After being absent from Netbehavour for quite some time I had a quick rummage around and instantly stumbled across this. What a lovely project Marialaura & Rebekah! Exactly what I needed to see after feeling very exploited and undervalued at this particular moment in time. Tom :)
Dr Tom Keene Artist/Activist/Researcher Save Cressingham Gardens ----------------------------------------------------- Technology, cities, power w: www.theanthillsocial.co.uk e: [email protected] t: @anthillsocial t: 07930 573 944 On Thu, 16 Mar 2023, at 11:28 AM, Marialaura Ghidini wrote: > Dear List, > > We want to introduce you to UnProductive Solutions, a curatorial & > research project posing as an international holding company, > https://unproductivesolutions.com/ > > UnProductive Solutions develops digital technologies that escape the > logic of hyper-efficiency and productivity. The project offers a > critical perspective on technology and its impact on us as humans by > investing in products and platforms that honour the irrationality of > human emotions and the pleasures of idleness and fortuitous occurrences. > > Are you tired of the seductiveness of the experiential narratives of > the tech industry? Of technology predicting human behaviours to provide > users with solutions? Of AI companions who simulate care and love? Do > you want to release users from the assumptions and standardised logic > of algorithms? > > Over the course of ten weeks, UnProductive Solutions is launching five > new technologies developed by 'subsidiary companies'. Each company is > an artistic project by an international artist invited to collaborate > with us. Their tech services explore the externalities of the gig > economy, the Blockchain as a kind of Cargo cult that presumes to > dispense precious objects, the moralistic discourse of the > post-internet plateau, the displacement of algorithmic assistive > technologies with human poetry, and bio surveillance and the boundaries > of our bodies, among other topics. > > At present, three “subsidiary companies” have launched services on > UnProductive Solutions. > >> *The Emotional Labor Wage Calculator* that was developed by *TRK: >> technically responsible knowledge* (founder and CEO, Caroline Sinders - New >> Orleans, USA). The calculator offers insider advice on the challenges of >> e-delivery jobs and to help consumers calculate what an equitable wage >> should be. https://unproductivesolutions.com/tkr-calculator-subsidiary/ > >> *proof of word™* that was developed by *Trust Chain Solutions* (founders >> Guido Segni and Matìas Reyes - Tuscany, Italy) and allows people to register >> a promise using blockchain technology. The platform offers users to speak >> their word out loud to the world and sculpt it forever on the blockchain >> with a few clicks. >> https://unproductivesolutions.com/trust-chain-solutions-subsidiary/ and >> https://proofofword.business/ > >> Last week, the NO DATA INSTITUTE (founder, Tara Kelton — Bangalore, India) >> has joined the UnPro portfolio of subsidiaries. From March 10 - March 19, >> their service — *Storage Search Engine™* — offers a human-powered search >> platform that gives users access to minds around the globe. Their mission is >> complete privacy – to create a world in which recording is no longer >> permitted, and information is never stored. >> https://unproductivesolutions.com/no-data-institute-subsidiary/ and >> https://nostorage.land/ > > Over the next five weeks, UnPro will launch two additional > technologies. The artists behind these subsidiary companies are Bruce > Asbestos (Nottingham, UK) and Lauren Lee McCarthy (Los Angeles, USA). > > Last but not least, UnProductive Solutions is always looking for > collaborations and ideas that deviate from the standard. If you want to > get in touch, we’d love to hear yours. > https://unproductivesolutions.com/pitch/ > > > All the bests, > Marialaura & Rebekah > > > Who we are: > > We have been working together as Modrak&Ghidini since 2017, when we > launched the project #exstrange - an intervention into the online > marketplace eBay. We bring together our different interests: Rebekah’s > creative resistance to consumer culture using the company-as-medium, > and Marialaura’s interest in online curation and working with various > exhibition formats. > https://rebekahmodrak.com/ > https://marialaura-ghidini.hotglue.me/ > > > _______________________________________________ > NetBehaviour mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.netbehaviour.org/mailman/listinfo/netbehaviour _______________________________________________ NetBehaviour mailing list [email protected] https://lists.netbehaviour.org/mailman/listinfo/netbehaviour
