TechClub: Explore Technology with Thelma

Not everyone feels at home in the world of technology. For some, it seems too fast, too complicated, or just not meant for them. TechClub aims to change that. It’s all about meeting, discovering, and learning together about technology in our everyday lives, our neighborhoods, and the world around us. After the film, we will take an additional 15 minutes to discuss in an open conversation what we've just seen. In TechClub, we bring together people who are curious but may not have experience with technology. Together, we explore how technology works, what it means, and how we can understand or use it differently. We do this through accessible activities, conversations, and experiments, in collaboration with Community Center Rochus, various libraries in the Brainport region (Eindhoven, Waalre, Best, and Dommeldal), and Natlab. Whether you come once or participate regularly, everyone can be part of TechClub. We believe that technology truly gains value when everyone has the chance to contribute, think, and engage. In December, we have four events: two films at Natlab and two lectures/workshops at the libraries. Next year, we will follow up with two more lectures and the TechClub Helper – an open evening where people can come with all sorts of questions about technology, from smartphones to ChatGPT, practically and philosophically. **THELMA** is about a 93-year-old grandmother who becomes a victim of telephone fraud and takes matters into her own hands. **ABOUT BALTAN**: TechClub is an initiative of Baltan Laboratories – an organization that bridges art, science, and technology. Baltan explores complex themes in an accessible way, by bringing together people from diverse backgrounds. Within the program Technologies Otherwise, Baltan investigates alternative ways to understand technology: not as something that happens to us, but as something we can shape together.