Cyberdeck
Diary with Whisper

Cyberdeck Diary is a free performative lecture by artist and hacker Whisper on the contemporary trend of building custom, single-purpose computers. It is told through three devices: an open source sound computer, an archive terminal in a Pelican case, and a ten-year-old laptop. Treating the server as a site for radical exchange, Whisper demonstrates how to make computers out of trash. Through e-waste, open source tools and DIY servers, the lecture asks how the quest for individualized computing might bring people closer to reimagining collective rituals of computation. Whisper is a core member of Secret Server Club, an LA collective working at the intersection of art, technology and solidarity, and teaches at Stanford.