Symposium

The digital revolution is over, the big ‘bit rush’ has passed, now we live in a post-digital era. Whether something is analogue or digital does not matter anymore. Digital and interactive are everywhere. Playing is a serious thing and meanwhile the digital migrates from the virtual reality to the objects around us. Along with MU and TU/e, STRP Festival will discuss the many forms of post digital culture.

On November 25 several international speakers and films shine their light on the post digital.

Programme:

10.30-11.00     Arrival

11.00-11.10     Opening by Chair Toby Barnes
                          Managing Director of Mudlark, Multiplatform production company, and founding member
                          of MTV's Interactive Division.

11.10-12.00     Bruce Sterling
                           Bruce Sterling is an American science fiction author, best known for his novels and his
                           work on the Mirrorshades anthology, which helped define the cyberpunk genre.
                           Since 2003 he’s Professor of Internet studies at the European Graduate School in
                           Saas-Fee, Switzerland.

12.00-12.05     Short Movie: Next Nature
                           selection by Koert van Mensvoort

12.05-12.30     Dries Verbruggen
                           Dries Verbruggen studied at the the Design Academy Eindhoven. He is a
                           multidisciplinary creator in fields ranging from interior, design and arts to
                           architecture and video. Verbruggen is one of the co-curators of the MU exhibition
                           After the Bit Rush. Design in a Post Digital Age.

12.30-13.30     Lunch Break

13.30-14.00     Film: The Future of Art, KS12, Emergence Collective (GER)
                          What are the defining aesthetics of art in the networked era? How is mass collaboration
                          changing notions of ownership in art? How does micropatronage change the way
                          artists produce and distribute artwork? The Future of Art begins a conversation on these
                          topics and invites your participation. This video was shot, edited and screened at the
                          Transmediale festival 2011 in Berlin, Germany. The film will be introduced by Gabriel
                          Shalom (KS12 / Emergence Collective), producer. Produced by KS12 / Emergence
                          Collective

14.00-14.25     Russel Davies
                           Russell Davies is partner at R/GA London (Agency for the Digital Age) and with the
                           Really Interesting Group (RIG). He also founded The Newspaper Club. He writes
                           columns for Campaign en Wired.

14.25-14.30     Short Movie: Next Nature
                           selection by Koert van Mensvoort

14.30-15.00     Mary Flanagan
                           Mary Flanagan is artist, author, educator and designer. As Professor in Digital
                           Humanities she’s associated with the Dartmouth College in New Hampshire (US).
                           Flanagan is the author of Critical Play: Radical game design.

15.00-15.20     STRP Talent Pit Awards ceremony

15.20-16.00     Break

16.00-17.00    Ben Schouten: The Role of Play
                           Inaugural lecture by prof.dr. ben Schouten, department of Industrial Design,
                           Eindhoven University of Technology.

17.00-18.00     Drinks

Entrance to the festival, symposium and exhibition is 8 Euro. Attendance to the inaugural lecture is free. Parallel to the symposium you can get tricks of the trade from 50 top digital creatives at How do you do. You can participate in these sessions from 11.00 – 17.00 at STRP 1. For more info www.hdyd.nl

The symposium is jointly organized by STRP Festival, MU and TU/e.