Darsha Hewitt and Bethany OrDarsha Hewitt is an artist from Ottawa currently based in Montreal. She often collaborates with other artists and engineers, and works with hacked electronics, Open-Source programming software/hardware, ageing technology and public vicinities. Her artwork looks at the role of automation in everyday life and how technology-reliant society silences and reinterprets identity. Darsha is an active member of the PureData software community and was the coordinator of the 2nd International PureData Convention in Montreal. She teaches workshops on versatile electronics and mentors artists in experimental electronic media.
http://www.artengine.ca/darsha Bethany Or has made a vocation out of contemplating migrations. Her current work focuses on making radio programs for immigrants with Radio Canada International. She is particularly interested in the use of shortwave radio in the developing world, and the vast distances that shortwaves travel before they reach their intended audience. She also works with the opera collective Liederwolfe as an accordionist and poster designer. Tin Can Telecom & Collaborative Works Tin Can Telecom: A Protable Wifi Broadcasting Unit for Better Posture Darsha Hewitt's Tin Can Telecom is a web art project that makes use of wireless http://www.artengine.ca/darsha/tin_can_tele.html 
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