Full Package Deal for Really Radical Return 2 School
Los Angeles has faced intense cultural, political, and social challenges this year. RIP SPACE responds with Really Radical Return 2 School, a three-day experimental curriculum of artist-led workshops, discussions, and a public showcase, designed to transform ideas into collective action.
Really Radical Return 2 School is a skill-share school for anyone curious about how technology can support mutual aid, activism, and creative resistance. Beginners welcome. No background necessary, only curiosity!
Organized by Maisa Imamović
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a bundled ticket that gives you access to all four experimental workshops! Instead of signing up for individual sessions, participants can purchase the package for $90 total. The package offers a comprehensive learning arc: while each workshop stands on its own, together they form an interconnected toolkit for imagining and building alternative digital worlds.
Workshops Overview
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 19, 1-4pm
Censored Online, Thriving Offline led by Maisa Imamović @iammans
What happens when the internet isn’t a given?
Censorship and platform shutdowns are no longer hypothetical. This session shows you how to build “offline-first” websites that can live without corporate clouds. You’ll experiment with HTML/CSS/JS to create hidden archives, public teasers, and survivalist web worlds, skills useful for artists, organizers, and anyone who wants autonomy over their digital presence.
SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 20, 10am-1pm
Rules of Entry: A Roleplaying Workshop on Borders, Bureaucracy, and Resistance led by: Yuehao Jiang @yue
What do borders feel like from both sides?
Using speculative game design, you’ll role-play immigration lawyers, border officers, and travelers to understand the rituals of bureaucracy and power. Inspired by the indie game Papers, Please, the workshop ends with a custom card game you co-design and take home. Expect insights into authority, identity, and resistance – plus a hands-on look into how games can model real-world systems.
SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 20, 2pm-5pm
ALT COMMS: LoRa Radio and Mesh Networks led by: Nat Decker @nat
What are mesh networks? And what can we do with them?
Mesh networks let devices connect directly to each other without relying on cell towers or broadband. They’ve been hacked to enable encrypted peer-to-peer messaging during natural disasters, protests where networks go down, and even in remote hiking zones. In this workshop you’ll handle low-power LoRa radios, flash them with open-source firmware, and see how communities can build their own autonomous communication systems – skills useful for organizers, mutual-aid networks, and anyone interested in secure, independent communication.
SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 21, 2pm-5pm
Disobedient Web Design: Building Early Internet Digital Shrines led by: Kameelah Janan Rasheed @kamee
Why does every website look the same now?
Most of the web has been flattened into frictionless “smooth jazz” design. This session revives the unruly spirit of early fan pages. You’ll hand-code or template your own digital shrine around an obsession, then link it into a collaborative webring. By the end you’ll know how HTML/CSS can build decentralized, idiosyncratic sites that resist corporate aesthetics and foster community.
💙 💙 💙 Each session mixes short talks with hands-on making. Together we’ll prototype tools, share tactics, and imagine new infrastructures for care and resistance. Spots are limited — sign up now! 💙 💙 💙
**Refunds & Cancellations**
Spots are limited. If you need to cancel, please let us know as soon as possible. Refunds are available up to 24 hours before the workshop.
About Rip Space
Rip Space is a radical, artist-led platform for experimental new media, sensory art, and digital performance. Co-founded in 2024 by John Threat and Vera Petukhova, and run in collaboration with Maisa Imamović, Rip Space operates out of a loft in Downtown Los Angeles featuring a configurable transparent LED wall, a media library, and space for exploration across art, tech, and embodied experience.
RIP—Riot in Process—reflects a curatorial ethos where process overrides product, and where collaboration, risk, and slowness are central to making.