ENTER
Enter is an experimental video-conferencing platform for online and hybrid meetings in the cultural field.
Enter is an experimental video-conferencing platform for online and hybrid meetings in the cultural field. The platform takes inspiration from other digital culture projects and open-source software that is being used for meeting online and producing content. Enter currently functions as a conversation piece for experiments such as online artist residencies. Within a wider political perspective, data ownership and creating our own tech are increasingly on the agenda and Enter is at the forefront of this discussion, while also being a functional platform for small group gatherings and producing online events for Het Nieuwe Instituut. The platform is created through design by development. This means that all those involved in the project are part of the development process, ensuring that all steps are aligned with the concept and ideologies behind Enter.
By building and designing our own platform we can better understand what happens behind the surface of Big Tech platforms. Digital culture is not only what we see on our screens: there are many assumptions and ideologies built into the platforms we use every day. The platforms like Zoom and Teams that we mostly use as tools for online meetings and events were not built for culture, but for profit. These platforms are also very formal in its design, meaning that they cannot be appropriated by their users and the experience of a job interview and seeing your friends is the same. Enter will not be the answer to all the issues we encounter using these platforms - but it will illuminate them. Zoom and Teams are built using millions of dollars and huge teams of developers. But Enter can function as a statement that says we can design and develop our own tools for our own good and for the cultural field as a whole. By rethinking ways of online communication, we can also redesign these interactions from the ground up.
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