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Karl Moubarak

My practice is rooted at the intersection of design, computation and critical theory in the arts and humanities. My work entails designing and developing software and hardware (such as archive websites, interactive installations and livestream platforms), conducting research intersecting computational infrastructure with socio-political paradigms (such as trans*feminism, anti-colonialism and climate justice) and facilitating socially-engaging cultural projects (such as educational workshops, guided software tours and summer camps).
I am an active member of Amsterdam-based workshop cooperative Hackers & Designers (since 2019), where we develop hybrid publishing tools, explore collaborative methodologies and experiment with workshopping as a format for exchange. I am also involved with of Eindhoven-based interstitial collective body Office of Queer Affairs (since 2017), where we openly explore the involvement of the local queer community's perspective in the museum's curatorial practices.
Currently
- Hackers & Designers, Amsterdam
- The Office of Queer Affairs, Eindhoven
Workshops
- , Declarative Beauty Salon, HDSA2024, Sint-Oedenrode
- , Declarations Worksession, Constant, Brussels
- , Digital Discomfort: Read - Write - Chaos, Varia, Rotterdam
- , The Hacked Orchestra at Muziekgebouw, SoundLAB, Amsterdam
- , Prototypes for a Lighter Internet, TUMO, Yerevan
- , Weaving Networks: Ethercalc Tour, WDKA, Rotterdam
- , Emoji Proxies & Ghost Messengers, In-Between Media Conference, Amsterdam
- , Session II of the School of Elephants in the Room, La Capella, Barcelona
- , Solarpunks, De Vrolijkheid, Katwijk
- , Emoji Proxies & Ghost Messengers, Page Not Found, Den Haag
- , ChattyPub, Page Not Found, Den Haag
- , Connecting Otherwise, FHNW, Basel
- , ChattyPub, documenta15, Kassel
- , Installing Ourselves into LibrePlanet, The Free Software Foundation, online
- , ChattyPub, Bergen Art Book Fair, Bergen
- , Open* tools for collective organizing, Amsterdam
- , ChattyPub, GFZK's DigIt, Leipzig
- , Ethercalc Hangouts , HDSA2021, Amsterdam
- , ChattyPub, HDSA2021, Amsterdam
- , Filesha Meetup, Online
- , Guided Tour of Ethercalc, DEN, Online
- , Guided Tour of Ethercalc, The Hmm , Online
- , Mail Art: A Complaint Letter to the Internet, Read My World, Amsterdam
- , Becoming a Server, HDSA2020, Online
Talks
- , Infrastructural resistance in the archive, The Institute for Technology in the Public Interest, Brussels
- , Anti-Colonial Tech: a Conversation, Varia, Rotterdam
- , Anti-Colonial Tech through Resistance and Discomforts, transmediale, Berlin
- , The Living Archives Talkshop, The Institiute of Network Cultures, Online
- , Guest, non-zero--exit, Online
- , Thresholds of Access, In-Between Media Conference, Amsterdam
- , 8M: Pickets in the Cloud, Hangar, Barcelona
- , Experimental Publishing, GFZK's DigIt, Leipzig
- , Experimental Publishing, Bergen Art Book Fair, Online
- , Spreadsheets and User-Unfriendly Design, The Hmm , Amsterdam
Summer Camps
- , HDSC2024: Unruly Currents & Everyday Piracy, Sint-Oedenrode
- , HDSC2023: Hopepunk, Sint-Oedenrode
- , HDSA2022: Connecting Otherwise, Amsterdam
- , HDSA2021: Hello World?, Amsterdam
- , HDSA2020: Network Imaginaries, Amsterdam
Education, Fellowships, Consortia
- , Going Hybrid Consortium, Institute of Network Cultures, Amsterdam
- , Collaborations for Future, We Are, Eindhoven
- , Fellowship for Situated Practice, BAK, basis voor actuele kunst, Utrecht
- , OFFFENCE Collective, Matera
- , Bachelor in Art, Design Academy Eindhoven , Eindhoven
- , Internship, Studio Safar, Beirut
- , Lebanese Baccalaureate, SABIS International School , Adma
Skills & Languages
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Desktop programs
- LibreOffice Suite (Writer, Calc, Draw, etc..)
- GNU Image Manipulation Program, InkScape
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Software ecosystems
- Frontend development: HTML, CSS, JS (VueJS, NuxtJS, ejs)
- Backend development: Node (Strapi, Express), Python (Flask, FastApi)
- Database management: Mongo, SQL
- System administration: apache, nginx
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Natural languages
- Fluent in Arabic, English and French
- Learning Dutch (A2) and Italian (B1)