The symposium brings together an expert crowd from the fields of design, art, journalism, neurobiology, fashion, literature and film, to address questions concerning the linkages between us, the world and images.
The symposium will address different functions of the image today: the image as a social agent, as a biological process, as the playground of our imagination, as a cultural criticism, and as a revolutionary power.
Be there! I DON'T KNOW WHERE I'M GOING BUT I WANT TO BE THERE is the third edition of yearly symposia initiated by Graphic Design Museum. The events signal and orchestrate emergent manifestations of our visual culture, and act as a popular end of year gathering for professionals, students and industry. In 2009, Me You And Everyone Is A Curator explored new criteria for quality in online cultural production with keynote speakers Bruce Sterling, Andrew Keen, and Rick Poynor. Last year, Stefan Sagmeister, Alice Rawsthorn, DJ Spooky, and many more joined forces to map emergent territories of design practice.
Programme
10.30 Doors open, Coffee & Tea
11.00 MOTI, Museum of the Image | Mieke Gerritzen (NL)
11.05 Introduction | Tracy Metz (NL/US)
11.15 Talk to Me | Paola Antonelli (I/US)
12.00 Vision rEvolution | Mark Changizi (US)
12.20 Anthropomorphobic tales | Koert van Mensvoort (NL)
12.45 Lunch Break
13.45 Tropicalize me | Matthieu Laurette (FR)
14.10 Image Politics | Bregtje van der Haak (NL)
14.30 Visual Resistance | Peter Kennard (UK)
14.50 Revolution and Media | Lex Runderkamp (NL)
15.10 Toppled | Florian Göttke (NL)
15.20 Coffee Break
15.40 Bas Koster Icons | Bas Kosters (NL)
16.00 Visual Commentary | Dan Perjovschi (RO)
16.20 Q & A, Closing words | Tracy Metz, Sophie Krier with speakers
16.45 Drinks
I don't know where I'm going but I want to be there
The image in an age of visual obesity
Saturday December 17, 2011 - Paradiso, Weteringschans 6, Amsterdam
Entrance €25 / € 15 (students) English spoken - Doors open 10.30 a.m.
Contact information: Graphic Design Museum
T + 31 (0)76 529 99 00
www.graphicdesignmuseum.com
Initiated by Graphic Design Museum Breda. Curated by Atelier Sophie Krier and Mieke Gerritzen/Design by Marjolijn Ruyg/ Visual interludes by Film + Design.
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