lowkey - code and relax

lowkey – code and relax is a social hangout for anyone who wants to write computer programs with other people. Whether you're new, need inspiration, or just want to throw on headphones and hack, you are welcome to join. Expect it to be laid-back and selforganised outside the usual teacher-student hierarchy: study groups, spontaneous pair programming, parallel working/body doubling, or just folks on couches with laptops. 

We can all learn from each other. We will do brief check-ins at the start and end of lowkey, to see how everyone is doing and what you feel like doing today. We are focused on creating a space for diverse coding practices and building a community outside the usual institutions and sites (academic institutions with an End-of-Life, businesses and entrepreneurships with ethical compromises, or "expert" meetups/communities). 

We are also open to discuss the politics and social issues tied to coding - feel free to bring in resources you want to share such as books, visual essays, or the likes, both in regards to coding and the political mechanisms that surrounds coding, but be sure to include trigger warnings if necessary. We recognise the historically inequitable social reality of software and the patriarchal and capitalist structures and behaviours within them. We aim for an inclusive and soft space as a disruptive action to change this history. 

This event is inspired by live coding and community coding events happening all over the globe, but especially the Calm Coding event of Varia in Rotterdam to set a healthy frame and tone of such an event. Come work on a project, follow a tutorial, or just hang out! Make sure to read the social rules and code of conduct found on the event at ursuppe.dk. ursuppe is a public service for contemporary art in Denmark, amplifying events, archives, and highlights, as well as providing a pinboard. Built on an artist-run, anti-authoritarian, and open-source ethos, we are organized as a platform cooperative. We are a political platform, critiquing the establishment while recognising the need for engagement to drive structural change. We seek to enhance accessibility and inclusivity in contemporary art, as well as software culture, bridging digital and physical spaces. See more at ursuppe.dk/about.