The ahaCamp was created from the need of approximately 600 subscribers
of aha@ecn.org to meet each other for the first time face to face, to
discuss the themes of artistic, political and technological activism, in
a situation that is very different to that which existed when the list
was initially created. Themes such as the analysis of Web 2.0 (in
economical, social and technological terms), the relationships between
artistic activities and digital technologies, and the linguistic and
relational deconstruction of “communication” practices are just a few of
the core themes of the meeting. The meeting aims to create nets, to
enable the sharing of projects and to build new interventions for the
future in artistic and technological fields. The ahaCamp therefore
exists as a space whereby to discuss and share knowledge, with the
objective of learning and sharing practices and knowledge in a free
environment without censorship.

By adopting the same strategies of Hackmeetings
(http://www.hackmeeting.org), the ahaCamp is organised and managed
directly by the participants, who can suggest seminars or projects that
they intend to share on the list as well as on the free and open wiki
created especially for the occasion: (http://isole.ecn.org/aha/camper/):
a nomadic space that offers further possibilities other than the list in
order to share projects, ideas, files, videos, documents, music, etc..

AHA:Activism-Hacking-Artivism is an artistic networking project founded
in 2001 by Tatiana Bazzichelli aka T_Bazz. AHA is a networking operation
created by diverse subjects and activated by contamination/integration
of a multitude of media and events, where the common denominator is
hacktivism and artistic and political activism. AHA:
Activism-Hacking-Artivism focuses on the activist collectives in Italy
and abroad that use media in an independent fashion, through
exhibitions, events, and meetings organised by T_Bazz along with other
curators that change accordingly.

The fundamental key aspect of the AHA project is the community that
develops in the mailing list aha@ecn.org, created on the 30th of
December 2002. The mailing list is moderated by T_Bazz (Tatiana
Bazzichelli), Eo_Call (Eleonora Calvelli) and Lo|Bo, and today counts
almost 600 subscribers and is a sister of the international mailing list
Nettime. The AHA: Activism-Hacking-Artivism project was awarded in
September 2007 at the ARS Electronica Festival in Linz (AU) receiving an
Honorary Mention in the Digital Communities category of the Prix Ars
Electronica.

For information on AHACamping:
http://isole.ecn.org/aha/camper/

For information on the project: AHA: Activism-Hacking-Artivism
http://isole.ecn.org/aha
email: t_bazz@ecn.org

To subscribe to the mailing-list AHA:
http://www.ecn.org/mailman/listinfo/aha
email: aha@ecn.org