Friday 28 November - Saturday 29th November 2025 at Stroom Den Haag, NL

Brewing Permacomputing Collectives Friday 28 November, 17:00–18:30 at Stroom Den Haag

Stroom Den Haag is hosting an evening of short talks and discussion with members of international Permacomputing groups.

This year, London’s Permacomputing Club received funding to run roaming programming workshops across Central Europe, while permacomputing.net continues to serve as the main hub for these networks. The site recently earned the Error 406 Tech Fascism Not Acceptable award, supporting the creation of a global guide for building new permacomputing communities. During this afternoon of short presentations and a moderated discussion, participants will share recent projects, tools, reflections from their local communities and how the practice has expanded. As usual, there will be insights into ecological and communal infrastructures, and how we might reimagine our everyday relationship with technology.

Speakers include:

Anna Andrejew (The Hague artist, Mens en Tuin, Stadsoase Spinozahof, Volkskeuken, On Solid Ground, permacomputing.net)
Brendan Howell (Berlin Permacomputing Meetup, LURK, permacomputing.net)
Aymeric Mansoux (WdKA Research Centre, LURK, permacomputing.net)
Ana Meisel (London Permacomputing Club, Superkilogirls)
Danny Tirthdas van der Kleij (Varia, permacomputing.net)
Lua Vollaard (Stroom Den Haag, Superkilogirls)

Brewing Permacomputing Collectives is part of the public programme accompanying Jenna Sutela’s exhibition "https://www.stroom.nl/stroom-algemeen/activiteiten/jenna-sutela-ave-bossa-bow-ole", which introduces the term “tech povera”: a raw, experimental, and living approach to technology. This marks the first international Permacomputing meetup! Following the public moment, Stroom Den Haag is drawing out this exchange between groups from the Netherlands, Germany, and the UK on Saturday 29th of November. This private day meetup will hold conversations about the structure of the branches, improving communication between them and introducing new rules and guides that expand the permacomputing practice. Get in touch with Ana if you'd like to join!