Paloma Oliveira

Fliegen ist Kunst. Not a trick, not a stunt — eine Lebenskunst. It takes everything just to learn how to fall before you learn how to fly. To fly is a dream (since… 1700?) and women have been reaching — into the Luft, into the impossible, stitching themselves into the history of flight one jump, one wing, one breath at a time. And then there is @galperinanna Who looked at all of this: the history, the air, the body and said: let’s make something. Eccentric, electric, she built the space where art and flight speak the same language. Verwandlung made visible. Mateus Knelsen and I arrive with what we know: code, craft, a decade of asking was wäre wenn… what if the wind tunnel becomes a timeline? What if the edit lives in the air, cut by the body, sequenced by freefall every woman who ever flew riding the same flow? We are not alone in here. Wir sind niemals allein. An interactive documentary on the fly, while I fly, surrounded by legends who made me here possible Come join us tonight

A new book by Paloma Oliveira @palomabase : Diversifying Open Source – An Open Standards Playbook for Inclusive and Equitable Tech Projects Apress, Berkeley, CA, 2025 📲 link.springer.com What started as a legal framework to guarantee the freedom to copy, modify, and share software has grown into something far bigger: a billion-dollar ecosystem powered by collective intelligence and work. Open source has moved beyond code to become a cultural phenomenon that operates through collaboration, remix, and the continuous negotiation between individual agency and shared responsibility. Yet beneath this success story lies a more complicated reality. Who gets to participate and make decisions? Whose voices shape the standards that guide our technological future? And how do we reconcile the idealistic promise of open collaboration with the persistent inequities that mirror broader societal divisions? Diversifying Open Source dives into these questions while offering a path forward. This playbook argues that open standards function as more than technical specifications, they can be architectural blueprints for more inclusive digital futures. By examining community dynamics, labor practices, and diversity challenges, this guide demonstrates how thoughtful approaches to open standards can improve projects and create spaces that are accessible, equitable, and sustainable. Packed with practical blueprints, case studies, and critical insights, this essential guide reveals how open source can move from a largely homogeneous landscape to a genuinely representative ecosystem - building not just better technology, but more just and inclusive communities.

Dear internet people, you usually see me here on the edge of absurdly beautiful places: cliffs, exits, that quiet second before gravity answers back. But I live a double life, and here’s the confession: publishing a book can be almost as thrilling as flying. Open source started as niche software culture. Somewhere along the way, it escaped its binary cradle and spread like a sci-fi organism that is not loud, not visible, but everywhere. It now runs through the software that guides you, that lets you communicate, order food, manage your bank account, even date! and navigate daily life without ever naming itself. This omnipresence is what gives it real political weight today. I’ve been inside this story long enough to watch it unfold, stretch, contradict itself, and scale far beyond what its early builders imagined. I still believe deeply in its collaborative model especially as an alternative to a world shaped by wildly asymmetric power. But being open never meant being immune to systemic problems. Participation alone doesn’t dissolve inequality. This book is my way of pulling the fabric back a little. A critique, an unveiling, sometimes an uncomfortable mirror. Not to abandon the dream of open, but to stop pretending it’s already clean, solved, or neutral. When something grows this pervasive, the question is no longer whether we’re part of it, but what kind of future we are silently allowing it to build. Apparently, I write books too. Now out in ebook and paper 📘 Link in bio.

Retornar pra casa não é voltar no mapa. É reconhecer o corpo quando ele para de se defender do mundo. é o chão dizendo meu nome sem me perguntar de onde venho agora. No meio de um mundo que fiz meu, cruzei água, língua, fuso, fronteira. Colecionei distância sem perder raiz. Mas é aqui que o tempo encosta em mim e cada segundo vira matéria densa. Essas pessoas são parte de mim. Parte viva. Parte antiga. O instante ganha peso, pulso, sentido. E isso muda tudo. Muda o ar. Muda o ritmo. Muda o jeito que o dia termina sem pedir mais nada. Isso é semente que insiste. É árvore que sustenta. É amor que cria raiz e amor que se oferece inteiro. Isso é calor. Isso é pertencimento. Isso é acolhimento. Há um verde que não se contém. Cresce fora de ordem, ergue-se sem negociação. Cheira a água em movimento, a pedra molhada, à umidade que carrega memória e à sabedoria quieta de quem sabe existir sem dominar. O mundo pode ser grande, mas aqui eu caibo. Gratidão enorme de poder chamar essas criaturinhas furiosas que amo muito de meus amigos 💛 @kelmerbomer @caioafeto2

We successfully completed our Magic Circles program with the experimental exhibition Distribution of the Sensorial, presented in partnership with @netzkunst.berlin in Berlin. Beginning with questions of accessibility in virtual worlds as part of the MetaMetaverse project, we chose to present the outcomes of the Magic Circles virtual worlds laboratory through non-normative forms of documentation—approaches that engage multiple senses and activate the audience as a collective body. A huge shout-out to our team @menottius @palomabase @sojungbahng tasga @izzyaltoe and the brilliant artists from Magic Circles @dcspensley @dbbd.sg @phaxalotl @jberg.001 their creative and alternative investigations of the virtual world. This project is supported by an Insight Development Grant from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (@sshrc_crsh ), the EDII Grant from Connected Minds, and @queens_film . For more details, link in bio.

𝗗𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗶𝗯𝘂𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗦𝗲𝗻𝘀𝗼𝗿𝗶𝗮𝗹 was a laboratory exhibition that explored accessibility and new media. The show presented the outcomes of the Magic Circles virtual worlds laboratory through forms of crip documentation, designed to engage multiple senses and activate the audience as a collective body. /rosa project space, Berlin, October 2025 Featuring the work of Sojung Bahng @sojungb10 , Jan Berger @jberg.001 , Hortense Boulais-Ifrène @phaxalotl , Debbie Ding @dbbd.sg , Gabriel Menotti @menottius , and DC Spensley. Closing Panel: Distribution of the Sensorial – Accessibility as Aesthetic / How can accessibility itself become an artistic and curatorial approach? Panel participants: Gabriel Menotti, Michael Wahl, Aya Schamoni, Katrina Blach; moderation: Paloma Oliveira @palomabase Distribution of the Sensorial was supported by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada @sshrc_crsh and Connected Minds.

Closing Panel: Distribution of the Sensorial – Accessibility as Aesthetic 🗓️ Sunday, 19 October 2025, 11:00–13:00 📍 /rosa, Heidelberger Str. 28, 12059 Berlin-Neukölln (corner with Elserstraße) We warmly invite you to the closing panel of Distribution of the Sensorial, an exhibition and research project exploring accessibility as an aesthetic practice. Together with guests from the fields of art, accessibility, and research, we will discuss how small, independent project spaces – such as /rosa or Zentrum für Netzkunst – can contribute to more inclusive artistic and curatorial practices, even under limited resources. How can accessibility itself become an artistic and curatorial approach? Panel participants: @menottius , curator of Distribution of the Sensorial and Associate Professor of Film and Media, Queen’s University. Co-founder of Besides the Screen and author of Movie Circuits. Michael Wahl, Leiter der BFIT-Bund (Federal Monitoring Office for Information Technology Accessibility). He holds an M.A. in Health Economics and a Magister in Political Science and Philosophy. As a blind person and everyday user of accessible technologies, he brings both professional and lived perspectives on digital accessibility. Aya Schamoni, photographer working at the Fotostudio für blinde Fotografinnen*, a project of the Werkstatt für interkulturelle Medienarbeit, which for many years has created inclusive collaborations between media arts and people with visual impairments. Katrina Blach, cultural accessibility advocate at the Allgemeiner Blinden- und Sehbehindertenverein Berlin (ABSV), working to make Berlin’s cultural landscape more accessible for blind and visually impaired audiences. Moderation: @palomabase , curator and technologist, former Head of Production at Laboratorio Arte Alameda (Mexico City), with a diploma in Critical Disability Studies and curatorial work focused on accessibility in the arts. Distribution of the Sensorial is an experimental exhibition, featuring works by @sojungb10 @jberg.001 @phaxalotl @dbbd.sg @menottius , DC Spensley. Join us for an open conversation on accessibility, aesthetics, and the politics of sensorial distribution.

A big thank you to everyone who came to the opening yesterday! DISTRIBUTION OF THE SENSORIAL – a laboratory exhibition that explores accessibility and new media /rosa, Heidelberger Str. 28, Berlin 14-17 October, 1–6 PM 18-19 October, 11 AM – 6 PM The show presents the outcomes of the Magic Circles virtual worlds laboratory through forms of crip documentation, designed to engage multiple senses and activate the audience as a collective body. Featuring the work of @sojungb10 , @jberg.001 , @phaxalotl , @dbbd.sg , @menottius , and DC #Spensley. Workshop: Thursday, 16 Oct, 4–6 PM Distribution of the Sensorial is supported by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada @sshrc_crsh and Connected Minds.

DISTRIBUTION OF THE SENSORIAL – a laboratory exhibition that explores accessibility and new media Opening: Tuesday, 14 October at 6 PM; with a screening of the *Magic Circles* short film series and talk. /rosa, Heidelberger Str. 28, Berlin 14-17 October, 1–6 PM 18-19 October, 11 AM – 6 PM The show presents the outcomes of the Magic Circles virtual worlds laboratory through forms of crip documentation, designed to engage multiple senses and activate the audience as a collective body. Featuring the work of @sojungb10 , @jberg.001 , @phaxalotl , @dbbd.sg , @menottius , and DC #Spensley. Workshops: Thursday, 16 Oct, 4–6 PM Saturday, 18 Oct, 11 AM – 1 PM Distribution of the Sensorial is supported by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada @sshrc_crsh and Connected Minds.

DISTRIBUTION OF THE SENSORIAL – a laboratory exhibition that explores accessibility and new media /rosa, Heidelberger Str. 28, Berlin 14-17 October, 1–6 PM 18-19 October, 11 AM – 6 PM The show presents the outcomes of the Magic Circles virtual worlds laboratory through forms of crip documentation, designed to engage multiple senses and activate the audience as a collective body. Opening: Tuesday, 14 October at 6 PM; with a screening of the *Magic Circles* short film series and talk. Featuring the work of @sojungb10 , @jberg.001 , @phaxalotl , @dbbd.sg , @menottius , and DC #Spensley. Workshop: Thursday, 16 Oct, 4–6 PM Distribution of the Sensorial is supported by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada @sshrc_crsh and Connected Minds. + #audiodescription: White banner with the title 'distribution of the sensorial' written in faint bold letters, overlaid by a braille transcription made of black dots. Underneath, the subtitle 'an experiment in VR and accessibility' written in a dark grey seriffed font, followed by the visiting hours and the address of the project space. In the bottom, a logo bar in light grey, featuring logos of the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada, /rosa, and Connected Minds.

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