ISEA in Singapore
Tuesday, July 29th, 2008Detailed activities on the ISEA 2008 website.
Alok Nandi is moderating the panels “Reality Jamming 2″ on July 29th and “Technologies of Place 2″ on 30th in the ISEA conference as well as presenting “amms: is zero no.thing ?” with Ajaykumar, artist and professor at Goldsmith College London.
He is also participating in the Luminous Green Panel on July 30th (moderating a panel with a focus on the notion of “saturation”) and in the Workshop on 31st at SMU.
Luminous Green in Singapore
Electronic arts in turbulent weather
Chaired by Maja KuzmanovicDate: 30 July
Time: 4pm - 6pm
Venue: Singapore Management University, School of Information Systems, Level 5 Function RoomAn open discussion forum, in which we will examine the five themes of ISEA2008 under the lens of environmental and social turbulence. If we look at the problems of distribution of goods, people and information – can we learn from the robustness of distributed collaboration, so well represented in ‘wiki’ culture and locative media. Gaming culture has a plethora of tools and techniques to engage players in demanding pursuits; some of these techniques can be further developed, to raise awareness and knowledge and action – in a playful, imaginative manner. Climate Chaos is a global problem, which does not recognise national or economic borders. However, our ‘global society’ is still riddled with border disputes, exclusions and conflicts; perhaps some of the ‘open re:source’ models from software and electronic arts could offer interesting solutions for more inclusive trans-local societies. During the discussion these topics will be examined from multiple points-of-view in order to examine the role we play in the feisty (?) planetary eco-systems.
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Luminous Green : Reflecting on the role of the arts, design and technology in an environment of turbulence
Date: 31 July
Time: 10am to 9pm
Venue: Singapore Management University, School of Information Systems, Level 5 Function RoomA workshop about a possible future; about a human world, that is enlightened, imaginative, electrified and most importantly – living in a fertile symbiosis with the planet. One of the series of gatherings, initiated by FoAM (Belgium) calling on the creative sector to enrich the public debate around environmental sustainability, ethical living, eco-technology and design. The workshop encourages transdisciplinary discussions and collaborations between people from all walks of life, including artists, designers, academics, activists, social entrepreneurs, economists and policy-makers. What lifestyles and systems can we envisage beyond the status quo? Is there anything that we can learn from existing social experiments, arts, design and technology, to help us make our systems less fragile and unstable? Or vice-versa – what can artists and designers learn from the way policy and business approach the environment? Collaborative creation, open source technology, distributed play, mixing realities, and locating media become tools to transform our wasteful consumer-society into more inclusive, entangled and participatory cultures. The objective is to explore these questions by spawning inspiring contacts and propositions, holistic methods and interventions, looking beyond conservation and sustainability. Using participatory facilitation techniques based on OST (Open Space Technology) and ARG (Alternate Reality Gaming), the workshop is designed to encourage interaction and commitment.
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