Martin Howse (GB) is programmer, writer, performer and explorer. He founded the ap project in 1998 to implement a truly artistic operating system (OS) in its most expanded sense. This initiative included the ap02 distributed code-creation software developed in collaboration with V2 labs from Rotterdam. It also comprised the environmental computational work ap0201 that had been installed within the Mojave desert. In 2006 Martin Howse co-founded xxxxx, organizing one large-scale conference and concert series in London (xxxxx) and publishing the acclaimed xxxxx [reader]. From 2007 to 2009 he has hosted a regular workshop, micro-residency and salon series in Berlin, most recently under the banner of micro-research.