panel discussion Atlas Antwerpen Tue June 22th 20:00h
Whether we like it or not, growing globalisation causes a rise of the phenomenon 'migration'. We keep asking how we should deal with this matter in our society. In this panel discussion the cause and effect of migration was examined and its impact on our civilization.
with Bob Pleysier, Hilde Geraerts and Tom Naegels moderator: Joël De Ceulaer
Henry Jenkins, MIT Professor and author of Convergence Culture, talks about the new media landscape and transmedia storytelling from New York City's Times Square.
In his book Convergence Culture: Where Old And New Media Collide (2006) Jenkins "delves beneath the new media hype to uncover the important cultural transformations that are taking place as media converge. He provides an introduction to the world where every story gets told and every brand gets sold across multiple media platforms."
p.4 Convergence does not occur through media appliances, however sophisticated they may become. Convergence occurs within the brains of individual consumers and through their social interaction with others.
p.5 Convergence does not mean ultimate stability and unity. It operates as a constant force for unification but always in dynamic tension with change.
p.17 Our lives, relationships, memories, fantasies, desires also flow across media channels. Being a lover or a mommy or a teacher occurs on multiple platforms.
Marina Abramović, Klaus Biesenbach and the performers participating in the Marina Abramović: The Artist Is Present exhibition discuss the relationship between Abramović’s original performance pieces and the process of reperforming them.
'Sum quod eris' is a series of poetic/terrorist actions that Poppe performs during the exhibition of the Canvascollectie/Collection RTBF at BOZAR. From May 6th until June 6th.
Country: USA Release: 2009 Length: 1u30 Director: Ondi Timoner Dialogues : English Subtitling : none
Former Internet millionaire Josh Harris has always been fascinated by the influence of new media on day-to-day life. In 1999, Harris launched his own Big Brother avant la lettre by starting an experiment in New York City, in which around 100 artists were placed in a room, filmed, and followed on the Internet every second of the day. According to Harris, the project "Quiet, We Live in Public" was an analogy for what Internet would really come to look like. Sleeping, showering, having sex -- everything was filmed, watched, and commented upon within the community. After the inevitable implosion of "Quiet," this "Warhol of the web" stuffed his apartment with cameras to provide Internet users with insight into everyday life of him and his (first real) girlfriend. They would become the first ‘public couple’. The new project also failed, and that was when a lonely and penniless Harris left for Ethiopia. Filmmaker Ondi Timoner was one of the residents in the "Quiet" project and spent 10 years worming her way around Harris's life. We Live in Public tells the fascinating story of how man is more and more inclined to give up privacy to become part of an abstract community.
