BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 CALSCALE:GREGORIAN PRODID:adamgibbons/ics METHOD:PUBLISH X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H BEGIN:VEVENT UID:26785@offbeat.amsterdam SUMMARY:Cyberdeck workshop: build your own ‘mesh-berry’ #2 DTSTAMP:20260827T222048Z DTSTART:20261107T120000Z DTEND:20261107T160000Z DESCRIPTION:Hand-soldered cyberdecks are all over the internet. The cyberde cks we know from\ncyberpunk fiction and hacker culture were improvised mac hines—originally\nappearing in William Gibson’s 1984 novel Neuromancer—oft en built within a narrow\nand masculine idea of who gets to tinker\, hack\ , and build. The cyberdecks\nfilling our feeds today look different. They’ re cute.\n\nFrom mermaid-shell Raspberry Pis to Hello Kitty makeup cases\, these devices have\nexploded in popularity over the past year\, thanks to women teaching each other\nto build artistic\, hyper-feminine computers o nline.\n\nCyberdecks push back against the sleek\, sealed\, and extractive technologies we\nrely on every day. While most consumer computers lock us into systems that are\nbecoming increasingly unethical\, from non-consens ual surveillance to automatic\nAI integration no one asked for\, cyberdeck s are hacked together. Often built\nwith femininity and sustainability in mind\, they’re personalised with cute and\ncolourful items that would othe rwise be thrown away. In an age of mass-produced\ndevices\, cyberdecks tur n technology into a form of self-expression.\n\n\nMAKE YOUR PERSONALISED ‘ MESH-BERRY’! 🫐\n\nIn this workshop\, you’ll build your very own\, personal ised ‘mesh-berry’ 🫐\ndevice: a local chat tool that runs on a mesh network . You don’t need WiFi\,\ninternet\, or anything Big Tech related. To keep things accessible\, we won’t\nbuild a full computer\, but focus on a worki ng chat tool you can actually take\nhome and use\, change\, or build upon. \n\nGuided by web developer and artist Heerko van der Kooij\, you’ll learn how to\nhand-solder your own motherboard and how to style your chat progr am. Lilian\nStolk from The Hmm will go a bit deeper into the aesthetic sid e of things\,\nlooking at how (and why) to design a personal case for your device\n\nAfter the workshop\, you’ll walk away with a working mesh-berry that you can use\nto chat with other mesh-berry owners nearby. If your fr iends couldn’t make it to\nthis workshop\, you’ll have picked up the skill s to build one for them yourself.\n\n\nREQUIREMENTS AND PREP\n\nYou don’t need to have any experience with coding to join this workshop. The\nticket price includes all the hardware you’ll need: a screen\, keyboard\, batter y\,\nand speaker. We’ll provide some basic crafting materials\, but we ask you to\nbring your own case that is at least 5x7cm (a bag\, box\, tin\, o r anything else\nyou’d like to turn into your device’s shell) and extra bi ts and pieces to\npersonalise it further. Think of stickers\, fabric\, bea ds\, paint\, or anything\nelse that makes it yours. The workshop will be c onducted in English. Please feel\nfree to join us\, but don’t wait to long . Our first workshop sold out fast.\n\n\nTHE HMM EXPERIMENTS…\n\nThis even t is part of a series of programs that we are developing with The Hmm\,\nw here we give space in our studio for our community to explore new ideas an d\nexperiment with workshops as part of our public program.\n\n\nWHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW\n\n📅 Date: Saturday 26 September 2026 🕗 Times: 13.00 – 17.00 CEST 📍 Location:\nThe Hmm’s studio\, NDSM-plein 125\, 1033 WC Amsterdam 🎟 Tickets: €55 regular\,\n€51\,50 students [https:] (this is including €47\, 50 for hardware material)\n\nAs these workshops are more intimate sessions \, there is a limited supply of\ntickets available. You can find informati on about physical accessibility at The\nHmm’s studio here [https:].\n\n💚 T his programme is kindly supported by the Creative Industries Fund NL\n[htt ps:] URL:https://offbeat.amsterdam/event/cyberdeck-workshop-build-your-own-mesh- berry-2 GEO:52.4013688;4.8958065 LOCATION:The Hmm - NDSM-plein 125\, 1033 WB Amsterdam STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:big tech,community,cyberdeck,feminism,mesh-berry,studio,technolo gy,workshop X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

Hand-soldered cyberdecks are all over the i nternet. The cyberdecks we know from cyberpunk fiction and hacker culture were improvised machines—originally appearing in William Gibson’s 1984 nov el Neuromancer—often built within a narrow and masculine idea of who gets to tinker, hack, and build. The cyberdecks filling our feeds today look di fferent. They’re cute.

From mermaid-shell Raspberry Pis to Hello Kit ty makeup cases, these devices have exploded in popularity over the past y ear, thanks to women teaching each other to build artistic, hyper-feminine computers online.

Cyberdecks push back against the sleek, sealed, a nd extractive technologies we rely on every day. While most consumer compu ters lock us into systems that are becoming increasingly unethical, from n on-consensual surveillance to automatic AI integration no one asked for, c yberdecks are hacked together. Often built with femininity and sustainabil ity in mind, they’re personalised with cute and colourful items that would otherwise be thrown away. In an age of mass-produced devices, cyberdecks turn technology into a form of self-expression.

Make your p ersonalised ‘mesh-berry’! 🫐

In this workshop, you’ll build your very own, personalised ‘mesh-berry’ 🫐 device: a local chat tool that runs on a mesh network. You don’t need WiFi, internet, or anything Big Te ch related. To keep things accessible, we won’t build a full computer, but focus on a working chat tool you can actually take home and use, change, or build upon.

Guided by web developer and artist Heerko van der Koo ij, you’ll learn how to hand-solder your own motherboard and how to style your chat program. Lilian Stolk from The Hmm will go a bit deeper into the aesthetic side of things, looking at how (and why) to design a personal c ase for your device

After the workshop, you’ll walk away with a work ing mesh-berry that you can use to chat with other mesh-berry owners nearb y. If your friends couldn’t make it to this workshop, you’ll have picked u p the skills to build one for them yourself.

Requirements a nd Prep

You don’t need to have any experience with coding to join this workshop. The ticket price includes all the hardware y ou’ll need: a screen, keyboard, battery, and speaker. We’ll provide some b asic crafting materials, but we ask you to bring your own case that is at least 5x7cm (a bag, box, tin, or anything else you’d like to turn into your device’s shell) and extra bits and pieces to personalise it further. Think of stickers, fabric, beads, pain t, or anything else that makes it yours. The workshop will be conducted in English. Please feel free to join us, but don’t wait to long. Our first w orkshop sold out fast.

The Hmm experiments…

This event is part of a series of programs that we are developing with The Hmm, where we give space in our studio for our community to explo re new ideas and experiment with workshops as part of our public program.< /p>

What you need to know

📅 Date: Sat urday 26 September 2026 🕗 Times: 13.00 – 17.00 CEST 📍 Location: The Hmm’s studio, NDSM-plein 125, 1033 WC Amsterdam 🎟 Tickets: €55 regular, €51,50 students (this is including €47,50 for hardware material)

As these workshops are more i ntimate sessions, there is a limited supply of tickets available. You can find information about physical accessibility at The Hmm’s studio here.

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