Just Another Apocalypse (Wordhole)

As a metaphor, i think the apocalypse, or the pressuring feeling of a nearing apocalypse, speaks to mind, and will help us, or me at least, to set a strong and cohesive narrative to the various things we'd like to present in the event.

the idea of the pressuring feeling of the nearing apocalypse and therefore doomsday prepping, makes the reason for archiving more tangible, and also fits into the concept of permacomputing, which i've been reading more about lately, and i closely relates to XPUB.

Permacomputing aims for a more sustainable approach of creating computers and networks, by maximizing the hardware lifespans, minimising its energy use, finding alternative solutions and re-using existing materials.

- This not only suits the metaphor of the pressuring feeling of the nearing apocalypse but also very much suits the narrative of worm, where the physical space is not only below ground, but created from excisting materials.

Troughout the semester we've actively been working with finding these alternative solutions, both by looking in the past for excisting methods of listening, recording and broadcasting, and by experimenting with Open Source software that does not follow the current big tech, and i'd consider these methods and experiments a core aspect of the special issue.

The other core aspect of the special issue is the idea of an archive, inspired by the archive of radio worm. to quote the wiki of permacomputing:
In a permacomputing world, servers that host file collections would be just as common as public libraries. People would primarily use the servers that are geographically close to them. They would contain all the commonly used software and documentation (and their complete dependencies) along with large amounts of other freely distributable media (books, entertainment, reference databases such as Wikipedia, etc.)

This is something that i'd like us to create for radio worm. I'm 99% sure Worm, and more specifically Worm Radio, would surive the inevitable apocalypse, and still try to keep their doors open for their community. I'd like us to create a kit that could be used in case of an emergency. Like a fire exctuingisher in the building. This KIT should be designed to last; and not be dependant on the internet.

- The kit is similar to the public library just described. By plugging in a data holder such as a USB stick, you'll get access to instructions and software, anything needed to create your own broadcast and how to actively archive the broadcast. Additionally, trough this kit you could interact with the existing archive of worm, finding various pieces of transcribed content trough methods like the media fragments URI.