CHT/Totalism Hackbase
Season 7 Episodes B, BF, C, D
JAN 2020 → END OF SEPTEMBER 2021
@ Fuerteventura, Canary Islands, ESP
↓ totalism.org
CHT/Totalism.org hackbase is a post-capitalist infrastructure research project in Canary Islands (Spain). The work is to practice, develop & document transitional tactics, tech, theory, and arts. Started in 2011 as a shared house, and since 2014 organizing temporary, experimental off-grid desert camps every winter season, that are *open to all*, using common-owned 🔗stuff. Your past training or perceived skills in any of these domains does not matter. The crew coordinates by commonly established protocols. 🔗contact, subscribe to the mailing 🔗list, check 🔗history, or find the project on social media.
Due to the global plague, we are gloriously stuck on the Fuerteventura island. It's a great time to experiment with different life logics, like hackbases. Contact the base if you want to visit, are already here, or want to meet online, wherever you are.




Serving suggestion: Quit job — cancel rent — fly here
¶Where is this?
EL JABLITO, FUERTEVENTURA ISLAND, CANARY ISLANDS, SPAIN
(~200km West from Sahara, ~1300km Southwest from Lisbon)
→ See on openstreetmap.
→ See openstreetmap.
EL JABLITO, FUERTEVENTURA ISLAND, CANARY ISLANDS, SPAIN
(~200km West from Sahara, ~1300km Southwest from Lisbon)
→ See on openstreetmap.
¶Attend as crew!
### join? come?
You can come at any time.
Send a mail to info@totalism.org
Refer to the 🔗newcomers protocol, pointing to important information, including:
flying in; costs; equipment list; something to fill out; social code; dress-code; things to preread; apps to preload; ...
You can come at any time.
Send a mail to info@totalism.org
Refer to the 🔗newcomers protocol, pointing to important information, including:
flying in; costs; equipment list; something to fill out; social code; dress-code; things to preread; apps to preload; ...
¶COVID-19 report
Borders are open & cheap flights have resumed since start of July 2020.
Situation feels reasonably OK, infection rates have been significantly lower than in the rest of the EU.
In January 2020, a 10PM-6AM curfew has been introduced.
A curfew is introduced (after midnight) that doesn't affect us.
10PM-6AM curfew has been introduced.
→ Current COVID-19 status @ Canary Islands here:
(For Fuerteventura, ~120.000 population):
2020/10: "50 active / 700 total"
2021/01: "180 active / 1400 total"
2021/03: "250 active / 1700 total"
2021/06: "90 active / 2300 total"
2021/08: "484 active / 3600 total"
2022/01: "5941 active / 12138 total"
###HOWTO
total = number on left; active = "activo en domicillio"; IA14 ~3/4 of active!; >10% test is bad
"Fuerteventura tiene 3.483 casos acumulados, con 56 más que la jornada anterior, y 696 activos"
→ CHT quarantine: 10-day aux camp or PCR(?)
* We wear a mask & keep distance outside of main camp
* We do minimum / remote supplies (mostly deliveries)
* Strict minimum of outside contact
* do not go out to party much / at all
(Past):
2020-03-18
Spain is on lockdown due to COVID-19. Probably best to stay safe where you are. If you are already here, contact ASAP.
Borders are open & cheap flights have resumed since start of July 2020.
Situation feels reasonably OK, infection rates have been significantly lower than in the rest of the EU.
A curfew is introduced (after midnight) that doesn't affect us.
→ Current COVID-19 status @ Canary Islands here:
(For Fuerteventura, ~120.000 population):
2020/10: "50 active / 700 total"
2021/01: "180 active / 1400 total"
2021/03: "250 active / 1700 total"
2021/06: "90 active / 2300 total"
2021/08: "484 active / 3600 total"
2022/01: "5941 active / 12138 total"
→ CHT quarantine: 10-day aux camp or PCR(?)
* We wear a mask & keep distance outside of main camp
* We do minimum / remote supplies (mostly deliveries)
* Strict minimum of outside contact
¶As announced on ...
Join / Repost:
PUBLIC CHAT→ CHT's Telegram group
MAILING LIST→ 🔗list → 🔗list-20191228
SOCIAL NETWORKS→ Mastodon (2020-01-03), Twitter (2020-01-03), Diaspora (2020-01-03),
Facebook page (2020-01-03)
PAD→ https://totalism.org/cht7b (future proof) or https://next.totalism.org
IRC/MATRIX→ #hackbases, #hackerspaces, and other 🔗networks
"""[ANNOUNCE] http://next.totalism.org/ January-March coliving hackbase in Lanzarote, Canary Islands. 50€ flights from EU. All life+lab costs 100€/wk (~60€/wk reduced). Hack the planet! """
Join / Repost:
PUBLIC CHAT→ CHT's Telegram group
MAILING LIST→ 🔗list → 🔗list-20191228
SOCIAL NETWORKS→ Mastodon (2020-01-03), Twitter (2020-01-03), Diaspora (2020-01-03),
Facebook page (2020-01-03)
PAD→ https://totalism.org/cht7b (future proof) or https://next.totalism.org
IRC/MATRIX→ #hackbases, #hackerspaces, and other 🔗networks
¶General status report
The CHT/Totalism.org project is now fully mobile (→🔗trucko, a VW LT2.8 van).
We have moved from Lanzarote to Fuerteventura in February 2020.
New activities are focusing on expanding the common infrastructure (→🔗stuff), developing new strategies for life+work out of the mainstream, encouraging the spread and consolidation of similar efforts, and expanding the project to other islands of the 🔗canarias.
___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___
Previous camps were all in the island of Lanzarote, Canary Islands, lastly:
* 🔗season7-A (CHT7A: 2019/10-12)
* 🔗season6-C (CHT6C: 2019/6-7)
* 🔗season6-A (CHT6A+CHT6B: 2018/11-2019/3)
For further back, see 🔗history.
The CHT/Totalism.org project is now fully mobile (→🔗trucko, a VW LT2.8 van).
We have moved from Lanzarote to Fuerteventura in February 2020.
New activities are focusing on expanding the common infrastructure (→🔗stuff), developing new strategies for life+work out of the mainstream, encouraging the spread and consolidation of similar efforts, and expanding the project to other islands of the 🔗canarias.
Previous camps were all in the island of Lanzarote, Canary Islands, lastly:
* 🔗season7-A (CHT7A: 2019/10-12)
* 🔗season6-C (CHT6C: 2019/6-7)
* 🔗season6-A (CHT6A+CHT6B: 2018/11-2019/3)
For further back, see 🔗history.
¶Scenario / Time Plan
(DONE) JAN 4-15 2020: Re-locate main project storage
#vaults
Is currently in Mancha Blanca (Lanzarote) but needs to move.
Deadline is Jan 15!
Needed storage space: ~10m3 (~2 ISO pallets). All boxed up. Asking local connections for house or land storage options. Will not rent anything for money.
(DONE) JAN 15-MARCH 2020: Ferry the van to the island of Fuerteventura
(Costs around 20€ for the van + 20€ PP).
Once we're in Fuerteventura, everything is possible ... nobody was ever there! ...
Expect lots of exploration, and trying to meet new people: Locals (Spanish/Canarian) & the international "surfer" crowd.
Will probably set a few van-supported camps, and organize some public events.
Will definitely go around by bikes, buying ~3 new ones.
(TODO) Find a place to keep the van while we are off the island
We will need to meet somebody and ask them.
Just leaving the van somewhere is possible, but not desirable.
UPDATE: We agreed on a van-store place with new local friends.
(DONE) MARCH 2020 - INDEFINITE: Shelter in place due to the COVID-19 pandemic
The Spanish government has enforced a strict lockdown in Wave #1 (March - mid May 2020).
The flights have restarted July 1st 2020, have since been uninterrupted.
Our situation here is good.
We are open for new crew, and provide a temporary 10-day quarantine space.
We keep maintaining ~1-month supplies, and are embedded within the local community of the tiny (50-houses, 20-people) traditional fishing village.
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↑↑↑ This list is incomplete, might be confusing & is due for a refactoring, but should give a rough idea.
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*** YOU CAN ADD PROJECT IDEAS DIRECTLY BELOW HERE AS WELL ***
(DONE) JAN 15-MARCH 2020: Ferry the van to the island of Fuerteventura
(Costs around 20€ for the van + 20€ PP).
(TODO) Find a place to keep the van while we are off the island
We will need to meet somebody and ask them.
Just leaving the van somewhere is possible, but not desirable.
(DONE) MARCH 2020 - INDEFINITE: Shelter in place due to the COVID-19 pandemic
The Spanish government has enforced a strict lockdown in Wave #1 (March - mid May 2020).
The flights have restarted July 1st 2020, have since been uninterrupted.
Our situation here is good.
We are open for new crew, and provide a temporary 10-day quarantine space.
We keep maintaining ~1-month supplies, and are embedded within the local community of the tiny (50-houses, 20-people) traditional fishing village.