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SchoolofMachines,Making&Make-Believe🍉BLM
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Independent school intersecting art, technology, design, human connection. Empowering humans via education & community since 2014. No more wars.
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Who wants to learn more at the intersection of food and data? Last call for Fermenting Data, begins this weekend! www.schoolofma.org/programs/p/f...
November 24, 2025 at 12:52 PM
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A panel:

(School of the Commons @schoolofcommons.bsky.social / LungA School @lungaschool.bsky.social / Strother School of Radical Attention @schoolofattention.bsky.social / NØ SCHOOL NEVERS / School of Machines @schoolofma.bsky.social)
lungaschool.bsky.social LungA School (office) @lungaschool.bsky.social · 14d
Archived recording of ANTIUNIVERSITY 2025 ~ Lessons from Artist-Run Schools: on Art, Attention, Ecology, and Technology chaired by Anne Lee Steele @aleesteele.bsky.social

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November 11, 2025 at 8:52 AM
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Hurricanes Should Be Named After Fossil Fuel Firms: Mikaela Loach, Jamaican British Climate Activist
Climate Activist Mikaela Loach: Name Hurricanes After Fossil Fuel Firms
Jamaica remains in a state of emergency after being battered by Hurricane Melissa, one of the strongest Atlantic cyclones in history. The Category 5 storm slammed into Jamaica on Tuesday with 185-mile-per-hour winds, and the extent of the damage is not ...
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October 29, 2025 at 2:53 PM
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Meet Abigail, a visual artist/production designer whose spent a lot of her career on the road as a touring lighting and production designer for bands like John Cale and Animal Collective.

Her online course begins next week and spots are still available!

Read more here: bit.ly/abbyInterview
October 29, 2025 at 2:56 PM
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[ANTIUNIVERSITY 2025] Lessons from Artist-Run Schools: on Art, Attention, Ecology,
and Technology · Zoom · Luma
Universities have long been organised as institutions of space, discipline, and hierarchy. Yet, in the last decade, we’ve seen the rise of alternative schools:…
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October 16, 2025 at 9:24 AM
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Last day to apply! For more info and to join, visit: makebelievestudio.berlin

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October 12, 2025 at 11:39 AM
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Performers and those of you w/something inside you wanna express but no idea what it is or how you’ll do it because you’ve never done it before: come join! We’re a collective w/shared space in Berlin for creative inquiry & open spots for new members! makebelievestudio.berlin
October 11, 2025 at 12:10 PM
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These leaders of schools will discuss their relationships to legacy institutions, tactics for sustaining alternative education, visions for the future, and more.

- Benjamin Gaulon (NØ SCHOOL NEVERS)
- Rachel Uwa (@schoolofma.bsky.social)
- Peter Schmidt (@schoolofattention.bsky.social)
Photo and biography of Benjamin Gaulon of No School Nevers: Benjamin Gaulon is an artist, researcher, educator and cultural producer based in Paris. He has previously released work under the name "recyclism". His research focuses on the limits and failures of information and communication technologies; planned obsolescence, consumerism and disposable society; ownership and privacy; through the exploration of détournement, hacking and recycling. His projects can be softwares, installations, pieces of hardware, web based projects, interactive works, street art interventions and are, when applicable, open source. Together with Dasha Ilina, he is a founding member of the collective NO, a non-profit organisation whose mission is to support and promote emerging art and design research and practices that address the social and environmental impact of information and communication technologies in France and beyond, since its creation in 2018. They are both co-directors of NO SCHOOL NEVERS since its first edition in 2019. Photo Rachel Uwa of the School of Machines, Making & Make-Believe: Biography: Rachel Uwa is founder and director of the educational nonprofit School of Machines, Making and Make-Believe (Make-Believe Foundation gUG (haftungsbeschränkt)), which creates one-of-a-kind hands-on learning experiences in the areas of art, technology, design, and human connection. She designs and curates the majority of programming for School of Machines. Rachel is also an artist, educator, and organizer with over 20 years experience consulting and organizing for social justice and tech communities and events big and small. She helps non-profits, educational institutions, companies and individuals looking to strengthen the work they do and build new initiatives. She is currently co-developing two new projects, School of Humans and Make-Believe Studio Berlin. Photo of Peter Schmidt from the Strother School of Radical Attention. Biography: Peter Schmidt is a writer, organizer, and facilitator from Missouri. He is a member of the Friends of Attention coalition, and leads workshops, seminars, and study groups at the Strother School of Radical Attention, where he is co-founder and Program Director. He is a co-editor of ATTENSITY! A Manifesto of the Attention Liberation Movement, forthcoming from Crown (US) and Penguin (UK) in January 2026.
October 8, 2025 at 6:00 PM
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We're a collective of international artists, technologists, designers, researchers, and the like, w/a shared space in Berlin for play, thoughtful connection, and creative inquiry and we are seeking new members! Join us!

Deadline: Sunday, 12. October.
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October 8, 2025 at 10:09 AM
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Last days to join, we begin Wednesday! Learn immersive experiences from history to funding/producing your own stories with creative industries consultant Sarah Brin!

(Abridged) History and Practice of Immersive Experiences
Wednesdays, 8. Oct.-5. Nov., 6-8pm CET

www.schoolofma.org/programs/p/f...
October 6, 2025 at 1:52 PM
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Meet Yaron Maïm a Swiss-French media artist, creative technologist and the instructor of our upcoming course ‘Video is the New Sketch’, whose practice moves between abstraction and system-building, and debunking the myths of creativity and generative art. www.schoolofma.org/news/intervi...
October 6, 2025 at 11:09 AM
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I start teaching my history & practice of immersive experiences course for @schoolofma.bsky.social on wednesday! I already know we have an amazing cohort. www.schoolofma.org/programs/p/f...
the (abridged) history and practice of immersive experiences — School of Machines, Making, and Make-Believe
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October 4, 2025 at 10:36 AM
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Applications for new members open up 6. - 12- October! Beginning something new is a long process and we're just settling in to our first Fall season together and looking forward to inviting new thoughtful, creative humans to join us. For more info, visit: makebelievestudio.berlin
October 3, 2025 at 1:54 PM
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**Last call to join the Generative Narratives online course** it begins next week! How can we harness code, typography, and generative design in TouchDesigner to tell stories that inspire change and challenge the status quo? More info here: www.schoolofma.org/programs/p/f...
September 25, 2025 at 10:52 AM
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Livestreaming Technoviolence: Confronting Systemic Injustice Day 2!
September 20, 2025 at 2:22 PM
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Livestream beginning!!! www.youtube.com/@DisruptionN...
September 19, 2025 at 2:42 PM
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I'm teaching a class with @schoolofma.bsky.social about immersive experiences!

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the (abridged) history and practice of immersive experiences — School of Machines, Making, and Make-Believe
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September 3, 2025 at 9:57 PM
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LAST DAY TO APPLY FOR OUR STUDIO MEMBERSHIP!
Only 10 spots available.

Wanna join us?

For more info and to apply: makebelievestudio.berlin
September 1, 2025 at 1:44 PM
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The world is ridiculous and nonsensical right now; we all need each other now more than ever. Come join our membership and connect w/ lovely artists, activists, technologists, and other humans desiring to live in a better world than this. makebelievestudio.berlin
August 27, 2025 at 2:34 PM
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Find out more about membership in our collective art tech studio space in Berlin Mitte here: makebelievestudio.berlin

Deadline is Monday, 1. September!
Come join us!
August 30, 2025 at 11:37 AM
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Open House Night ✨
Curious about becoming a member? Come explore our new space, meet the community, and say hello!

📅 Date: 29 August
🕕 Time: 6–9 PM CET
📍 Location: Make-Believe Studio, Veteranenstr. 21, Vorderhaus, 5th Floor

⏰ Membership applications are open until 1 Sept.
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August 28, 2025 at 3:45 PM
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The view from @schoolofma.bsky.social with @kpstl.bsky.social
August 25, 2025 at 9:03 AM
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The world is ridiculous and nonsensical right now; we all need each other now more than ever. Come join our membership and connect w/ lovely artists, activists, technologists, and other humans desiring to live in a better world than this. makebelievestudio.berlin
August 27, 2025 at 2:34 PM
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Berliners, we're having a small but lovely show tonight in our new space at the top floor of ACUD Kunsthaus with Baymele, an SF-based band currently on tour. Feel invited to come join us! :)
August 1, 2025 at 12:46 PM
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Humans in Berlin, come join us this Saturday for a free sonic art performance and discussion around problematics of Smart Cities of the Future by visiting London-based Iranian artist Fari Bradley! www.schoolofma.org/programs/p/s...
July 3, 2025 at 1:20 PM