5:00 ~ 5:30PM

Lark VCR will present Traumagotchi, a website made with p5.js for virtual spell-casting, collective healing, and general DeepMachineIncantation. Visitors are directed to create a virtualization of their trauma: their Traumagotchi. Traumagotchi can be fed, bathed, and rested. Though the user may log off, the Traumagotchi persist in cyberspace maintaining preprogrammed cycles of self-care or self-harm. They may recite mantras, do drugs, apply moisturizer, or sink into slime.

The talk is followed by a 15 minutes Q&A.

5:45 ~ 6:15PM

Grayson Earle will present Bail Bloc, a computer program that bails people out of jail. Volunteers can download the application to any desktop or laptop computer. The app runs in the background of everyday use, mining a cryptocurrency called Monero. The mining rewards are exchanged to $USD and donated directly to the Bronx Freedom Fund, which uses 100% of the money to pay bail for low income, marginalized individuals. Bail Bloc is a collaboration with Maya Binyam, Francis Tseng, JB Rubinovitz, Sam Lavigne, and the Dark Inquiry collective.

The talk is followed by a 15 minutes Q&A.