User:Eleni/T6 Assessment
Year 0
Fili, E. (2024). Motivation Letter. XPUB Application.I am fascinated by the nuances of fan-made creation, such as collaborative fanzines, fanfiction, and fanart. Despite being sometimes dismissed, I recognize the significant role these communities play in aiding self-expression and fostering connections through shared passions. I am interested in understanding the dynamics of such communities and how their creative practices intersect with broader cultural narratives.
Special Issue Contributions
SI25 Protocols for Collective PerformanceMy first experience with radio! It allowed me to demystify the medium and brought me closer to my peers <3 I overcame my fear of broadcasting in a foreign language. |
  
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SI25 Urban Small Talk (page)Close your eyes, take a breath… the ambience has something to say. URBAN SMALL TALK is a digital archive of field recordings collected around Rotterdam, offering a new perspective into experiencing the city. Take a stroll around the soundmap and reconnect with Rotterdam, whether you are a fresh acquaintance or an old friend. Together with Imre and Sevgi we worked on a cartography of the sounds of Rotterdam; the noise of construction, the song of church bells, the dripping of raindrops on pavement. Piet Zwart Wiki editors could submit their recordings to be added in this archive. weaving an audio tapestry of the city and the people's feelings towards it. I took up the coding part of the project. |
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SI27 404.xpub.nl InstanceMy first proper server building dive! I felt out of depth most of the time, but as a group we still managed to get it to run using (questionable) documentaton and Manettas advice! |
 
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Prototyping
Writing Documentation
Documenting the under- (or badly-) documented.
MPO Files
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IKIWIKI
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Extraterrestrial Zine Fair
I was one of the fair organizers, alongside Charlie , Chrissy, Sevgi and Wyn.
fan archive of the pre-collapse society
radio show premise: After the inevitable Collapse of big-tech, the corporate servers have melted down and all surviving pieces of media are the ones previously stored in pirate / fan archives. The only way to share what remains (artworks, movies, photography, sculptures) is to describe and narrate them on pirate radio. The fandom artifacts broadcasted have survived the Collapse by being carefully curated, stored and maintained with love in self-hosted servers— in the bedrooms of nerds from the past!
| Show 1 | pre-rec | 30/09 | |
| Show 3 | w/ Barbs (xpub1) | 03/02 | |
| Show 4 | w/ Angel | 21/04 |
Self-Hosting Zine
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A printed publication where I document my research and process on how I set up my server, and the steps I took to make it public.
Made by wiki-to-print-ing the page Setting up a public server into a printable pdf, using paged.js |
Writing Documentation
Documenting the under- (or badly-) documented.
MPO Files
MPO Files
IKIWIKI
Research: FAN/SERVICE
Research focus: reanimating fandom online practices by embodying feminist server approaches
Chapter 1
I begin my research by looking into the roots of media fandom as the predecessor of the newer term “transformative fandom”. I argue that the predominantly queer/fem demographic of transformative fandom does not fit the image of what constitutes the “true fan”. Therefore, queer/fem fans are constantly belittled, scrutinized and pathologized.
Chapter 2
I focus on networking technologies, looking into the myth of virtual disembodiment through two different lenses; Megan Boler’s new virtual cartesianism and Donna Haraway’s cyborg theory. I argue that queer/fem people, and in extension transformative fandom, expose their identities online in hopes of finding each other.
Chapter 3
I explain how this vulnerability greatly influences their online experience, since virtual societies re-establish existing societal biases. Many platforms have seemed like safe spaces for transformative fandoms, but after multiple platform “purges” and “deaths”, it seems like no space is sufficient to truly facilitate fandom practices.
I introduce feminist servers and look for inspiration in their ways of building community around their own infrastructures and networks.
Chapter 5
I present how the feminist teachings I compiled have influenced my own project— an online fandom radio station.
Project: FanonRadio
Fanon is any element that is widely accepted among fans, but has little or no basis in canon. (...) A variation of fanon is "personal canon" or "headcanon," which is a set of "fanon"-like facts that are accepted as canon by an individual fan or a smaller group of fans, sometimes in the making of a shared universe. (Fanlore)
FanonRadio Wiki
Grad Fest
12hr Radio Marathon
To launch Fanon Radio with a grand celebration, I am hosting a 12hour Radio Marathon on the 4th of July. The schedule consists of pre-recorded shows, live remote and in-person broadcasts. The hosts will be individual fans and fan projects that responded to the Open Call with their proposal.
A variety of fandom performances (audio dramas, a TTRPG session), meta analysis of fan practices, fan project presentations and fan interviews! I have booked a slot for Barbs (xpub1) to interview me on how the radio was made. It will be a good opportunity to make my process a bit more transparent and hopefully start a conversation!
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Broadcast Setup
Trial Sprint (not Marathon)
Performance
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