Technologies of Solidarity is a three-day programme by V2_Lab for the Unstable Media in collaboration with engage. It invites participants to explore alternatives to dominant digital technologies shaped by corporate interests, asking what technology could look like outside capitalist logics. Through presentations, workshops, and artistic interventions, the event will examine past and present efforts in open-source, ethical AI, and analog forms of connection, while building practical tools and celebrating community-driven approaches to technology. On Saturday evening, V2_ invites you for a special edition Media Art Cafe with curated DJs and an interactive pub quiz for tech solidarity.

Leo Scarin, an artist and coder, provides an overview of the current landscape of AI models developed by big tech, the social, political and environmental implications of these models, and discusses issues of privacy, bias, and corporate interests. Leo shares methods and purposes of small language models in a workshop that combines tutorials and practical exercises.

By the end of the workshop, you will have set up your own locally run language model! No coding experience is required.

Ready to join us? Here's how it works:

Step 1: Get your passe-partout for just €6 - this gives you access to most events during engage 2025, 9 - 12 October. 

Step 2: Register for individual events using the confirmation email you'll receive.

Step 3: Collect your wristband at The Usual, Westblaak 10-14, Rotterdam