05/29/2026
♻️ Bring Your e-Waste, Build Your Secure Storage by Whisper + Nat Decker (Secret Server Club) ♻️
What does it mean to store data collectively, on hardware you own, in a space you share? This
workshop invites participants to bring their old PCs, external hard drives, and discarded devices and put them back to work as nodes in an experimental distributed storage network built together in the room. We’ll cover the basics of NAS building and distributed server architecture, using e-waste as raw material for a shared digital commons.
No prior knowledge required. Bring old mini-PCs, laptops, gaming PCs, Raspberry P*s, or extra
hard drives — or just come as you are. All forms of participation are welcome.
Date: 06/13/2026
Time: 2-5pm
Capacity: 20
Cost: Sliding Scale $25-40
Whisper is an artist based in Los Angeles, working across poetry, performance, software, and
hardware. She dreams of computing that feels like augmented presence, cultivated through generations of loving care. Lately, her work has been almost entirely collaborative, with her partner Hal as Resonant.love, and with her friends in Secret Server Club.
Nat Decker is a Los Angeles-based artist working across digital media, sculpture, and performance. Disability is the lens through which they explore embodiment, virtuality, alienation, access, and liberatory networks. Their practice critically engages technology as both assistive and oppressive. Presently they are experimenting with autonomous internet infrastructure, a/v feedback loops, and 3D computer graphics. Nat is a 2026 United States Artists Fellow and
recipient of numerous fellowships and residencies including Eyebeam, Processing Foundation, NEW INC, Leonardo CripTech, and ACRE, where they are current staff. They have exhibited work and delivered talks internationally.
Register via dedicated website: https://applied-saturdays.ripspace.net/ where you can check out
the full program and which you can also find linked in our bios. All workshops will be held in person at Wilshire Online. Should you have any concerns or questions, reach out to Applied Saturdays manager