Nice one!
My thoughts & heartfelt wishes to those who were close and far to Alexei,
but always inspired.
x


On Wed, 22 Jan 2020, 8.46 Shu Lea Cheang <shulea@???> wrote:

>
> Dear Brocoslab community
>
> For those of you who knows Alexei Blinov
> https://www.facebook.com/events/2821642581230278/
> and if you happen to be in berlin these days.....
> please come join us.
> sl
>
>
> *Alexei Blinov: Hero of the Cybersphere (1965-2019) *
>
> by Simon Worthington @mrchristian99 – co-founder Mute
>
>
> I use Cybersphere rather than Cyberspace as Alexei occupied the digital
> space just above the earth's crust with WiFi and lasers and not only the
> imagined Cyberspace of the virtual — World on a Wire (Welt am Draht), or
> the Internet.
>
> I knew Alexei in the late 1990s/2000s in London and Berlin, whether
> running Open Wireless aerial building workshops together at the University
> of Openness in London's East End — a self instituted university — or at the
> BerLon
> <https://www.metamute.org/editorial/articles/libre-non-gratis-berlon>
> ‘PicoPeering Agreement' meeting in Bootlab or at 'Wizards of OS' FOSS
> conference — both in Berlin, where Alexei would be demoing the 'Hive'
> mesh-networking WiFi system.
>
> Alexei was always the one driving things forward, quiet crazily — with
> wires popping out all over the place, a continual work-in-progress, but
> importantly with the courage that makes a true artist — that of not needing
> to inhabit the persona of the artists or make works that need to look like
> art.
>
>
> Libre, Non-Gratis, Berlon, 2002, Mute
> https://www.metamute.org/editorial/articles/libre-non-gratis-berlon
> <https://www.metamute.org/editorial/articles/libre-non-gratis-berlon?fbclid=IwAR2wOWHIY6g7rLWbIXwC4y_-IeEyrPCgOgNmkJMrUzennrrCPfhnArDVrac>
>
>
>
>
>
> Moments with Alexei Blinov (1965-2019)
>
> February 2, 2020 @ c-base
>
> Rungestraße 20, 10179 Berlin
>
>
> 6pm door open.
>
>
> 7-9pm – talks and talks
>
> *Simon Worthington on Alexei Blinov: Hero of the Cybersphere
>
> * Vladimir Grafov (long time collaborator) introduces overall body of
> alexei's work, raylab, also introduce the archive project
>
> * Once the AIR - recounting Alexei Blinov’s collaboration with
> consume.net, free2air, richair, hivenetworks, freifunk, doomsday of
> blockchain……… with Vladimir Grafov, Adam Burns, James Stevens, Shu Lea
> Cheang, Cvan, Elektra, juergen Neumann.
>
> * Riding waves with Alexei Blinov
>
> Kaffe Matthews introduces sonic bike project, update by Danja Vasiliev,
> Sarah Grant, and Franz Xaver (STWST, Linz) on radio projects.
>
>
> 9pm - 11pm Performance with
>
> kaffe Matthews, Martin Howse
>
> Delfinov
>
> Iwanka Skrivanek
>
> Xname 11pm onward – Vladimir Grafov lights up the dance floor with laser
> beams.
>
>
> DJs: Iwanka Skrivanek+++++++
>
>
>
> ALL NIGHT
>
> *** MIKE OPEN
>
> There would be a mike on stand for anyone who wants to speak out, share
> thoughts on Alexei Blinov.
>
>
>
> ***KITCHEN OPEN
>
> On the menu
>
> Adam Burns/ragu pot
>
> Kaffe Matthews/ pancakes savoury, deep chocolate
>
> Martin Howse/grilled shiitake + surprise
>
> Shu Lea Cheang/winter pumpkin miso
>
> Danja Vasiliev /vinaigrette Iwanka Skrivanek/Borsch soup
>
> *** BAR OPEN C-base bar serves beer and softdrink is open for small price
> purchase.
>
> As a tribute to Alexei, SVP hardcore vodka drinker BYOB.
>
>
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