23 5 / 2011
There’s a free workshop on mass customization for makers next Tuesday in Berlin
And I’ll also be doing some graphic recording with a team of four. Drop by if you’re interested in either one of the topics :) For registration follow the link, there’s a limited number of seats available.
Free Culture Incubator Workshop No 6:
Get More Out Of What You Do - Mass Customization for Makers
Tuesday, May 31st, 10 am- 6 pmEnd: 31.05.2011 18:00
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Aufbau Haus, Theater Space
Moritzplatz 1, 10969 Berlin-KreuzbergWith: Heather Kelley, Alexander Rulkens, Paul Blazek, Ela Kagel, Peter Troxler, Nadia EL-Imam as facilitators.
Part of the Part of the Create Your Own - CYO2011 conference
MC, or “Mass Customization” - what is this all about and why might it matter to me?
Basically it is the use of a flexible production method or systems that support custom output. As a creative producer you might have a certain idea about the way your product or service should function or look like. What if a potential client likes your service or product in general, but needs it tailored to his or her needs in order to make use of it? Many creative businesses could increase their sales (and thus get out more of what they do) if they just knew how to adapt their production methods to different markets and clients.Get More out of what you Do - Mass Customization for Makers
The MC for Makers workshop aims to help people in different fields of practice explore how they to get more out of what they do as a creative producer and how they can meet their client’s diverse and changing needs. If you want to explore how you as a creative can get more out of resources, technology, materials or changing paradigms you are most welcome. The goal of the Mass Customization for Makers Worskshop is to help you figure out how to profit from peer-production models that promise to give actual control over consumption back to the consumers.10:00 Opening presentation: Round of Introductions & Workshop Overview
11:00 Breakout sessions: Participants break up into small groups. Each group is led by one of our experts from the fields of culture, science and economy and has a dedicated illustrator to help visualise ideas and concepts. Facilitators: Heather Kelley, Alexander Rulkens, Paul Blazek, Ela Kagel, Peter Troxler, Nadia EL-Imam
13:00 Lunch: Yes, it’s going to be healthy and yummy :)
14:00 Group Sessions continue
16:00 Synthesis session: Each group has to prepare a five minute presentation of their results to present to a panel from the main CYO-conference in order to receive constructive critique from leaders in the field.
18:00 Closing Remarks: Drinks and snacksHow do I register?
Fill in the online registration form; Tell us about your professional background and what you are currently working on. Then select one of the 4 user stories in the form you can identify with - when you do so, you assign yourself to the breakout group that will work on the very topic. Workshop seats are limited to 30 people. We will select the participants with regards to a broad range of participants and professional backgrounds, in order to have stimulating sessions.Please note that the workshop language will be English.
The MC for Makers workshop is a part of the CYO2011 conference
Hosts: MC for Makers is organised by Cookies And Code and the Free Culture Incubator in partnership with the Federal Government’s Centre of Excellence for the Cultural and Creative Industries Initiative.
08 2 / 2010
The last two graphic recordings from the Free Culture Incubator at @transmediale #tm10
No. 3: Forms of Cultural Organisation
Moderation: Bas van Heur (nl)
Panelists: Mustafa Tazeoglu (de/tr) | Sebastian Sooth (de) | Trebor Scholz (de/us) | Michael Liebe (de)
“Well, I have this project…” – this is how many stories around independent, creative labour begin. Cultural forms of organisation hardly ever develop on the basis of strategic considerations but rather cluster around the individual needs of a specific project. Teams are built for a limited amount of time, splitting up again, or merging into networks. Money sometimes comes from private sometimes from public sources; sometimes not at all. How is it possible to build sustainable structures in spite of such unreliable dynamics? Which models of organisation make sense in the field of art and free culture? And, most importantly: how will the cultural enterprise of the future look?
Moderation: Inga Wellmann (de)
Panelists: Matthias Fritsch (de) | Regine Haschka-Helmer (de) | Clemens Lerche (de) | Tonia Welter (de)
Each great brand needs its own culture for identity formation. Do cultural projects analogously have to become a brand too in order to attract a larger audience?
Whilst traditional enterprises conjure up their corporate identity, the creative sector proudly points to its heterogeneity. Cultural producers however must find a language with which they can reach the public and be economically successful. How much corporate identity does a cultural enterprise need – and how does one communicate this identity?
05 2 / 2010
Salon Talk at @transmediale No.2: Creativity as an Economic Resource #tm10
No.2 : Creativity as an Economic Resource
Moderation: Andy Cameron (uk)
Panelists: Matteo Pasquinelli (it) | Adam Somlai Fischer (hu) | Dr. Barbara Lippe (at) | Markus Kühn (at)
Due to the economic crisis the creative industries have become a location factor praised by politicians as a growth market soon to outperform the car industry. The balance between artists and economic representatives is changing. It seems that the norm of the economy supporting the growth of culture is due to be reversed. We ask: in which way has this new framework changed the relation between art and capital? Can there be a balanced exchange between culture and economy? What are the preconditions for a cooperation at eye level?
Videos over at the transmediale website.
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05 2 / 2010
Two graphic recordings of the Salon Talks at @transmediale coming up: No1 - Price and Value of Cultural Work
The fourth and final panel is tomorrow from 11 to 13. I will post the pics one by one in the coming days. No. 1: Price and Value of Cultural WorkModeration: Jaime Stapleton (uk)
Panelists: Kate Rich (uk) | I-Wei Li (tw/de) | Baruch Gottlieb (ca/de)| Dmytri Kleiner (de)
What is the currency for the cultural enterprise of the future? Cultural producers and artists produce a multiplicity of values, most of which are immaterial and emerge from the social networks of cultural practitioners and their relation to the public: respect, appreciation or knowledge are the main resources. Cultural production basically happens through the support of numerous micro-economies which apply different currency systems such as bartering or contact brokering. On this basis cultural values develop which at best are beneficial to our entire society. But what flows back to the cultural producers? It is difficult to translate cultural values into adequate market values: how do you determine the economical value of cultural work? Which currency systems are available here? And, the other way around: how much is culture actually worth for us today?
It’s also pretty neat to watch the videos and go through the graphic recording at the same time. I had a little talk with Baruch about how cool it would be to make an interface of the pic and then be able to go to video or audio content as you click your way through the recording. That’s “Zukunftsmusik” (I love that German word), but I’m working on it ;) If you’re interested in working on sth. like that let me know.
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