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Hey all
Another lonely e-mail to this mailing list.
Here in SP we have been busy with LaMiMe, the temporary MetaReciclagem media lab established in Sesc Av. Paulista since january, that will be done by next week (just in time
for Carnaval). We have had some interesting discussions and presentations, and a lot of workshop concerning low tech, arduinos, puredata, immersive environments, and similar subjects. We have set up a small local library with references, some books (and that Cybermohalla box):
http://flickr.com/photos/felipefonseca/373989056/ [4]
Aoife has taken some good pictures of LaMiMe as well:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/aoifejohanna/sets/72157594492892515/ [5]
As a result of that mobilization, the interest in setting up a lab here has grown. In parallel, the place that used to be little more than an office for the digital culture project here in São Paulo, casinha, in Vila Madalena, is more and more turning into a space both self-organized and open to other groups. I went to a planning meeting there, yesterday. Every thursday, there will be an open workshop on free culture, multimedia free software and the like. We'll probably host the last day of barcamp_sp there.
Pictures of Casinha:
http://flickr.com/photos/felipefonseca/tags/sampalab/
[6]
Other plans are to do a MetaReciclagem meeting in Porto Alegre, during Fisli:
http://fisl.softwarelivre.org/8.0/www/?q=en [7]
And one week earlier or later, do the São Paulo edition of Cibersalão.br [8], focussed on "appropriated technology". It might be part of Ciclo Gambiarra, a series of seminars and panels.