The European Data agency describes Open Source Intelligence (OSINT) as “the practice of collecting and analyzing information gathered from open sources to produce actionable intelligence.” Raw material for OSINT is widely available since the proliferation of the internet and the accessibility to devices like computers, smartphones, cameras, drones and any other media-mechanisms. Thus creating open-source intelligence is a process of qualifying, sorting and contextualizing these vast amounts of data into coherent perspectives that enrich our view on reality.
As artists and architects, we are trained to channel images and representations to produce interpretations of reality. Through the workshop and symposium on Cultures of Spatial Investigations we want to explore how OSINT strategies can extend our methods and learn from methods that have already adopted these strategies.
23.3.2024: Workshop on Cultures of Spatial Investigations
The workshop was tutored by Ben Ditto, Zaher Jureidini, and Megaworld collective and was intended for eight to ten participants mainly from IKA but also coming from other institutes of the Academy. It lasted for one whole day which started in the Computer Lab of IKA and ended within the Megaworld collective’s four walls. It was as well organized by Martin Eichler. Curation: Daniel Hüttler (adO/Aptive).
12.04.2024 Symposium on Cultures of Spatial Investigations
Organization: Martin Eichler OeH IKA, Curation: Daniel Hüttler (adO/Aptive), Setup: Megaworld collective, Speakers: Ines Weizman, Ben Ditto, Zaher Jureidini, Enar de Dios Rodriguez, Orest Yaremchuk, DePart Collective.
