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May 15, 2025
19:30- 21:30
19:30- 21:30
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Workshop: The Smartest Doorbell
This workshop is cancelled! Sorry for the inconvencience.
If interested, this workshop will also be held on June 14th in Amsterdam: https://waag.org/nl/event/hyperlink/
Does your doorbell know everything about your neighbours? Or about privacy laws? Which doorbell posts the funniest videos online?
One in five homes in the Netherlands, has a smart doorbell. The most popular ones are those from Amazon (Ring), Google (Nest) and Chinese Anker (Eufy). But these smart doorbells also have a downside: none of those manufacturers show a genuine initiative to adapt the design of their products to Dutch privacy laws. They store images much longer than the advice of the Personal Data Authority (AP) and they never let people know when they are filming.
During this workshop, we will design and craft our own smart doorbell! What would the requirements of your smart doorbell be? Do you build a smart doorbell that is completely in line with privacy laws? A doorbell that enhances the neighbourhood feeling? Or maybe a doorbell that automatically uploads the funniest videos to social media?
RSVP ︎
If you would like to join the workshop, please sign up via email to hello@zipspace.nl as there are limited spots available.
Costs
free
Costs
free
︎︎︎ About Roos Groothuizen
Media artist Roos Groothuizen is currently researching smart doorbells, responsible tech, trust & horror. These “surveillance cameras” are quietly taking the country by storm. Viral videos of cute children, pets and delivery drivers are flooding the web. Does this mean we can finally trust the surveillance camera as our friend? And can the smart doorbell be utilized as an artistic medium?
This workshop is made possible with the financial support of CBK Rotterdam and Stimuleringsfonds.
LARP test:
Face It by Melissa Song Loong
“I forgot to apply eyeliner. So, I’m detained for 24 hours because I looked too mentally ill to provide myself the self-care required by law.”
In 2050, you must always have your face on. In an era where personal perfectionism matters most, good looks will get you far indeed. Not because sexiness gets you ahead – no, in this world it’s the law. All citizens must at all times have an appearance in public deemed worthy by the Bureau of the Golden Rules. Make up, face waxing… that’s just the start.
Those addicted to the new level of personal ‘care’ even take out loans for that nose enhancement or jaw shaving. There are devices that will control your sleep so the stress doesn’t cause wrinkles.
Meanwhile, demand for some professions has skyrocketed – psychiatrists, stylists, even police officers tasked with interrogating the faceless. Also, the bureau responsible for waivers.
What happened for this massive ‘masking’ to become rule of law? Who stands to benefit and what does it mean for rights? And what problems does it bring with it? Emotionally, but also practically, when the faceless rise at 5am to ensure they look tiptop or risk getting institutionalized?
This dystopian shortLARP is set in the all-women Pyfaon Holding Facility. Shockingly, this is the first time you’re seeing others without their face on. Soon, you get to know why they’re here…
Capacity
9 people
RSVP ︎ If you would like to join the game test, please sign up via email to hello@zipspace.nl as there are limited spots available.
Costs
Free (donation based)
Timetable
14:00
Walk-in
14:10
Introduction & Warm-up
15:00 - 17:30
Game Test
17:30 - 18:30
Feedback session with soup
Runtime LARP
~ 2,5 hour
Content warnings
May touch on topics such as sexism, forced enclosure, bullying and stigma around mental illness.
︎︎︎ About Melissa Song Loong︎
Melissa is based in the Hague and has been writing creatively as a hobby for the past 10 years, from stand up comedy to shortlarps. An ex-journalist for global media, she’s interested in themes that lay bare societal issues.
Melissa is based in the Hague and has been writing creatively as a hobby for the past 10 years, from stand up comedy to shortlarps. An ex-journalist for global media, she’s interested in themes that lay bare societal issues.