[why2025-deco] AURORA art for WHY2025

[Jeroen van Veen]

MIchael, i sent this mail.

Jeroen van veen
Falco Networks
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> On 12 Apr 2025, at 07:55, jeroen at ifcat.org wrote:
> 
> Blausand,
> 
> Thank you for calling me yesterday about coming to WHY2025.
> I am a bit in a hurry this morning and I could find this message from you
> from 2022 so I am using that to bring our 2025 call for art to your
> attention.
> 
> WHY2025 Call for Art
> ===
> We Hackers Yearn for art! To dress up the upcoming WHY2025 hackercamp We are
> looking for artworks and are calling on artists, makers and hackers to give
> their creativity free reign to dress up the WHY2025 grounds with their
> creativity.
> 
> **The Ask**
> The things that we look for artworks or installations that can be set up as
> a single object or a small cluster of objects and that connect to our visual
> theme of space, neon and synthwave. With a strong preference for artworks
> that include lighting effects.
> 
> We do offer reimbursement for material costs, within reason and budget
> limits are up for discussion and depending on the awesomeness. If you don’t
> have a workshop or storage space we can offer, in consultation, a place to
> build and store your works in advance of the event. This will be in the
> hackerspaces Bitlair, Amersfoort or Hackalot, Eindhoven. In both
> hackerspaces you will find a range of tools, equipment and a welcoming
> culture of creative people.
> 
> When designing and building your artworks keep in mind that WHY2025 is an
> outdoor festival and most works will be exhibited in the open air, in Dutch
> summer conditions (wet, dry, hot, sunny, everything is possible).
> 
> **The Benefit**
> Exposure! You get to exhibit your idea at a four day event with about
> 3.500 visitors. It’s a bit of a cliché, we know. As a non-profit fully
> volunteer run event we unfortunately can’t pay you handsomely for your
> efforts. But you can count on a community of people that will be interested
> in your work, be happy to ask detailed questions, and will appreciate the
> minute nerdy details that costed you hours to figure out.
> 
> Community! If you’re not already familiar with the hacker/maker community,
> prepare to be welcomed by a group of people that is open to cool works, that
> will lend a hand when needed, like to learn from you, or teach you a skill
> you don’t yet posses. A community that gathers in a network of Hackerspaces
> around the country to create cool things.
> 
> **About WHY2025**
> WHY2025 is a nonprofit outdoors hacker camp taking place in Geestmerambacht,
> the Netherlands (approx 42km North of Amsterdam), on
> 8-12 August 2025. The event is organized for and by volunteers from the
> worldwide hacker community. Knowledge sharing, technological advancement,
> experimentation, connecting with your hacker peers, forging friendships and
> hacking (everything from computers to food) are at the core of this event.
> 
> For more information about the invent visit our Wiki.
> 
> **How to propose your idea**
> If you want to propose your ideas or want to discuss options: please get in
> touch with the volunteers of Team:Deco via email: deco at lists.why2025.org
> 
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> 
> 
> Have you see
>> On 18 Jul 2022, at 20:02, Michael N. Baumann <baumann at oktoskop.com> wrote:
>> 
>> Hey netsmurf,
>> 
>> this is blausand, remember? We met on CCCamp19, i'm the guy behind the
>> sun shaped mirror sculpture AURORA, see aurora.blausand.net
>> 
>> After long uncertainties, i grabbed my guts and took the train from
>> Cologne to Berlin in order to bring AURORA to MCH.
>> Polyfloyd from Team Decoration takes care about the project and there will
>> be plenty of supportive people around.
>> 
>> I just want to notify you since i believe to remember you seemed to like
>> the project back then.
>> 
>> I also need to ask for help regarding access. Since it's been the damn
>> most expensive project for me as a professional artist, i couldn't buy
>> tickets 'just as everybody else' for bringing my work to MCH. I hope you
>> understand the difference. And i hope you can link me to the right people
>> to solve the issue so late.
>> Really sorry to bother you!!
>> 
>> So, see you on Wednesday evening, if everything works out fine!
>> --
>> Diese Nachricht wurde von meinem Hitchhiker's Guide gesendet.

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