume controls, and with ability to share the experience via a link. It can be used to make experimental music, to help you with concentration while studying or to perform a chaos magick ritual.
There is a prototype written in JavaScript we will be using for reference.

If you are interested in either functional programming or front-end development, you are very welcome!

During the event, I will explain every step I'm making, as well as answer your questions.

What's included:

- Motivation (why PureScript?)
- Bootstrapping a PureScript project from scratch
- HTTP requests in PureScript
- Wrapping up JavaScript APIs using FFI
- Use of PureScript Halogen, a framework for web UIs
- Parser combinators (for URL-based routing)

The event will take place offline on May 14th starting 12:00 UTC+4.
Expected duration is 8 hours.

Live broadcasting is starting soon here:

https://www.twitch.tv/klntsky

F0 Doors Open (Wednesday 25.05)

First Doors Open evening in a row. Come to meet each other, play modulars, VJ, drink tea, chill and make discussions. No schedule, open mic. We have some activities planned though :)

Starting at 19:00

Internet without borders: conference and hackathon
27-28 May

This weekend Tbilisi will host an event for IT emigration from CIS countries. The language of the event is Russian.

Repost from popular Russian telecommunications activist Michael Klimarev: