SOFTER was born from a longing for a community and learning space where we could see ourselves and our values reflected. Our community hosted events encourage volunteer peer-to-peer learning and the soft exchange of knowledge, ideas and skills. 

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Open-source tools include custom typography editors, visual effects renderers (dithering, pixelating, gradients etc.) and drum machines, just to name a few.

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We’ll also foster open dialogue, encouraging you to carry this mindset into your creative practice beyond the workshop and to reimagine how technology can embody care, curiosity, and collaboration.

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No design or coding experience necessary.

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Featuring talks from Christie Morgan on Softer Digital Futures, Nadia Piet on alternative AI practices and Calum Bowden on collaborative system change. Followed by Workshops that invite collective exploration, concluding with a final reflection.

Welcome to a weekend of debating, investigating and celebrating softer values in the digital world. Through talks, panels, workshops, shared meals and moments under the autumn sky we will explore how the future of technology can be based on empathy, care and community.

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The program includes a workshop with media artist and cultural organizer Alice Yuan Zhang (US), a talk by climate activist Selma de Montgomery (DK) and delicious homemade cake, cucumber sandwiches and tea.

The themes of the first SOFTER Sunday are technology, climate activism, community and perceptions of nature. These themes are are undeniably connected and relevant in a time where the technological development is both a part of the problem and the solution.

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