Join people of all backgrounds - artists, activists, researchers, data and finance specialists, for labs at Furtherfield Commons

In workshops and walkshops, hacking, play, jargon-busting discussion, hands-on-exercises, and artistic techniques, we will collaborate and explore how data, finance, and blockchain technologies might benefit us all.

Lab #1

Saturday 17 October, 10:30am-4:30pm
Share your Values with the Museum of Contemporary Commodities.

A popular, data walkshop and lego animation event around data, trade, place and values in daily life.
Free - Limited places, booking essential
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Lab #2

Cancelled
Breaking the Taboo on Money and Financial Markets with Daniel Hassan
A weekend of talks, exercises and hands-on activities focusing on the political/social relevance of Bitcoin, blockchains, and finance. All participants will be given some Bitcoin.
£10 per day or £15 for the weekend – this event has been cancelled
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Lab #3

Saturday 21 & Sunday 22 November 2015, 11-5pm
Building the Activist Bloomberg to demystify High Finance with Brett Scott and The London School of Financial Arts.

A weekend of talks, exercises and hands-on activities to familiarise yourself with finance and to build an 'activist Bloomberg terminal'.
£10 per day or £15 for the weekend - limited places, booking essential
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Lab #4

Saturday 28 November, 11-5pm
Ground Truth: ‘The Migrant Machine’ with Dani Admiss and Cecilia Wee.
Exploring contemporary ideas of digital agency and authorship in post-digital society.
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Lab #5

November/February
DAOWO - DAO it With Others combines the innovations of Distributed Autonomous Organisations (DAO) with Furtherfield’s DIWO campaign for emancipatory networked art practices to build a commons for arts in the network age.

Lab #6

Liberate your Arts Data Workshops.
Dates to be announced