Piksel - festival for elektronisk kunst og fri teknologi

Screenshot of a desktop browser showing the website “TheWrong Returns.” On the right, large white text on a black background reads “TheWrong Returns,” with smaller text below: “Where art, pixels, AI and people meet. Everything blue is a link.” A bright blue and green highlighted banner says “Happening now. Join live stream.” Below are section headings like “I. Genesis” and blue link titles such as “Fragments of Nowhere” and “Anything But This.” On the left, a cinematic image shows two people in light-colored clothing walking down a misty street at dusk, with palm trees, power lines, and glowing rectangular light panels suspended overhead. At the bottom right, small video thumbnails show three people in a live-stream interface.

The Wrong Walkthrough: @thewrongbiennale.bsky.social (23 January 2026), Gallery Surfing Session with S()fia Braga, Matthias @pitscher.bsky.social and Sakrowski

Part 1:
youtu.be/jR4f3Sdcfb0
(1:07:46)

Part 2:
youtu.be/K2RVhlmraHk
(1:37:20)

Gallery Surfing:
youtube.com/@gallerysurf...

Copyright Kills Competition Copyright owners increasingly claim more draconian copyright law and policy will fight back against big tech companies. In reality, copyright gives the most powerful companies even more control over

Copyright policy should empower everyone—not just giant corporations. Let’s rethink copyright to truly promote innovation, opportunity, and creativity. eff.org/deeplinks/2...

Black hardcover book shown at a slight angle against a dark background. The title reads “REVERSE CONTRADICTIONARY” with the subtitle “Dictionary of New Worlds.” In the center is a white laboratory beaker icon with the text “We hate used words.” At the bottom are the authors’ names: Vuc Ćosić, IOCOSE, and Vladan Joler. The spine also reads “Reverse Contradictionary.”

Open book spread on a black background. The left page is mostly blank, with “K” and “Keyote Presentation” at the top and the page number 104 at the bottom next to the title “Reverse Contradictionary.” The right page shows a black silhouette illustration of a drone holding a mobile with hanging icons, including a thumbs-up, a cloud, a ChatGPT-style knot logo, a Mickey Mouse–like shape, and a Bitcoin symbol. Below the illustration is a dictionary-style entry titled “Laissez Fairy Tale,” followed by phonetic spelling and a satirical definition about citizen-control propaganda, markets, and bailouts.

Reverse Contradictionary – Dictionary of New Worlds by @vukcosic.bsky.social · @iocose.bsky.social · Vladan Joler: Berlin book launch, part of Vorspiel 2026

panke.gallery/event/revers...

📍 panke.gallery, Tuesday, 27 January, 7 PM (Gerichtstr. 23, Hof 5, 13347 Berlin)

reverse-contradictionary.net

Meet Rayhunter: A New Open Source Tool from EFF to Detect Cellular Rayhunter is a new open source tool we’ve created that runs off an affordable mobile hotspot that we hope empowers everyone, regardless of technical skill, to help search out cell-site simulators

At EFF we spend a lot of time thinking about the tech used by police and authorities to spy on you while you’re going about your everyday life, like cell-site simulators (CSS). Rayhunter is a tool we’ve created that we hope empowers everyone to help search out CSS. www.eff.org/deeplinks/2...

Two people in light-colored clothing walk along a foggy street at dawn. Tall palm trees and utility poles line the road. Overhead, a large, irregular reflective surface or structure hangs above them, mirroring bright rectangular lights and fragments of the sky, creating a surreal, dreamlike scene in blue and gray tones.

A wet, brown horse stands still inside an arched interior space filled with dense red mist. The floor is wet and reflective. Through the archway, faint silhouettes of buildings are visible in the background, adding depth and an eerie, theatrical atmosphere dominated by red and orange hues.

Today! Live Gallery Surfing Session: The Wrong Walkthrough
panke.gallery/event/the-wr...

FRI 23 JAN, 1 PM Berlin Time
🔴 panke.gallery/streaming
🔴 twitch.tv/pankegallery

On the occasion of @thewrongbiennale.bsky.social:
thewrong.org/walkthrough

~ with S()fia Braga, @pitscher.bsky.social, Sakrowski

DECENTRALIZED AESTHETICS AND DIGITAL FREEDOM/PIKSEL 25 :: interfront.no A hungry man arrives at a foreign village, asking its inhabitants for food. They refuse, claiming to have very little themselves. And so, the man places stones in a pot to make stone soup, telling the...

Every year in Bergen, artists and scholars from across the world gather to perform, lecture, and exchange ideas under the banner of Piksel Fest. Their focus is experimental; the collision of digital and natural worlds, and the decentralization of tech.
www.interfront.no/l/decentrali...

"BEYOND THE FUNCTION/ VISUAL_PUNK_LTD"

visual_punk_ltd at PIKSEL25

The Spain based multidisciplinary artist Lena Plotnikova, also known as visual_punk_ltd, uses JS scripts to turn the Amazon website upside down.
www.interfront.no/l/applied-de...

Getting off US tech: a guide I’m in the process of dropping US tech services. Here’s how I did it, and options you should consider.

Getting off US tech: a guide
disconnect.blog/getting-off-...

Neural [book review] RYBN.ORG – ALGOFFSHORE, The Art of Automating Tax Evasion - Set Margins’ - neural.it/2026/01/rybn...
#newmediaart #hacktivism

Piksel24 is supported by

@kulturradet

@kulturdir

@bergenkommune_ung

@vestlandfylke

@Stiftelsen Sophies Minde

In collaboration with

@pikselfest

@studio207

@ostrebergen

@altgarbra

@universitetsmuseet_i_bergen

@unibergen

🔌✨ Join us to explore the intersection of art, open source, and free technology at one of Europe’s most innovative festivals.

📍 Bergen, Norway
📅 November 20–23

#Piksel25 #ElectronicArt #FreeTech #Bergen #ArtFestival #AudiovisualArt #NewMediaArt #PikselFestival

This year’s venues — Alt Går Bra, Østre, Studio 207, the Natural History Museum, and Piksel HQ — will host a vibrant mix of experimentation, technology, and creativity.
We've added online and streaming activities to our Twitch channel and FRIKANALEN TV!

Welcome to the 23rd edition of the Piksel Festival for Art and Technological Freedom! 💫
From November 20th to 23rd, Bergen transforms into the stage for cutting-edge electronic art, with 3 days of workshops, artist presentations, audiovisual concerts and exhibitions across the city.

Piksel Festival – Volunteers Needed!

Piksel25 is taking place November 20-23, and we need volunteers to help make this electronic art festival a success!

To apply: Please send an email to info@piksel.no with the subject line "Volunteer Piksel25" or sign up here: piksel.no/2025/10/31/p...

SUPERSILENT are working all week at Henie Onstad Kunstsenter and will perform a new commissioned piece at on November 1 at 2 pm. Join us! It will be something rather special.

A metal mouse trap is placed on a shelf in front of a row of books. Inside the trap is a miniature green potted plant and a small keyboard arranged neatly on a reflective metal base. White text in the upper left corner reads "Mariborka 26|11 – 04|12|2025." The composition appears precise and slightly ironic.

A white exhibition wall displays several framed artworks containing various electronic components such as circuit boards, processors, and mechanical parts. The frames are arranged in an irregular pattern. Black text in the upper left corner reads "nGbK Berlin 28|11|25 – 15|02|26." The scene has a clean, modern aesthetic.

Two humanoid robots with mechanical backs walk hand in hand into a red-tinted sea under a soft pink sky with two suns on the horizon. The image is heavily color-graded in red. In the upper part, bold red text reads "CoFestival Ljubljana Kino Šiška 28|11|2025." The mood is surreal and cinematic.

The image is split into two parts. The top half shows a man with a short beard and serious expression standing in front of a brick wall. The text "nGbK Berlin 11|12|25" appears beside him. The bottom half shows another man wearing round turquoise goggles, a black gas mask, and a black helmet with antennas, standing against a plain white wall.

[Nov+Dec]

𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗠𝗼𝘂𝘀𝗲𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗽𝘀 𝗼𝗿 𝗢𝘃𝗲𝗿𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗣𝗼𝗹𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗹 𝗔𝗻𝘅𝗶𝗲𝘁𝘆, solo show, Mariborka, 26 Nov – 4 Dec

𝗘𝗮𝘀𝘁𝗨𝗻𝗕𝗹𝗼𝗰, group show, 𝘙𝘦𝘤𝘭𝘢𝘪𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘌𝘹𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘢𝘭 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘚𝘶𝘣𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘔𝘦𝘥𝘪𝘢 𝘗𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘦𝘴, nGbK Berlin, 28 Nov – 15 Feb
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𝗚𝗮𝗹𝗹𝗲𝗿𝘆 𝗦𝘂𝗿𝗳𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗦𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻 w/ Sakrowski, 11 Dec

𝙃𝙤𝙢𝙤 𝙚𝙭 𝙈𝙖𝙘𝙝𝙞𝙣𝙖, CoFestival Ljubljana, 28 Nov

Piksel25 - Open Call for Projects

!! Deadline -- October 31st 2025 !!

#opencall #electronicarts #Piksel #bergen #festival #diyelectronics #LiveCoding #noisemusic #soil #permaculture #solarpunk

.:*~ 𝗢𝗣𝗘𝗡𝗜𝗡𝗚 𝟰𝟲.𝟯𝟱𝟯𝟮𝟭𝟴𝟮, 𝟭𝟱.𝟭𝟮𝟯𝟭𝟮𝟮𝟲 by #LaraŽagar on 𝟱 𝗡𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗿 ~*:.
> aksioma.org/46.3532182-15.1231226 <

This fictional research project focuses on the accumulation of limescale — a compound of calcite, magnesite, and other minerals...

*:. part of U30+ programme
*:. curated by #EmaOgrajenšek

YouTube video by Nuxttux Creative Studio Friction Blender Kdenlive Pipeline - Animation Workflow

New video from Nuxttux on motion graphics (workflow) with FOSS.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=6UeP...

#animation #mograph #motiongraphics #libregraphics

Piksel25 open call for projects

Piksel25
November 20-23 2025
Bergen, Norway

Dear friends,

We are excited to announce the call for projects for the 23nd edition of the Piksel Festival!

We look forward to receiving your submissions!

!! Deadline -- October 31st 2025 !!
Please use the online submit form at:
pretalx.com/piksel25/

Poster with a gradient blue background. Large text reads “the web we’ve built.” Smaller text says “Celebrating 1 trillion web pages archived.” Pixelated 3D icons of a floppy disk, magnifying glass, cursor arrow, computer window, and others radiate outward from a bright starburst in the center. On the right, text lists event details: “Wednesday, October 22, 5–10PM PT. Live stream: 7–8PM PT. 300 Funston Avenue, San Francisco.” The Internet Archive logo appears in the bottom right corner.

1 trillion pages saved on the #WaybackMachine! 🌐
Next week, join the Internet Archive for events celebrating this milestone and the future of digital memory.
ℹ️ & 🎟️ blog.archive.org/trillion/

🧵 More details ⬇️

#Wayback1T @InternetArchive

Piksel25 open call for projects

Piksel25
November 20-23 2025
Bergen, Norway

Dear friends,

We are excited to announce the call for projects for the 23nd edition of the Piksel Festival!

We look forward to receiving your submissions!

!! Deadline -- October 31st 2025 !!
Please use the online submit form at:
pretalx.com/piksel25/

STWST84x11 | diy_thread ---------- Maite Cajaraville & Gisle Frøysland DIY Thread: Piksel by Maite Cajaraville & Gisle Frøysland Red Thread of New Media Art Online und 1. Stock Schaukasten Online und als Teil der Exhibi...

PIKSEL DIY Thread presentation today 5:30 @ stwst, Linz. Don't miss it!
stwst84x11.stwst.at/diy_thread

#PikselFestival #stwst ##arselectronica

Podcast Episode: Protecting Privacy in Your Brain The human brain might be the grandest computer of all, but in this episode, we talk to two experts who confirm that the ability for tech to decipher thoughts, and perhaps even manipulate them, isn't j...

Neuroscientist @rafaelyuste.bsky.social and international human rights lawyer Jared Genser join “How to Fix the Internet” to discuss setting solid legal guardrails to ensure neurotechnology serves people, not vice versa.

Risk terrain modeling “is a mathematical way of justifying a type of policing in certain people and neighborhoods that police have already wanted to surveil,” EFF’s @mguariglia.bsky.social told @kansas.com. www.kansas.com/news/local/...

🇬🇪🇪🇺 #GeorgiaProtests ✊🏻🔥🔥🔥

A quick thread for this week in #linz joins us #servusat  / #AMRO at the program of our sister initiative Stadtwerkstatt #STWST a new seven day format STWST84 // Fog Manifesto https://stwst84x11.stwst.at/ #stwst84 We have contributions from the 2025 Art Meets Radical Openness Research Labs 1) ::Politics of Isolation Lab / Anna Kraher, Road to Futures Past:: https://stwst84x11.stwst.at/road_to_futures_past *> More context in the current @versorgerin https://versorgerin.stwst.at/artikel/08-2025/a-meta-level-up-into-isolation

2) ::Watery Networks Talks: Digital Waters / A Fluidic Cookbook / Coding Drops:: radio show on water and computation with RL artists Ioana Vreme Moser & Diane Pricop and servus member Christina Gruber. It will be aired on sunday on #radiofro > Here a previous conversation on Fluidics with Ioana and Diane https://cba.media/720402 > Another talk from the Archive “From Cloudy Ecologies to Thirsty Datacenters: AMRO RL 2019 Review” with Christina Gruber and Antonio Zingaro https://cba.fro.at/489462/ 3) ::Sat, 6th  Sept from 17:30:: CONVERSATION ::On Network Commons and Touring the Network::     • 17:30-19:00: Book presentation and discussion on “The Rise of the Network Commons” by Armin Medosch https://stwst84x11.stwst.at/the_rise_of_the_network_commons_by_armin_medosch     • 19:00-20:00: „Putting the Fog in Boxes” unboxing the permanently growing inhouse net (info and infra)structures / and the constant labor and negotiations required within socio-technical networks. https://stwst84x11.stwst.at/en/putting_the_fog_in_boxes

╚ Further checks with the servus/AMRO community: ::for "Meet the fog":: https://stwst84x11.stwst.at/en/meet_the_fog -> Tomorrow, Tue, 2nd Sep, 17:00 > Postcards against Chat Control @freebliss @aderieg @egarri -> Thu, 4th Sep, 17:00 NØ School /  with Dasha Ilina @dasha & @recyclism ::In the Clouded Exhibition:: > Clarification [Black Lotus XIII] by /g/o/d/ \Pamela Neuwirth \Harald Purrer https://stwst84x11.stwst.at/en/clarification_black_lotus_xiii > Lost in the Sauce (Illusions in the Fog) by @sarahghp https://stwst84x11.stwst.at/en/lost_in_the_sauce_illusions_in_the_fog

+ special things ++ ::A DYI thread of Media Arts:: Check the the Red Thread from our neighbors of piksel.no @Pikselfest  https://stwst84x11.stwst.at/en/diy_thread ::Nebel Kegeln Fri 5th & Sat 6th September:: Not to miss the Fog Bowling/Nebel Kegeln from the stwst! https://stwst84x11.stwst.at/nebelkegeln (Edit: adding masto handles)

This week in #linz join stadtwerkstatt 84x11 fog manifesto.

Our contributions:
core.servus.at/en/content/n...

#arminmedosch
#networkcommons
#fog
#manifesto
#water
#networks
#chatcontrolle
#mediaart
#arselectronica

With @annakraher.bsky.social @sarahghp.bsky.social and many others

Legal battle against political abuse of art: interview with Maja Smrekar In this interview, Slovenian artist Smrekar reflects on how her work was recently misused in a far-right political campaign and the need to build collective resilience against censorship. These pressi...

Maja Smrekar’s internationally acclaimed work K-9 Topology was highly misused in a far-right campaign in Slovenia. Across Europe, artists face similar growing threats. These issues will be addressed at the 2025 conference Taboo – Transgression – Transcendence in Art & Science (TTT). Interview.

Are you a digital security newbie? Take a few minutes to read our primer. ssd.eff.org/en/module/s...

Statsministeren: – Det er ikke noe som heter et «stolt, hvitt Norge» - Filter Nyheter Igjen måtte en norsk statsminister holde tale om de dødelige konsekvensene av rasisme og høyreekstremisme. Dette er hva Jonas Gahr Støre (Ap) sa på Youngstorget søndag om motivet bak drapet på Tamima ...

Igjen måtte en norsk statsminister holde tale om de dødelige konsekvensene av rasisme og høyreekstremisme. Dette er hva Jonas Gahr Støre (Ap) sa på Youngstorget søndag om motivet bak drapet på Tamima Nibras Juhar (34) og gjerningsmannens antatte plan om å drepe muslimer i en moské i Hønefoss: