Events

On Friday, April 24th, Williamsburg Coworking throws open its doors to celebrate the Greeks entering Troy in a Trojan Horse, the composition of the French anthem La Marseillaise, and the 1968 student-led occupation of Columbia University.

The Change You Want To See Gallery is host to Williamsburg Coworking, and "Work @ Jelly" - a monthly coworking jam. Grab your laptop, hunker down and get some work done in the company of fine folks. At the end of the day we'll host a happy hour throw-down.

We promise to cross two items off on your to-do list...
1. be productive during the day.
2. meet some rad people.

When:
* Coworking: 9:30am - 5:00pm
* Happy Hour: 5pm - 7pm

Not in NY? This event will be streamed live at http://www.mogulus.com/notanalternative

Sunday, April 26, 7pm - 10pm EST
Please join us this Sunday evening for an artist talk and presentation by Sara Sajjad, a founding member of Swedish arts collective Piratbyran (the Bureau of Piracy).

Sajjad will discuss their popular project The Pirate Bay, the world's largest bit torrent file-sharing service on the internet. A landmark trial pitting the Scandanavian pirates vs. Hollywood privateers made international headlines this week when four defiant Swedes were found guilty of violating copyright law. It's a mild blow to the buccaneers, but more like cutting heads off hydras or hitting hornets nests. Like an international game of whac-a-mole, the file-sharing community keeps popping up to promote new modes of connecting. A discussion about intellectual property and the free culture movement will be joined by special guests, including folks from MuxTape, a US-based music sharing site that was shut down last year. Sajjad will also screen footage from related Piratbyran projects and performances, including KopimiTV (CopyMeTV), the CopyRiot ritual, and the Pirate Bus art tour.

The talk will be followed by a guerilla music swap, so bring your laptop, USB stick or hard drive, and share, swap, and propagate like the pirate you arrrrrrr! As Piratbyran says, multiplication can produce powerful numbers. And great music collections.

Monday, April 27, 7:30pm EST
At The Change You Want To See Gallery and streaming live at http://www.mogulus.com/notanalternative
Follow live-blogging on Twitter at @NAA_NYC and #thechange

In Burma/Myanmar, the military junta has ruled since 1962, brutally suppressing human rights and the flow of information. Yet in the fall of 2007, the military found itself challenged by Buddhist clergy and ordinary citizens who used nonviolent actions and 21st century technology to challenge the regime. Although the so-called Saffron Revolution failed to result in regime change, dedicated Burmese activists are continuing to risk their lives to work for change in their country. In a country of 58 million with less than 1% internet and cell phone penetration, how is technology being used to challenge a military regime?

Join us for an evening conversation on this topic, including:
-- A presentation by Digital Democracy on the use of technology inside and along Burma's borders.
-- Footage from the Sept. 2007 Saffron Revolution, where tech such as mobile phones and the internet allowed protesters to coordinate and publicize the largest protests seen in a generation,
-- A Q&A with "Stanley", a Burmese computer programmer and chairperson of the All Burma IT Students Union.

This is the inaugural event of the 2009 Upgrade! New York art and technology programming series, pertaining to open source activist and creative practices, co-produced by Not An Alternative and Eyebeam.

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