Outdoor Computer Club

The outdoor computer club started with the organisation of a workshop called electricité gratuite that aimed to spread knowledge on pirating electricity in the context of squat oppening.

The outdoor computer club is a collective that organise gatherings in the form of events or workshops to explore communication and information technology through hands-on experimentations and bricolage. While our hands are busy with tools we try to use these moments as an opportunity to share personal experiences of frustration, highlight power relation and forms of oppression channelled by dominant tech. Our creations are a mean to re-think about the tech we need, the shape we desire, and a human-faced techno-culture.
By merging sculpture, narrative speculation or political theory with technical practice we try to invite a larger audience than the so called ‘geek’ community.
Some of our workshop are organized independently and are non-profit. Others take place in already existing programs and funded by art or education institution.



The name outdoor computer club speaks about the idea of tinkering with electronics and computer outside of traditional spaces of technical learning and their oppressive and formating biases.
It can also be read with a coma, thinking about technology without computers, and with less technology.