Municipal Aggregation, Unsecured CCTVs, and an Interview with Andrea Emmerich
Volume 47 Issue 4 — October 13, 2023
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Featured Pieces
Indy Metro this issue features a breakdown of Rhode Island's new municipal aggregation program, its benefits, and its limitations.
“Seven municipalities getting their energy from one large company instead of another hasn’t yet prevented Rhode Islanders from having their electricity turned off. Maybe we should reimagine who has the power to flip the switch.” Read more here.
For a collaboration between List and S&T in issue 4, LKS B’24 follows @Unsecured_CCTV on X, a bot that posts a screenshot from a security camera once per hour.
“AN IP CAMERA CAN EASILY BE HACKED USING ITS PUBLICLY AVAILABLE IP ADDRESS AND THE USERNAME/PASSWORD (IF APPLICABLE), WHICH OFTEN HAVE NOT BEEN CHANGED FROM THE MODEL’S DEFAULT SETTING (e.g. admin/admin).” MORE HERE.
In Arts this week, JK ‘24 visits artist Andrea Emmerich in her studio to talk about labor, craft, recognition in the artworld, and building a sustainable, pleasurable artistic practice. Read the interview here.
Also in this week’s issue:
The Bulletin
Upcoming events and local organizing. Read here.
Week in Review
Week in Being Alone in Public — by SB B’25 & LS B’25
Ephemera
Notes on Transcribing Muybridge’s ‘Movement of the Hand: Beating Time’ — by AC B’24
Feats
Modern Luddites — by LS B’26
Literary
The Cage — by LS B’26
X
Lunchtime — by LS B’24
Dear Indy
Platonic Plunge — by SA B’24
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