2026-07-11 –, Teen Base Camp
Wilds Webs of Care is a place to tend to our roots and imagine technology anew.
It's an altar space, participatory installation, and resting zone. You can decide how you'd like to engage, and how much. There will be facilitated 'sparks' throughout the days when the energy feels right.
You're welcome to engage on your own (or with your friends), as you'd like, when you'd like!
We ask that you treat the objects with care, and we invite you to leave pieces of tech that you love(d) for others to remember and honor.
Wild Webs of Care is a participatory installation, resting space, and ritual environment, mapping our message through vibes and embodiment, rather than explanation.
Visitors enter a space woven with spider web geometry: threads radiating from a central altar outward to the edges, where alternative hardware waits to be touched and tested. Practitioners of embodied care (massage, acupressure, somatic work) tend to bodies throughout the day. A bell rings, and for 5-10 minutes, a facilitator gathers whoever is present for a short spark rooted in the West African story of Anansi and how might we take back control of our narratives.
The space runs continuously and offers something for both the person who spends half a day in ritual and the person who passes through and catches a quote on a hanging tag.
More details: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1O6qTdOiJNQgvqlyL3gsxiGgE-cH5Y_0B/edit
Deborah Tien is a co-founding steward of the Relational Tech Project, navigating how we may shift technology culture to be more playful, participatory, and place-based.