Takeaway Festival: Open networks
Friday
11 May 2007
18:30 - 22:00
The Takeaway Festival of do-it-yourself media is a three-day extravaganza of talks, workshops, performances and exhibitions, returning for the second time to the Dana Centre.
The silent revolution goes on! Discover for yourselves how technology continues to quietly transform creative possibilities, social structures, communication networks and business opportunities. For further information about the Takeaway Festival go to: www.takeawayfestival.com
This series of short talks and presentations will look at open network structures and the implications for authority in a variety of contexts around the world.
Following the presentations there will be a performance in the d.cafe
Karel Dudesek, Ravensbourne CollegeKafkanistan
Kafkanistan is an experimental project based on journeying to Afghanistan. It weds conventional ethnography in the anthropological sense and multimedia art. Kafkanistan explores present-day travel and tourism to Afghanistan; it is an image of that world based on actual happenings. Lukas Birk, journalist and photographer Adaptive Design
With a focus on music as a context, Yasser will discuss his thoughts on the need for intelligent, flexible and hackable design in an ever-changing digital landscape where audiences are consuming and sharing content in diverse ways. Yasser Rashid, Senior Interaction Designer at BBC Audio and Music Interactive Concepts of Broadcasting in Iraq
The complex conflicts in Iraq are mirrored in a media landscape that has grown and sprawled in all directions. The presentation will illuminate basic conditions and concepts of media production in Iraq today, focusing on communication strategies of radio broadcasters. Klaas Glenewinkel and Anja Wollenberg, Media in Cooperation and Transition Social Telephony
Mongrel has been developing new forms of ‘contagious’ telephone media to engage marginalised communities that have fallen outside of mainstream media. Discover how using cheap telephony cards and free software allows people to build virulent and spontaneous social networks. Richard Wright, media artist and researcher specialising in digital moving images and interactive techniques When the Long Tail Swings Towards Politics
Nako explores some of the ways digital media can provide alternative forums for debate and contemporary participatory politics, focusing on Gabeira.com, the website of the Brazilian Green Party founder Fernando Gabeira. Nako, art director for Fernando Gabeira and designer for Nokia UK In collaboration with Thames Valley University and the Arts Council England
Talks
IntroductionKarel Dudesek, Ravensbourne CollegeKafkanistan
Kafkanistan is an experimental project based on journeying to Afghanistan. It weds conventional ethnography in the anthropological sense and multimedia art. Kafkanistan explores present-day travel and tourism to Afghanistan; it is an image of that world based on actual happenings. Lukas Birk, journalist and photographer Adaptive Design
With a focus on music as a context, Yasser will discuss his thoughts on the need for intelligent, flexible and hackable design in an ever-changing digital landscape where audiences are consuming and sharing content in diverse ways. Yasser Rashid, Senior Interaction Designer at BBC Audio and Music Interactive Concepts of Broadcasting in Iraq
The complex conflicts in Iraq are mirrored in a media landscape that has grown and sprawled in all directions. The presentation will illuminate basic conditions and concepts of media production in Iraq today, focusing on communication strategies of radio broadcasters. Klaas Glenewinkel and Anja Wollenberg, Media in Cooperation and Transition Social Telephony
Mongrel has been developing new forms of ‘contagious’ telephone media to engage marginalised communities that have fallen outside of mainstream media. Discover how using cheap telephony cards and free software allows people to build virulent and spontaneous social networks. Richard Wright, media artist and researcher specialising in digital moving images and interactive techniques When the Long Tail Swings Towards Politics
Nako explores some of the ways digital media can provide alternative forums for debate and contemporary participatory politics, focusing on Gabeira.com, the website of the Brazilian Green Party founder Fernando Gabeira. Nako, art director for Fernando Gabeira and designer for Nokia UK In collaboration with Thames Valley University and the Arts Council England