https://crcolab.art/en/news/ 2026-06-29T00:00:00+08:00 https://crcolab.art/en/news/2026-06-29-c-lab-residency/ 2026-06-29T00:00:00+08:00

CRC is beginning a residency at Taiwan Contemporary Culture Lab (C-LAB). Led by artist and curator Lee Tzu-Tung, the project will invite people to use art and hands-on making to understand Taiwan’s “Schrödinger’s state of war preparedness.” Two public talks and one year-end presentation will be held in the second half of the year.

<p>Following last week’s “Practicing Survival at the Edge of the Wasteland,” our cross-disciplinary art and technology work is now taking up residency at Taiwan Contemporary Culture Lab (C-LAB).</p> <p>People on the front line in Taiwan have long been immersed in the experience of modern gray-zone warfare—through one AI account after another, repeated incursions by Chinese military aircraft, successive war games, and stacks of emergency handbooks. Some people become anxious and hypersensitive, while others do not know where to begin caring.</p> <p>Led by our team’s artist and curator #LeeTzuTung, CRC is inviting everyone to go beyond the hard technologies of digital communications, such as networks and resilience, and use art, hands-on making, and other approaches to understand this “Schrödinger’s state of war preparedness” and feel the complicated texture of everyday life in Taiwan.</p> <p><strong>Preview of Activities in the Second Half of the Year</strong></p> <ul> <li>2 public talks</li> <li>1 year-end presentation</li> </ul> <p>Event details will be announced progressively. Follow CRC for the latest updates.</p> Cyborg Resilience Co-lab https://crcolab.art/en/news/2026-05-02-hackathon-2026-upcoming/ 2026-05-02T00:00:00+08:00

A warm-up action on May 23 and a one-day hackathon on May 24 at Academia Sinica’s Humanities and Social Sciences Building. Three themed panels plus an Off-grid Communications Breakthrough Challenge will bring practitioners from Ukraine, Myanmar, and Taiwan together to explore communications resilience when the internet goes down.

<p>The subsea cables that connect the internet have recently become a major focus. Surrounded by sea, Taiwan is especially sensitive and vulnerable to changes affecting subsea cables, and even more so amid unstable geopolitics. When the internet truly disappears, can we still get a message out?</p> <p>CRC and OpenFun Inc. are co-organizing this two-day event, inviting practitioners from Ukraine (dComms), Myanmar (ASORCOM), and Taiwan to share how they have used alternatives such as Meshtastic, Reticulum, federated protocols, and local servers to build off-grid communications resilience in war zones, jungles, outlying islands, and remote rural communities.</p> <p>Dates: Saturday, May 23, warm-up action · Sunday, May 24, one-day hackathon Venue: Humanities and Social Sciences Building, Academia Sinica (Nangang, Taipei) Format: Themed talks · Roundtable discussions · Side-event communications challenge</p> <p>【Panel Sessions｜Sunday, May 24】</p> <ul> <li>Digital Lifeline: Everything You Need to Know About Subsea Cables (10:30–12:00)</li> <li>After the Blackout: Building Communications-Resilience Networks in Ukraine, Myanmar, and Taiwan (13:00–14:30)</li> <li>Digital Resilience Lab: Off-grid Network Technical Exchange (15:30–16:30)</li> </ul> <p>【Side-event Challenge｜Saturday, May 23, and Sunday, May 24】</p> <p>A communications breakthrough mission spanning the entire Humanities and Social Sciences Building—operate a Meshtastic message board, send Reticulum transmissions across different media, and even dispatch “messages by carrier pigeon” as you break through each constraint, one checkpoint at a time!</p> <p>Event details: <a href="/events/hackathon-2026/">crcolab.art/events/hackathon-2026/</a></p> Cyborg Resilience Co-lab https://crcolab.art/en/news/2026-03-25-past-events/ 2026-03-25T00:00:00+08:00

The first Digital Resilience Forum examined every facet of the subsea cable issue. Alongside presentations on two technical projects, the Taiwan Subsea Cable Dynamic Map and Digital Service Resilience Testing, which helped us understand what exactly we should worry about when it comes to subsea cables, the forum examined their impact from the perspectives of policy, social security, and civic participation.

<p>What happens when subsea cables go dark? Are subsea cables a false issue?</p> <p>The subsea cables that connect the internet have recently become a major focus. Surrounded by sea, Taiwan is especially sensitive and vulnerable to changes affecting subsea cables, and this vulnerability is even more pronounced amid unstable geopolitics.</p> <p>The first { Digital Resilience Forum } examined every facet of the subsea cable issue. Alongside presentations on two technical projects, the “Taiwan Subsea Cable Dynamic Map” and “Digital Service Resilience Testing,” which helped everyone understand what exactly we should worry about when it comes to subsea cables, the forum examined their impact from the perspectives of policy, social security, and civic participation.</p> <ul> <li>CHENG PENG’s presentation slides: <a href="https://crcolab.github.io/crccolab-mar-25-2026-internetional-network-degraded-simulation/">https://crcolab.github.io/crccolab-mar-25-2026-internetional-network-degraded-simulation/</a></li> <li>Li-Heng Yu’s presentation slides: <a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/1n9mbFNVeukMt3g_ywP8ne9366JWWhnT5/view">https://drive.google.com/file/d/1n9mbFNVeukMt3g_ywP8ne9366JWWhnT5/view</a></li> <li>Irvin Chen’s presentation slides: <a href="http://poslab.info/slide/20260325">http://poslab.info/slide/20260325</a></li> </ul> <p>ℹ️Date: Wednesday, March 25 ℹ️Time: 1:30–17:00 (check-in at 1:00) ℹ️Venue: Impact Hub 2F (No. 2, Section 3, Chongqing South Road, Zhongzheng District, Taipei City)</p> Cyborg Resilience Co-lab https://crcolab.art/en/news/2026-02-10-open-register/ 2026-02-10T00:00:00+08:00

The first Digital Resilience Forum will examine every facet of the subsea cable issue. Alongside presentations on two technical projects, the Taiwan Subsea Cable Dynamic Map and Digital Service Resilience Testing, which will help us understand what exactly we should worry about when it comes to subsea cables, the forum will examine their impact from the perspectives of policy, social security, and civic participation.

<p>What happens when subsea cables go dark? Are subsea cables a false issue?</p> <p>The subsea cables that connect the internet have recently become a major focus. Surrounded by sea, Taiwan is especially sensitive and vulnerable to changes affecting subsea cables, and this vulnerability is even more pronounced amid unstable geopolitics.</p> <p>Registration link: <a href="https://forms.gle/ThgUp5aVk9iiUv5u7">https://forms.gle/ThgUp5aVk9iiUv5u7</a></p> <p>Instead of simply worrying, come learn more!! The first { Digital Resilience Forum } will take a close look at every facet of the subsea cable issue. Alongside presentations on two technical projects, the “Taiwan Subsea Cable Dynamic Map” and “Digital Service Resilience Testing,” which will help everyone understand what exactly we should worry about when it comes to subsea cables, the forum will examine their impact from the perspectives of policy, social security, and civic participation.</p> <p>This is CRC’s first public event. Register now and join us in identifying the problems so that we can find ways to respond.</p> <p>ℹ️Date: Wednesday, March 25 ℹ️Time: 1:30–17:00 (check-in at 1:00) ℹ️Venue: Impact Hub 2F (No. 2, Section 3, Chongqing South Road, Zhongzheng District, Taipei City)</p> <blockquote> <p>Seating is limited; please register here: <a href="https://forms.gle/ThgUp5aVk9iiUv5u7">https://forms.gle/ThgUp5aVk9iiUv5u7</a></p> </blockquote> Cyborg Resilience Co-lab