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Marco Antelmi

I am a visual artist based in Milan. My research focuses on the production of syncretic knowledge, merging speculation and activism. I consider myself an engineer theorist and I work at the intersection of art, technology and politics. Work, migrations, surveillance, internet infrastructure are my fields of investigation. In my practice journalism and science- fiction co-exist: by the use of functional media and the creation of antagonist narratives, my aim is to make the pedagogical side of my practice converge towards a strategic turn.

Since 2018 I collaborate with the NO CPR network, which fights alongside migrants against the institution of immigration detention centers. This collaboration took to the realization of projects about necropolitics, underlining the connection, for instance, between the immigration detention centre (CPR) of Milan and one of the biggest data centers in Southern Europe (Supernap, Pavia).

For this residency I will focus on a project called ‘P2D’. It is a project of speculative design that relates to delivery bikers, to experiment alternative exchange forms through the use of blockchain technology.

If you want you can find more info about me at: www.marcoantelmi.com

@marcoantelmi

- a moment of realisation, change and/or disruption
Meeting with Cráter Invertido collective made me understand how my research really needed a Do It Yourself twist that could let me throw out all the feelings that derived from the experiences connected with my project. This is why I’m continuing my project with a radio and a fanzine.

- a moment of connection
One day I received a message from Gilson Schwartz, who is working on a wide project about blockchain, citizenship and participatory innovation: since there are interesting points in common between our projects, we are going to cooperate to make riders a fundamental part of the process of social connection.

- any tools / methods / resources to share
Instructions for Dining Chair Activism:
- download the fanzine from the link in this page
- print it at home, black and white, A4 and fold it once
- give it to your rider next time you order meal delivery and also to your friends

- a question you are left with
The same question I had in the beginning of UNIDEE: will it ever be possible to create a cryptocurrency-based platform for riders as asset to make proft?

- something you will carry forward
I will produce new Radio Rider episodes, so please follow @radiorider_ on Instagram.

I will also produce new riders-themed fanzines in the future: you can download and print the first issue and give it to your rider next time you order a meal online.
Thank you!