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2025-06-13 18:54 UTC

Coming up on Friday June 20th is the opening of my exhibition &quot;a workshop for everyday technology&quot;, the outcome of my residency at the Leitrim Sculpture Center in Manorhamilton/Cluainín, County Leitrim, Ireland. It&#39;s been a very full two months of conversations around technology, borrowing tools, learning new materials and making art. I&#39;m very grateful to the staff at the LSC for their assistance and support, the ^ collective (@benbo) for lending their space for meetups, @ephemeral for support, stimulating conversations and bringing me into the fold, and the local community for sharing their thoughts and teaching me about non-digital technologies. Thanks also to @cmos4040 for helping me in my research and organising conversations at ^, and @decentral1se for working together with cmos on the archiving software distribusi-verse, and most importantly, the craic! Here are the exhibition details for those interested in visiting: Simon Browne, &quot;a workshop for everyday technology&quot; Leitrim Sculpture Center, New Line, Manorhamilton Exhibition Launch: Friday 20th June 2025 5pm – 8pm Exhibition runs until: 19th July 2025 Gallery opening times: 11am - 1pm &amp; 1.30pm - 4pm Wednesday to Saturday More on the LSC website: https://www.leitrimsculpturecentre.ie/whats-on/exhibitions/exhibition-residency and even more on my archive, running on distribusi-verse: https://archive.simonbrowne.page

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@ephemeral@mograph.social 2025-06-13 22:00

@simoon@post.lurk.org wish I was there and best of luck with it. The image of the keyboard looks amazing!

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@LillyHerself@mastodon.social 2025-06-14 10:33

@simoon@post.lurk.org I find these thought provoking and resonant with meaning. I wish I could see the show - what spectacular work. @benbo@social.servus.at @ephemeral@mograph.social @cmos4040@post.lurk.org @decentral1se@gts.varia.zone

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@futurebird@sauropods.win 2025-06-14 10:55

@simoon@post.lurk.org @benbo@social.servus.at @ephemeral@mograph.social @cmos4040@post.lurk.org @decentral1se@gts.varia.zone I love these sculptures. I expect someone has told you about the "Norwich keyboard" already... but just in case there is a concrete keyboard in Norwich, a bit of public art and it's rather beloved. It was made by Molly Sole in 1999 who intended it to be a mystery which for years it was. It's interesting to think about what these works will look like as they age, and depending on if they are exposed to nature. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elm_Hill,_Norwich

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@CiaraNi@mastodon.green 2025-06-15 04:37

@simoon@post.lurk.org Looks interesting and thought-provoking. (The keyboard!) I hope the exhibition goes great.

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