Selected workshops
hosted at Parsons Paris
23.11.2023
During this workshop at my alma mater, the students of the Bodies and Space class taught by Emmanuel Cohen were asked to reflect on their usage of their devices and to conceive of a prototype or a manual (or both), that proposed a solution to their techno-pain.
To learn more about the workshops provided by the Center for Technological Pain please visit this page: http://centerfortechpain.com/workshops.html
hosted at iMAL, Brussels
25.01.2023
DIY Solutions Against Tech Pain is a workshop focused on imagining DIY objects against health problems that arise from technology, using materials you can find in your own home. During the workshop you will conceptualize and create an object in order to alleviate tech pain, while encouraging a discussion around the impact technology has on our physical and mental health. If you have ever experienced eye dryness from staring at a screen for too long or neck pain from looking down at your phone too much, this workshop is for you!
hosted at iMAL, Brussels
24.01.2023
The workshop invites you to reflect on the strategies and topics of conversation around the development of relationships in the digital era. The artificial nature of relationships formed with the help of technology has been becoming increasingly apparent since the popularization of social networks, and the feelings of alienation and loneliness only escalated during the Covid-19 pandemic which forced upon us an environment of constant online connection.
In this workshop, participants will learn the basics of electronics, while critically reflecting on our ability to maintain relationships in the digital age. Musical cards have long existed as a very superficial and ironic way to tell someone how you feel. Participants will be encouraged to express themselves sincerely and to consider these objects as a means of authentic communication, while learning technical skills such as soldering, creating a circuit, and sound recording. This workshop was made possible with the support of servus.at
organized and hosted by Stereolux, Nantes
15. - 16.12.2022
Au cours de ce workshop, les participant·es apprendront les bases de la petite électronique, tout en menant une réflexion critique sur notre capacité à entretenir des relations à l'ère du numérique.
Les cartes musicales ont longtemps existé comme un moyen très superficiel et ironique de dire à quelqu'un ce que l'on ressent. Les participant·es seront invité.es à s'exprimer sincèrement et à considérer ces objets comme un moyen de communication authentique, tout en acquérant des compétences techniques comme la soudure, la création de circuits, la documentation et l'enregistrement sonore.
organized by Tangible Cloud
hosted by Green Fabric, Brussels
21. - 24.06.2022
In her project BE? HERE? NOW? Dasha Ilina explores the nature of new forms of hybrid human existence in the technological age. The discourse on this topic tends to split into two opposing directions: the desire for total technological disengagement and the willingness to embrace the world of innovation unreservedly and naively. BE? HERE? NOW? starts from the emergence of mindfulness culture and the emphasis it places on a "presentness" of consciousness.
During this work session the participants were able to choose any medium they wanted to explore the idea of digital presence. After two days of work they produced: a pamphlet about a new cryptocurrency (JCOIN) associating the crypto craze to religious devotion, a poster with tips on maintenance of digital files in the style of Marie Kondo, a "zoom call" with different AI algorithms acting out their flaws, and a youtube reaction video to a Google data center visit in which the hosts debunked the myth of the existence of data centers (psst! they're not real!).
organized by Servus.at
hosted by afo architekturforum oberösterreich, Linz
17.06.2022
In her project BE? HERE? NOW? Dasha Ilina explores the nature of new forms of hybrid human existence in the technological age. The discourse on this topic tends to split into two opposing directions: the desire for total technological disengagement and the willingness to embrace the world of innovation unreservedly and naively. BE? HERE? NOW? starts from the emergence of mindfulness culture and the emphasis it places on a "presentness" of consciousness.
During this workshop you will be exploring the world of spiritual brochures. What are their strategies to bond with their audiences? What role do their distribution tactics play in their persuasiveness? In the first part of the workshop Dasha will share her current findings, and together, you will reflect on digitally mediated physicality and questions surrounding digital (tele-)presence. You are then invited to create a brochure of your own to spread the message about digital presence and its effects on modern day relationships.
organized by Kampnagel & Deichtorhallen Hamburg
hosted by Kampnagel
27.05.2022
Searching for volunteers: On-Site Work Session at Kampnagel with Dasha Ilina: The purpose of being here now.
During the work session you will be diving into the online world of motivational speakers and spiritualistic practitioners. What are their communicative strategies to bond with their audiences? How do their narratives translate to a digital space? And what does it mean to follow a spiritual practice online?
In the first part of the work session Dasha will share her current findings. Together, you will reflect on digitally mediated physicality and the questions surrounding digital (tele-)presence. In a physical exploration, you are invited to collaborate with Dasha by creating content for the project website: together, you will be writing and filming your own humorous video reenactment inspired by spiritual and motivational speeches. The result will become part of Dasha’s website collection and contribute to the overall research.
organized by Kampnagel & Deichtorhallen Hamburg
hosted by Kampnagel online
11.05.2022
"Be? Here? Now?" - the project currently in development as part of the THEHOST.IS Darsha Hewitt residency, questions our relationship with technology and what it means to really be present in the digital age. During this online work session you will become part of the project through recording a video for its website. You will be creating a psychic persona in order to give a psychic reading to your new client through a digital interface.
organized by l'Institut Français
hosted by Studio 13/16 au Centre Pompidou
24.03.2021
Atelier « Solutions DIY aux Douleurs Technologiques », avec Dasha Ilina.
Avec cet atelier, Dasha Ilina vous invite à trouver des solutions Do It Yourself (DIY) aux problèmes de santé liés aux appareils technologiques. À chacun et chacune d’imaginer et de concevoir des objets drôles et créatifs.
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Workshop "DIY Solutions to Tech Pain" with Dasha Ilina.
With this workshop Dasha Ilina invites you to find DIY solutions to health problems related to technological devices. It's up to each and everyone to imagine and create funny and creative objects.
supported & organized by servus.at
03.08.2021
The first iteration of the Center for Networked Intimacy workshop took place at FLUT and Stadtwerkstatt in Linz, Austria during a residency at servus.at.
The subtitle of the workshop - Valentines for relationships in the digital era - gave a clue towards the activity that the audience took part in during the workshop. During the 3 hour workshop the participants followed a presentation that introduced the notion of "ambient awareness" - a key term for the creation of the postcards, as it refers to knowing about another's actions, thoughts and experiences without having to be near the person physically, and without specifically requesting such information. Following the presentation the participants reflected on a recipient of the card - a person they are ambiently aware of - and went on to create the physical cards while recording a personalized audio message to the person they've fallen out of touch with.
This workshop was made possible with the financial and emotional support of servus.at ♥
organized by Pixelache Festival
hosted by Oodi Library
11.06.2021
The workshop is focused on creating DIY objects against health problems that arise from technology, using materials you can find in your own home. It’s so cheap and easy, even five year olds can do it! If you have ever experienced eye dryness from staring at a screen for too long or neck pain from looking down at your phone too much, this workshop is for you!
organized by 1M Sotto La Metro
hosted by Fusolab 2.0
22.05.2021
Objects for disrupting digital technology
Objects for disrupting digital technology is a workshop focused on creating DIY objects against the health problems that come with technology, using materials you can find at home or in the office. It's so inexpensive and easy, even five-year-olds can do it! During this workshop, you will think critically about the impact the devices we use every day have on our bodies, both physically and mentally, while working with your hands to create an ingenious solution to the problems we encounter.
If you've ever experienced dry eyes from staring at a screen for too long or neck pain from looking too low at your phone, this workshop is for you!
organized by Mapping Festival
hosted online
22.11.2020
Solutions Against Tech Pain
Let’s meet online to participate to Dasha Ilina’s workshop “DIY solutions against tech-pain”. The workshop is open to all levels including children! To participate, all you have to do is prepare some materials at home in advance to make your object: cardboard, sponges, glue, tape, scissors, pencil and paper. If you have ever experienced eye dryness from staring at a screen for too long or neck pain from looking down at your phone, this workshop is for you!
organized by Control Shift
hosted online
03.10.2020
DIY Solutions to End Tech Pain
DIY Solutions to End Tech Pain was a workshop focused on imagining DIY objects against health problems that arise from technology, using materials you can find in your own home. This workshop took place online, and the main focus was sketching and conceptualizing the various low-tech solutions, in order to create a discussion around the impact technology has on our physical and mental health. Participants explored designing around their experiences of eye dryness from staring at a screen for too long or neck pain from looking down at your phone too much.
Co-produced with Knowle West Media Centre and KWMC: The Factory
organized by Control Shift
hosted by Knowle West Media Centre and KWMC: The Factory
03.10.2020
DIY Solutions to End Tech Pain
DIY Solutions to End Tech Pain was a workshop focused on imagining DIY objects against health problems that arise from technology, using materials you can find in your own home. This workshop took place online, and the main focus was sketching and conceptualizing the various low-tech solutions, in order to create a discussion around the impact technology has on our physical and mental health. Participants explored designing around their experiences of eye dryness from staring at a screen for too long or neck pain from looking down at your phone too much.
Co-produced with Knowle West Media Centre and KWMC: The Factory
organized by Kleine Humboldt Galerie
hosted by Something in Between Project Space
06.07.2020
Earlier in June, Kleine Humboldt Galerie had the honor to present “Choose Your Own Quarantine”, a text-based game by artists Dasha Ilina and Sofia Haines on KONTINUUM. Out of their own quarantines, they collaborated on this witty online game, exploring realities and futures that range from far-fetched dystopias to storylines that hit really close to home. Now they want to share their methods of writing with you!
During the Choose Your Own Quarantine workshop the participants, together with the two creators of the game, will envisage new scenarios to be added to the online game. Fully developed branches of the game will exist online and the participants will be able to leave the workshop with their own stories to share with their community. The goal of this workshop is to activate the social imaginaries of the group, through writing and critical thinking, while speculating on the futures and (re-)written histories that lie ahead.
organized by Shelter Festival
hosted online
14.06.2020
In his most recent Mute article, Benedict Seymour argues that the COVID-19 virus is a time machine, using the way the UK government has handled the pandemic as an example. However, while most imagine a time machine serving as a transport to a future utopia, Seymour says this particular time machine is regressive, not progressive: "they [time machines] effect a rapid leap backward – even if this retrogression is absolutely novel." If COVID-19 is a regressive time machine, then the game Choose Your Own Quarantine is a doorway in it, offering a glance at the multitudinous timelines this time machine proposes as destinations. Choose Your Own Quarantine is a web-based game that reflects the uncertainty of the current situation at large by showing the ways in which we attempt to reconcile our unexpected present with our unknown future. The user is presented with a scenario that initially follows the real timeline of COVID-19 development, but as the game goes on, users will notice that the options become increasingly speculative and fictitious. The various outcomes of the game are intended to raise questions as to which values, practices, and cultures will ultimately be enduring, and which may become outdated remnants of the pre-pandemic world. The online game can be perceived as a final product; however, the research and thinking that went into imagining the various post-quarantine scenarios is no less important than the game itself.
organized by Art Meets Radical Openness 2020
hosted online
22.05.2020
DIY Solutions to Hack Contemporary Technologies
DIY Solutions to Hack Contemporary Technologies is a workshop focused on imagining DIY objects against health problems that arise from technology, using materials you can find in your own home. This workshop will be taking place online, so it’s main focus will be sketching and conceptualizing the various low-tech solutions, in order to create a discussion around the impact technology has on our physical and mental health.
If you have ever experienced eye dryness from staring at a screen for too long or neck pain from looking down at your phone too much, this workshop is for you!
workshop outline:
presentation of the project Center for Technological Pain and of the specific workshop (20 min)
discussion of the tech pain experienced on an individual level (20-30 min)
brainstorming + sketching out ideas of possible objects + suggestions on how to realize the objects (20-30 min)
Total duration: 1-1.5 hours
organized by Stereolux
hosted by Stereolux
12.12.2019
Solutions DIY pour détourner le numérique
Un atelier pour créer des solutions DIY afin de pouvoir tromper les appareils technologiques. Cet atelier stimulera la réflexion critique sur les questions de surveillance et guidera les participants dans leur réflexion sur la manière dont nous partageons nos données personnelles. C’est à vous d’imaginer et de concevoir des objets créatifs qui permettent de tromper les nouvelles technologies.
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DIY solutions to subvert the digital
A workshop to create DIY solutions to be able to trick technological devices. This workshop will stimulate critical thinking about surveillance issues and guide participants in thinking about how we share our personal data. It's up to you to imagine and design creative objects that can trick new technologies.
organized by Hackers and Designers
hosted by Maker's Lab UvA
17.07.2019
Tech Pain Solutions
Tech Pain Solutions was a workshop focused on creating DIY objects against health problems that arise from technology, using materials you can find in your own home. It’s so cheap and easy, even five year olds can do it (and they have). If you have ever experienced eye dryness from staring at a screen for too long or neck pain from looking down at your phone too much, this workshop is for you!
For this workshop we were introduced by Loes to the Makers Lab of the University of Amsterdam! You could take your prototypes to the next level with laser cuting, 3D printing and more...
organized by Meta Marathon
hosted by NRW-Forum Düsseldorf
15.03.2019
Solutions to Health Problems, Tech Companies Don’t Want You to Know About
Solutions to Health Problems, Tech Companies Don’t Want You to Know About was a workshop focused on creating DIY objects against health problems that arise from technology, using materials you can find in your own home. It’s so cheap and easy, even five year olds can do it (and they have). If you have ever experienced eye dryness from staring at a screen for too long or neck pain from looking down at your phone too much, this workshop is for you!
