May 15, 2025
19:30- 21:30
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Workshop: The Smartest Doorbell
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.