Throwback Friday! Lol. This video is from one of our favorite programs we've ever run called Winners and Losers! It was a four-week deep dive asking: what are the values hidden inside games and who put them there? It was led by the brilliant humans Niklas Roy and Kati Hyyppä in 2018 and we still think about it.��
Games are one of the best ways to sneak big ideas into people's brains while they're having fun and we never get tired of exploring this. This July we're going back in, this time designing video games from scratch using software, hardware, and sound. Creating alt ctrl game design as feminist practice, questioning who games are made by, made for, and what they could become if we reimagined them entirely. Same spirit, new questions. ��
Come join us in Berlin, fees increase June 10 so apply soon! https://www.schoolofma.org/summer-2026/creating-alt-ctrl-as-feminist-art-practice��
Creating Alt-Ctrl Games as Feminist Practice runs July 6–31 in Berlin. Applications open! Women, BIPOC, LGBTQIA+ and others from under-represented communities in art and tech highly encouraged to apply!��
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We are an independent school hovering at the intersections of art, technology, design, and human connection. Online classes begin soon! http://schoolofma.org/
Independent school hovering at the intersections of art, technology, design, and human connection. Current courses focus on #art #technology #tcreativecoding #p5js #3D #culture #objects #opensource #filmmaking #unity #storytelling #analog #digital #assets and being human. More classes announced soon. Sign-ups for online classes are now open! http://schoolofma.org/programs.html
26/05/2026
So excited to have producer, DJ kidkanevil joining our summer school program on game design this July! He made an album, Bubble, based on an imagined psychedelic RPG, a whole world built around jumping between dimensions and moods during the pandemic.
His work sits right at that intersection of music and world-building that great game sound lives in. He's also got some genuinely nerdy thoughts on the early game music, Koji Kondo, and the strange art of making a character's jump sound like something.
Check out his interview on the blog, listen to his music, and come learn more from him in person this summer!
You'll leave with work you made, people you want to keep knowing, and probably a slightly different idea of what a game can be.
July 6–31, Berlin. Applications open! Women, BIPOC, LGBTQIA+ and others from under-represented communities in art and tech highly encouraged to apply!
https://www.schoolofma.org/news/meet-gerard-roberts-aka-kidkanevil
https://www.schoolofma.org/summer-2026/creating-alt-ctrl-as-feminist-art-practice
22/05/2026
Berliners! Come! Lots of lovely humans in art, tech, open source hardware and beyond are on our streets this weekend from across the pond, sign-up and join us if you can! Talks, workshops, art and performance, plus hangouts, lots of hangouts!
16/05/2026
¡Hola a todes! El próximo lunes 18 de mayo regresa nuestro encuentro mensual para hispanohablantes en el campo del arte y la tecnología. Para esta quinta edición, teniendo en cuenta que, el propósito principal de estos encuentros es construir comunidad, hemos decidido abordar un tema muy «humano»: el duelo, y hablar de cómo el arte y la tecnología nos han ayudado a transitar este complejo proceso, pero profundamente humano, por el que todos hemos pasado, en especial las personas que hemos migrado
04/05/2026
What if you spent a month in Berlin this summer making games that actually mean something?
Not the games you grew up playing. Not the controllers you're used to. Something weirder, more personal, more you!
Our July program is for artists, storytellers, performers, filmmakers, musicians and anyone else who has ever thought “I have something to say and I’d love to try and say it through a game!”. You'll work with open source tools like Godot and Arduino, use graphics, sound, and found objects to build games and alternative controllers as feminist art practice.
No experience necessary. We seek humans with curiosity and a willingness to be in a room with others who give a damn and who want to play, too.
You'll leave with work you made, people you want to keep knowing, and probably a slightly different idea of what a game can be.
July 6–31, Berlin. Applications open! Women, BIPOC, LGBTQIA+ and others from under-represented communities in art and tech highly encouraged to apply! https://www.schoolofma.org/summer-2026/creating-alt-ctrl-as-feminist-art-practice
📣 Guten Tag! We're clarifying our Artist-in-Residence Scholarship for Berliners since you’ve asked!
Since Covid, we haven't done as much in-person programming as we used to so this artist-in-residence scholarship for Berlin artists is our way of reconnecting with the local community here, which feels more important than ever.
We've extended our application deadline to April 30th and want to make sure every Berlin artist has the full picture before applying.
Here's exactly what the residency includes:
* A FREE artist spot in one of our summer programs (value €2k)
* A one-month membership to Make-Believe Studio after the program
* A public showcase to present your work at the end of the residency
What we ask in return: one skill-sharing workshop for fellow program participants during the four-week course. That's it.
Our three summer programs are looking for residents with practices in:
— Data & AI: investigative storytelling for liberation
— Game design: alt ctrl games as feminist practice
— Performance & media art: as research and public action
You don't need to be an expert — you just need a relevant practice and the desire to share it!
Berlin artists only. Applications close April 30.
Links to all programs are here: https://www.schoolofma.org/programs
Link to our summer catalogue is here: https://bit.ly/SOMA_summerprogram2026
Please share this with every Berlin artist you know. And all other creative-leaning peeps, too! Danke! 🍉
Check out our 2026 summer school program brochure for a more informal peek inside our programs, school, and community! https://bit.ly/SOMA_summerprogram2026
We're running three summer programs focused on three different areas of art and tech:
1) data, ai, openclaw, investigation
2) alt ctrl and videogames from a feminist perspective
3) performance, embodiment, and touchdesigner
Please share with your peeps! We're a tiny org, all support to spread the word is greatly appreciated!
In addition, we offering artist-in-residency scholarships to support local Berliners* currently living in Berlin at time of application. Deadline to apply is EXTENDED to Thursday, 30. April.
*Note: Proof of residency may be requested.
Women, BIPOC, LGBTQIA+ encouraged to apply!
18/04/2026
Hola a todes! El próximo lunes 20 de abril vuelve el espacio mensual para conectar entre hispanoablantes. En este cuarto encuentro vamos a compartir comida y perspectivas sobre memoria y tecnología.
La memoria y Tecnología
Les invitamos a juntarnos para reflexionar sobre cómo la industrialización de la memoria y la mercantilización del recuerdo redefinen la identidad en la era digital.
¿Te has preguntado cuál es tu manera de archivar recuerdos? ¿Si nuestra memoria tiene un valor material? ¿De quien depende nuestra memoria?
El encuentro tendrá una primera parte práctica de registro de la memoria y una segunda parte teórica donde compartiremos pensamientos y referencias.
¡Nos vemos el lunes para practicar arte en español, como siempre en La Escuela de las Máquinas, aka School of Machines!
08/04/2026
Announcing Artist-Residency Scholarships at ACUD's School of Machines, Making & Make-Believe! Deadline to apply: 20. April.
For each of our School of Machines summer programs we're offering two artist-residency spots for local Berlin artists with a relevant art practice along the lines of course topics.
This residency offers a free spot in one of the summer programs, a one-month membership to Make-Believe Studio following the program and the opportunity to present your work to the public at the end of the residency. In exchange, residents agree to offer a skill-sharing workshop for program participants during the initial four-week program.
Our current summer program topics include:
*Data Cyborg Stories: Investigative storytelling for liberation using data and AI
*Creating Alt Ctrl Games as Feminist Practice
*Performative Media as Art Practice, Research, and Public Action
For more information and to apply, see individual program pages here: https://www.schoolofma.org/programs
***Deadline Monday, 20. April.*** Please share with all your Berlin peeps! Danke im Voraus!
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