AHA: Actitivism-Hacking-Artivism

A networking project founded in 2001 in Rome (Italy) to promote art and activism on the Internet related to the Italian and international net culture and hacktivism. AHA has contributed to the creation of a vast network of relations and practices through exhibitions, conferences, workshops and international meetings. In 2007, AHA project won the Honorary Mention for the category “Digital Communities” at the Ars Electronica Festival 07, Linz, Austria.  www.ecn.org/aha

aha@lists.ecn.org
Mailing-list on artistic activism and net culture

The mailing list aha@lists.ecn.org is a node of the AHA project. It is a collective networking platform to find and give information on activism, hacking and artivism. aha@lists.ecn.org encourages participants to think about art as an open network and provides the possibility of sharing ideas, creativity and projects. A mailing-list for whomever wants to create art through hacktivism. Actived since December 2002, the mailing-list counts to date 700+ Italian and international subscribers. In October 2008, the AHA community organized an event and meeting in Venice, the  AHACamping. The next event, AHAcktitude, was held in Milan in November 2009. www.ecn.org/mailman/listinfo/aha

Hack.Fem.EAST
Women, Technology and Networks in Eastern Europe

HACK.Fem.EAST was an exhibition and event about experimental and artistic practices of women artists and activists working in digital networks in Eastern Europe. Main topics were media, art and hacking. Central idea was to involve women artists to develop independently their concept in the exhibition space and be part of the network formed by the all groups and artists/activists participating. The exhibition was curated by Tatiana Bazzichelli and Gaia Novati at Kunstraum Kreuzberg/ Bethanien, Berlin (May-June 2008). www.hackfemeast.org

CUM2CUT. Indie-Porn-Short-Film Festival

The CUM2CUT Indie-Porn-Short-Film Festival is an independent pornography competition. It is a three day marathon in which participants are invited to realize a short film. It took place in Berlin (2006-2008) and it is now traveling as a nomadic entity. CUM2CUT is a networking platform where people can address the topic of pornography without being marginalized. The Festival is promoted and organized by Tatiana Bazzichelli and Gaia Novati. www.cum2cut.net

Sousveillance. The Art of Inverse Surveillance

A conference on the topic of surveillance, privacy and control of information, analyzing artistic and political strategies to produce fluid zones of interventions, both in the urban space and on the net. Organized at Aarhus University and in the city of Aarhus in Denmark (8-9 February 2009) by Tatiana Bazzichelli and Lars Bo Løfgreen. Promoted by DUL – Digital Urban Living and DARC, Digital Aesthetics Research Centre of Aarhus University.
www.digitalurbanliving.dk/sousveillance