CHOP — collectively hacking overlooked possibilities
Technological systems are the focal points of our lives — we adapt to them, rely on them, depend on them. But what if we didn’t? What if we treated these systems not as untouchable black boxes, but as a playground? CHOP is about reappropriation. About hacking — not in the narrow digital sense, but as a way of understanding technology: the ability to alter and rebuild the systems that shape our lives.
This project investigates how collectively reappropriated, and maintained technological systems can serve as tools for democratic resource management and community self-determination. In response to increasing social and ecological fragmentation driven by centralized and growth-dependent infrastructures, it seeks to develop and document technologies that can enable small-scale autonomy, collective maintenance, and knowledge sharing.
Tutors
Roger Guilemany
Saúl Baeza
Guillem Camprodon
Alejandra Tothill
Collaborators
Marius Schairer
Andrea Santi
