Recalling RFID is a two-day public program on RFID and things to come, with a seminar, workshops and a smart opera.
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It's in travel documents, building passes, pet animals, clothing
stores, libraries, public pools, theme parks and prisons... and yet
only a few of us know what RFID is. RFID (radio frequency identification) uses radio waves to identify people, animals or objects carrying encoded microchips. For government and industry, RFID signifies economic innovation, while for the futurist it marks the next stage in digital connectivity. RFID's pervasiveness will only increase in the years to come, forcing shifts in perceptions of the public sphere and private domain.
Alongside the promise RFID brings, there are implications for security, individual privacy and beyond. If it was not already clear, RFID clues us in to the fact that in digital networks, there is no forgetting or memory loss. As such, RFID lends itself both to optimism and fear, forming a microcosm through which a collective, ambivalent relationship to technology is put on display.
Recalling RFID centered around this 'invisible' technology with a public seminar, workshops and the Nabaz'mob smart opera. The program brought together distinctive conceptions of RFID and its uses, reconfiguring discourses as dialogue.
"Reading the programme of the event, I could imagine how the organizer of the event creatively combined a balanced socio-technical event with an art show. Seminar, workshops and opera were put together as a package beyond any traditional event I have ever known. After reading two reports on the event, I am quite sure that I have just missed a milestone in the RFID history." — Adi Tedjasaputra (RFID Asia, 27 Oct 2007).
friday 19 oct | 10.00-17.30SEMINAR (VIDEO ARCHIVE)
Presentations and debates on RFID and digital connectivity scenarios with speakers from the industry, researchers, artists, privacy advocates, programmers and consultants.
Session I. Self, Safety, Security: presentations by
Christian van 't Hof (Rathenau Institute),
Melanie Rieback (Vrije Universiteit) and
Stephan Engberg (Open Business Initiative). Moderated by
Rob van Kranenburg (Waag Society).
Session II. Serious Play: presentations by
Timo Arnall (Oslo School of Architecture & Design),
Rafi Haladjian (Violet),
Wouter Schilpzand (Rathenau Institute) and
Willem Velthoven (Mediamatic). Moderated by
Eric Kluitenberg (De Balie).
Session III. Two Sides of the Same Coin? + Closing Session: presentations by
Katherine Albrecht (CASPIAN) and
Bart Schermer (RFID Platform Netherlands). Moderated by
Jeroen van den Hoven (Delft University of Technology).
[More about seminar]saturday 20 october | 11.00-17.00PARALLEL WORKSHOPS
On Saturday, two parallel participatory workshops are set up in De Balie.
Concepts for Social RFID, hosted by
Mediamatic, works on concrete proposals for relevant social RFID projects.
Mapping Future Histories of RFID, by the
Digital Methods Initiative, will capture RFID debates on the Web, making useful histories of the present. The workshops will kick off with an introduction by designer
Timo Arnall. This workshop is held in English language. Please note the total number of participants to this workshop is limited to facilitate close interaction.
[More about workshop]saturday 20 october | 19.00, 20.30, 22.00NABAZ'MOB: OPERA FOR 100 SMART RABBITS
On Saturday evening three exclusive performances of a smart opera in three movements. French artists
Antoine Schmitt and
Jean-Jacques Birgé composed a musical and choreographic partition featuring one hundred Nabaztag smart rabbits.
Nabaz'mob is a poetic metaphor for a future of pervasive digital connectivity.
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Recalling RFID is a collaboration between De Balie, the Institute for Network Cultures and Rob van Kranenburg. This program is supported by the Dutch Ministry of Economic Affairs and the Mondriaan Foundation.
Program organizersRichard de Boer (De Balie – coordination)
Rob van Kranenburg (Waag Society)
Sabine Niederer (Institute for Network Cultures)
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