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:

F0 Open Doors (Saturday 18.06)

Come to meet each other, play modulars, VJ, drink tea, chill and talk.

We have some activities planned:

- Talk about strace, practical usecases, helpful parameters and real life examples. (@neverSleepingOwl)
- noise jam & workshop (@klntsky)

Starting at 19:00

Basics of computer networks (2,3 July 15:00-19:00) Language: RU

This weekend: two seminars for people with close to zero exp in IT (so called techies) about basics of computer networks.
What actually happens when you open a website in a browser?
The author and speaker Denis Sloneek, an expert on web protocols, will cover such topics as OSI, TCP/IP, IPv4/6, Ethernet, NAT, HTTP/SSL.
Seminars are targeted on people willing to start a career in IT, aiming to support them.
Some practice is included, so bring laptops.

F0 Open Doors (Saturday 16.07)

Come to meet each other, play modulars, VJ, drink tea, chill and talk.
Nice chance to visit hackspace if you need an occasion.

We have some activities planned: talks about Terraform (howto helloworld) and basics of machine learning. And some noise, ofc.

Starting at 19:00

3D NIGHT
Thursday, 28.07, 8PM
F0RTHSP4CE, Khorava St, 18

Every week we meet at F0rthsp4ce to hack on 3D graphics and make some art together.
For some meetings, we will organize presentation sessions where anyone can share their work or talk about a topic that they are interested in.

Every month we will have a showcase party with screens & drinks:)

Everyone is welcome and there are no prerequisites. Kif and Snay will be there as mentors and they love to help people find their way into 3D Graphics.

Our current set of tools are:
- Unreal Engine, HoudiniFX, Blender, Unity, ThreeJS

First Meeting on Thursday, 28.07:

- Kif presentation on HoudiniFX
- Snay presentation on Metahumans

Hosts: Snay ( @zizzer ) and Kif ( @kif11 )
https://codercat.tk

Tomorrow 4 August: 3D Jam, bring you computer XD

8-11pm

3D NIGHT
Thursday, 11.08, 8PM
F0RTHSP4CE

- @igor_lu will present his workflow on planning stage visuals and music videos
- open discussion on topic and 3D jam time (bring your laptops)

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Basics of computer networks
(August 13-14, 15:00-19:00)
Language: RU

Hello, guys! We're continuing after last our Techies With Attitude's workshop about computers networking basics and we're going to talk about HTTP protocol basics. We plan to look how HTTP and SSL/TLS protocols work, see what some terms like frontend/backend/HTML/XML/JSON/etc mean, and poke some badly designed application by cURL and Postman tools. Everyone is welcome!

The place is same - F0RTHSP4CE
Vake, 18 A. Khorava st.

3D NIGHT
Thursday, 18.08, 8PM
F0RTHSP4CE, Khorava St, 18

- @munrocket will do a basic introduction into GLSL shaders, OpenGL pipeline, SDF functions and sphere tracing.

- Bring your laptop to jam together, maybe @zizzer will show new online feedback loop tool.

🗣 We are meeting for 3D Night this Thurday at 8 pm as always. This time we will do “No agenda”. Basically just chill, chat, show stuff.

👽 3D NIGHT
Thursday, 01.09, 8PM
F0RTHSP4CE, Khorava St, 18

This week we will have question / answer session with @subxt. He will show a few of his generative art projects made with Touch Designer.

Check @subxt works here https://www.behance.net/subexit

💡 3D NIGHT
Thursday, 08.10, 8:00PM
F0RTHSP4CE, Khorava St, 18

This week we will have a workshop/jam on how to create light installations with @aizek_live. He will show the most common techniques on how to use DMX protocol in TouchDesigner and how to connect sound sources to lights.

Check @aizek_live works here https://www.instagram.com/aizek.live/