Networked Media Public Programme 4/2010. PIET ZWART INSTITUTE Master Media Design & Communication: Networked Media
Public programme 4/2010 The two highlights of this month's public programme are: - our international conference viralcommunication.nl, April 12-13 - our Open House, April 24 Also note our participation in: - Linuxwochen Linz, Austria, April 15-17 - Libre Graphics Meeting 2010, Brussels, May 27-30 --------------------------------------------------------------------- viralcommunication.nl International conference on social media marketing and Internet memes April 12th + 13th Locations: Piet Zwart Institute, Mauritsstraat 36, 3012 CJ Rotterdam, for the public day sessions (11-17 h) Teldesign, Blaak 512, 3011 TA Rotterdam, for the registration-only professional evening sessions (19:30-22:00 h) After "print/pixel" in 2009, viralcommunication.nl is the second international conference of our research programme Communication in a Digital Age. One the one hand, advertising and marketing are the true operating systems behind the seemingly free "Web 2.0", and the real driving forces of social networks like Facebook. On the other, the 'social media' paradigm shift may impact their industry just as much as the music industry had been hit by the mp3 revolution. Social media marketing and viral communication tap into virtually every issue of contemporary media work and communication culture. Yet it remains to be seen - and discussed during this conference - whether growing concerns over privacy and control are changing the trend. The conference will cover, among others, social networks and their impact on advertising and political communication, the Web 2.0 Suicide Machine and other counter-memes and the viral culture of 4chan and imageboards. Speakers: Bill Wasik (USA, inventor of Flashmobs, senior editor Harper's), Douglas Rushkoff (USA, media theoretician), Marc Schwieger (Germany, social media specialist, former creative director Scholz & Friends), Gordan Savicic (Austria/Rotterdam, developer of the Web 2.0 Suicide Machine), Thomas Knuewer (Germany, economic journalist and blogger for "Indiskretion Ehrensache"), Tim Hwang (USA, co-organizer ROFLCON), speakers from Rotterdam-based companies IN10 and 105, and many more. The complete programme is available on http://viralcommunication.nl The conference consists of public sessions at the Piet Zwart Institute from 11-17hrs. These can be freely attended by everyone. In addition, there will be roundtable evening sessions for media professionals in the building of Teldesign. (Attendance of the evening sessions requires registration and payment of a participation fee; please contact Leslie Robbins <[email protected]> for more information.) -------------------------------------------------------------- Liwoli 10 (Linuxwochen Linz) 15-17th April, 2010 Location: Kunstuniversität Linz, Austria LiWoLi 2010 is an open lab focusing on Free /Open Source Software (FLOSS), Open Hardware and open contents in digital art and culture, offering workshops, lectures, presentations and performances on the subject. This year, LiWoLi will feature four lectures and workshops by Piet Zwart Institute Networked Media students, alumni and staffers. Birgit Bachler and Albert Jongstra (first year students Networked Media) will conduct a workshop "Everyone can make a book" on how to produce and publish an open participation fanzine within two days. Audrey Samson (alumna Piet Zwart Institute) will present the Genderchangers Academy <http://www.genderchangers.org> Florian Cramer will lecture on "How to Run an Art School on Free Software/Open Source", a critical presentation on our experience with GNU/Linux and Free Software in the Networked Media programme of the Piet Zwart Institute. For schedules and more detailed information check: http://linz.linuxwochen.at ---------------------------------------------- Open House of the Piet Zwart Institute April 24th, 11:30-18:00 Location: Piet Zwart Institute, Mauritsstraat 36/Karel Doormanhof 45, Rotterdam Once again, the Piet Zwart Institute will open its doors to all outside visitors and prospective students. If you consider studying in our programmes, or seeing current student work, you are cordially invited and welcome. Presentations of the Networked Media programme: - 11:30-18:00 Preview of the 2010 graduation show with prototypes of the Master projects of Emanuele Bonetti (IT), Loredana Bontempi (IT), Selena Savic (YU) and Farrah Shakeel (PK) - 15:00-16:00 Short lectures on arts, design, activism and theory of digital networked media by our staffers and tutors Renee Turner, Aymeric Mansoux, Michael Murtaugh and Florian Cramer. Our sister study programmes, Lens-Based Digital Media and Fine Art will also offer open studio presentations and lectures during the whole day. For more information, check: http://pzwart.wdka.nl -------------------------------------- Pre-announcements: Libre Graphics Meeting 2010, Brussels, May 27-30 www.libregraphicsmeeting.org The Networked Media course and the research programme Communication in a Digital Age of the Piet Zwart Institute are official partners of LGM 2010, the largest international conference on Free/Open Source software for artists and designers. We will participate with presentations on Free Software at the Piet Zwart Institute and collaborate on the documentation of the event. BarCamp Rotterdam, De Doelen, May 28 The second BarCamp Rotterdam, an open participation un-conference for media designers, artists and activists. ---------------------------------------- Post-announcements: chmod +x art, Groningen (NL), March 2nd-7th 2010, http://makeart.goto10.org/chmod+x/ The festival included "speed geeking" and "Pecha Gnucha" presentations by Networked Media students Emanuele Bonetti (IT), Loredana Bontempi (IT), Selena Savic (YU), Birgit Bachler (AT), Albert Jongstra (NL) and Özalp Eröz (TK), and presentations and lectures by staffers Aymeric Mansoux and Florian Cramer. For coverage, see Dave Griffith's blog entry: http://www.pawfal.org/dave/blog/2010/03/post-chmod-x-art/ Pixelache, Helsinki (Finland), March 25th-28th, 2010 http://www.pixelache.ac/helsinki/ The festival included project presentations by Emanuele Bonetti (IT), Loredana Bontempi (IT) and Selena Savic (YU). ------------------------------ The Piet Zwart Institute is a postgraduate studies and research programme of the Willem de Kooning Academy, Rotterdam University. More information on our educational and public activities can be found at: http://pzwart.wdka.hro.nl/ REMINDER: our NoN-EU student application deadline is approaching don't be late: MAY ONE, 2010 ---------------------- For more information or to be removed from this mailing list, please contact Leslie Robbins: l.j.drost-robbins (AT) hro.nl _______________________________________________ NetBehaviour mailing list [email protected] http://www.netbehaviour.org/mailman/listinfo/netbehaviour
