[n5m4 ] Outdoor Wireless Action

Several tactical implementations of wireless technology will be experimented with during this media lab, including mobile public access-points placed in the streets during the koopavonds. There will be hands-on workshops (how to build your own antenna) and discussions about the risks (legal and otherwise) of open access-points.

Since the adoption of wireless technology to access the internet, and to set up separate wireless networks for specific communities, seems to be taking a high flight soon, this is a good moment to ponder the possibilities for tactical media makers, and to consider the consequences for the media landscape in general. During the Amsterdam TML several tactical implementations of wireless technology will be experimented with. There will be hands-on workshops (how to build your own antenna) and discussions about the risks (legal and otherwise) of open access-points. If we want to build something more lasting than the once famous but now derelict Amsterdam Digital City, we should make a proper assessment of the dangers and opportunities which lie ahead of us.