Behind the Scenes at the Doomsday Supper Club

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name: Proposal Submission
about: Propose a session for Our Networks 2020.
title: 'Behind the Scenes at the Doomsday Supper Club'
labels: ''
assignees: ''

Description

Since the early days of the Great Quarantine, the Doomsday Supper Club has been extending a helping hand to those in need of quality, spontaneous social interaction. Within the walls of our vintage 1990 establishment, we have been able to connect our patrons with one another through the medium of text, click and gasp. Now we would like to open our doors to select members of the Our Networks community, and share what we have discovered along the way.

Type: half performance, half talk, to be held within our MMO social space
Length: 1 hour (15 min demo, 30 min talk, 15 min discussion)
Date: between August 7-9
Duration: once
Language: english

Objective

1. Experience first-hand what a “laptop-native” group social feels like
2. How game design can inform productivity app design
3. Discuss how Zoom socials and VR are failing us when it comes to accessibility and engagement

Material and Technical Requirements

Platform: self-hosted p5.js-based virtual world
Technical considerations: 30 people max, everyone needs access to a laptop (a simple or old one works) and an internet connection
Additional considerations: To enter our world, we recommend the Google Chrome web browser

Presenter(s)

Name: Jason
Email: jason@hongkonggong.com
Url(s): hongkonggong.com
Twitter: @jasonli
GitHub: @hongkonggong

Name: E.L. Guerrero
Email: guerrewrong@gmail.com
Twitter: @thinkbulecount2
GitHub: @thinkbulecount2

Name: Ananda Gabo
Email: katherineananda@gmail.com
Twitter: @a__gabo
GitHub: @agronautics

Presenter Bio

Jason Li is an independent designer, cartoonist and researcher working at the intersection of storytelling, technology and social change. His practice focuses on amplifying underrepresented voices, creating alternative media ecosystems, and making digital safety more accessible. He also serves as an editor at Paradise Systems, a publisher of exemplary comics from the US and China, and is a member of Zine Coop, an independent publishing collective in Hong Kong.

E.L. Guerrero is a new media artist and software developer. Their work involves thinking about the different ways we can use technology and other forms of media to form community “networks” that can live online and offline as a way of healing and repairing the land and the people who continue to be victims of colonization, imperialism, capitalism, and systemic abuse. As a first-generation Filipino immigrant, they look from the lens of both a diasporic and a local Philippine perspective. They are also a member of the creative studio Sibika & Kultura, that imagines and creates multidimensional experiences that enable the individual to become an agent of change in the current societal and political milieu.

Ananda Gabo is an exhibiting artist and designer whose research based practice is currently exploring the intersections of technology driven crafting and community arts. They currently run Paocai Bio, a community bio group that focuses on the intersections of art and science through a sino historical lens as well as exploring sonic arts through open source toolmaking.