Error 417 Expectation Failed at !Mediengruppe Bitnik

Wednesday 21st May, 2025 - Bruce Sterling

Dear friends of Internet art, unexpected infrastructures and better futures,

After a long, interesting and sometimes bumpy journey through a surprisingly elusive and sometimes adversarial contemporary bureaucracy, we are finally launching Error 417 Expectation Failed.

Error 417 Expectation Failed is an independent foundation to support radically contemporary Internet art and net-based arts practices. So to speak art as infrastructure and as a resource for more art.

https://error417.expectation.fail/

We are thrilled to be launching with a call for projects to refuse tech fascism – apply with art, with ingenious ideas and with love.

Error 406 [Tech Fascism] Not Acceptable
1̦̈0 S͚̊́C̭̜OR͓̦ͧE̞̭S AGͮA̿ͦI̙NST̛̐͂ T̖͚ͪEͨC̟͉͉H̲͛ FÀ̀̉SC̟I̮̗͠SM

— Call for Projects

⦿ Grants from €1,500 to €7,000
⦿ Open to artists, curators, and collectives
⦿ Application deadline: June 17 2025
⦿ Jury: Hito Steyerl, Nora O’Murchú, and Sam Lavigne

https://error417.expectation.fail/406/tech-fascism-not-acceptable

<3 computers, h8 tech fascism! !Mediengruppe Bitnik PS: Find the full Error 417 newsletter below ________________ ◯ ERROR 417 È͔Ẍ̜́̉PE͂ͅĆ͔T̛͕ͤATĮ̾ͧO͂͝N̑ F̊̆͘AI͙L̇̊͜ED —̣̝ͅ N̴͚E͔W̎SL̹̮͟E͕͇T̯͞T̯ͪE̹͆̕R ◯ — Hello internet We are excited to announce the launch of Error 417 Expectation Failed, an independent foundation supporting radically contemporary Internet art and net-based arts practices. Today, we are publishing our first Open Call, "Error 406 [Tech Fascism] Not Acceptable", through which we are looking for artistic projects — instructions, scores, how-tos, interventions, and practices — against tech fascism. ◯ O͕V̍ͤ͠ER̦ͩV̒ÍE̻ͯẀ̻ ◯ ① Call for Projects: 10 SCORES AGAINST TECH FASCISM ② Introducing Error 417 Expectation Failed ③ Connect ① 1̦̈0 S͚̊́C̭̜OR͓̦ͧE̞̭S AGͮA̿ͦI̙NST̛̐͂ T̖͚ͪEͨC̟͉͉H̲͛ FÀ̀̉SC̟I̮̗͠SM — Call for Projects We are launching our first call for artistic projects: instructions, scores, how-tos, interventions and practices against tech fascism! This call for resistance is not about global fixes or sweeping victories — it’s about finding ways to challenge the current systems with the means available: misdirection, opting out, and pushing back. Resisting in solidarity with others and carving out spaces in which we can develop technological systems that align with collective needs rather than exploiting us. The application is open to artists worldwide, collectives, curators, arts initiatives, exhibition spaces, online platforms, and developers of software and hardware — basically anyone exploring the possibilities of contemporary, networked technologies as art and their significance for society. We encourage proposals from people who are historically underrepresented in art and technology spaces. — Details ⦿ Grants from €1,500 to €7,000 ⦿ Open to artists, curators, and collectives ⦿ Application deadline: June 17 2025 ⦿ Deadline for the work: 30 November 2025 ⦿ Jury: Hito Steyerl, Nora O'Murchú, and Sam Lavigne Read the full call for projects: https://error417.expectation.fail/406/tech-fascism-not-acceptable You are welcome to share this call in your networks. ② IŃ̟̗Tͬ́RODUC̳̓Ĭ̭̤N̰G̎ ERROR 417 E̬X̐P̛̆Ȅ͔͍CT͉ͮA̸Tͯ̂̓IO̝͜N F̋AỊ̊ͅL̥͇E̸͟͜D Error 417 Expectation Failed is an independent foundation supporting radically contemporary Internet art and net-based arts practices. We encourage open-ended formats, risky projects and explorative artworks that engage critically with contemporary technology. Our focus lies on art that addresses the frictions between technology, aesthetics, politics and social relations to challenge power structures — one hack, glitch, fail, error, process and experiment at a time. Error 417 Expectation Failed was launched in 2025 by the artists !Mediengruppe Bitnik as a infrastructural art project. Visit our website to find out more about the foundation: https://error417.expectation.fail ③ C͉͔͑ȌŃ̷N̻ͩ̐E̶C̭T̺̺̔ Newsletter: https://error417.newsletter.expectation.fail/subscription/form Mastodon: https://tldr.nettime.org/@Error417 ✎ Email: bureau@expectation.fail ㋛ Thanks for your time! ERROR 417 È͔Ẍ̜́̉PE͂ͅĆ͔T̛͕ͤATĮ̾ͧO͂͝N̑ F̊̆͘AI͙L̇̊͜ED -- If you don't want to receive any news from us just reply with "No No No!" ______________________________________________ SPECTRE list for media culture in Deep Europe Info, archive and help: http://post.in-mind.de/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/spectre