[mch2022-deco] Publication on behalf of Team:Deco

[polyfloyd]

Hi Team:Info,

We at Deco have cooked up a scheme to support artists to bring their 
creations to WHY. To get this message out, we would like to ask the help 
of Team:Info.

Boekenwuurm suggested that there is a blog where this could be posted 
into, but you people know better than me where to publish :)

Cheers!
Polyfloyd
Team Deco


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WHY2025 Call for Art
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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