Xinchejian

Year: 2020-2022 Role: organizer, librarian, instructor

3D scan of the Xinchejian Jingan location, our home from 2014-2020. View model.

Xinchejian is China’s first hackerspace, the landing strip of Maker Movement for China, and the only makerspace here that’s entirely ran independently by the community.

When I was in SF, I enjoyed being part of the osmosis process at Noisebridge. Before returning to Shanghai, Mitch Altman recommended Xinchejian to me (“They are cooooool.” - Mitch). It became my home in Shanghai, and I’m incredibly grateful for the community here.

I was part of the volunteer staff, responsible for organizing & note-taking of weekly staff meetings. I also enjoyed hosting open night roundtables, jam nights, movie nights; and organizing or teaching maker workshops.

ALT.CTRL.GAMING roundtable AR Art Poster Big Face Box workshop poster Climate roundtable Cyberpunk roundtable Cybersecurity roundtable Electrical Circuits Poster Jam Session poster Literature in AI roundtable Poster - COVID Map Poster - VRChat During Quarantine Small Face Box poster

NIME performance

Performance of NIME Shanghai Club, a music hacking group at Xinchejian.

Virtual Xinchejian

During the Shanghai Lockdown in 2022, Xinchejian's physical location could not operate. And so we created a virtual gathering space and hosted online events instead.

Notes mentioning this note

NIME Shanghai Club
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