Dutch E-culture Days at Pavilion World Design Capital Helsinki 2012
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Humanbirdwings.net Photo: Jelle Vermeersch / HUMO |
Dutch E-culture Days
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On 21 & 22 July 2012 Virtueel Platform will host the Dutch E-Culture Days, as part of the World Design Captial Helsinki 2012 Pavilion Programme. Join us for a weekend full of Dutch innovative showcases at the crossroads of digital media, arts and technology. With presentatons on Transmedia & The Future of Storytelling and on Social Cities of Tomorrow. Free entrance on both days, and free tracking cookies for all visitors.
Contact
michel@virtueelplatform.nl
Michel Langendijk
+31 (0)6 40963010
Address
http://virtueelplatform.nl/dutcheculturedays
Virtueel Platform
Damrak 70
1012 LM Amsterdam
The Netherlands
Meet 'The Flying Dutchman' and other innovative showcases from The Netherlands
On 21 & 22 July 2012 Virtueel Platform will host the Dutch E-Culture Days, as part of the World Design Captial Helsinki 2012 Pavilion Programme. Join us for a weekend full of Dutch innovative showcases at the crossroads of digital media, arts and technology.
Saturday 21 July 12:00 - 20:00 & Sunday 22 July 12:00 - 18:00
With Floris Kaayk (Humanbirdwings), VPRO, Submarine Channel, Kars Alfrink, Alper Çugun
Location World Design Capital Helsinki Pavillion, Ullanlinnankatu 2-4 (next to the Design Museum).
SATURDAY 21 JULY: EXPERIENCE THE FUTURE OF STORYTELLING
Ongoing programme from 12:00 to 20:00 hrs with screenings, best practice showcases and presentations about transmedia.
15:00 -17:00 Presentations
Meet 'Flying Dutchman' Jarno Smeets / Floris Kaayk (Humanbirdwings.net), and see how a man learned to fly and shared his experiences with a growing online audience.
VPRO Broadcasting Organization will show spectacular datavisualisation from the
documentary The Netherlands from Above.
Submarine Channel will tell you how they turn games into art and graphic novels into interactive motion comics.
19:00 - 20:00
Film Screening: Forget the Film, Watch the Titles.
Submarine Channel will show some of the most impressive and influential title sequences. With an introduction by Remco Vlaanderen.
SUNDAY 22 JULY: SOCIAL CITIES OF TOMORROW
Ongoing programme from 12:00 to 18:00 hrs with screenings, best practice showcases and presentations about how we can make use of new media to make our cities more social, rather than just more hi-tech.
15:00 -17:00 Presentations
Three Dutch (urban) designers will present their projects that aim to engage the public more deeply with their surroundings and bring urban public space to life.
- Michiel de Lange (The Mobile City) on digital media technologies and its implications for urban design.
- Game designer Kars Alfrink (Hubbub) on PLAY Pilots and social games for public space.
- Alper Çugun (Hack de Overheid) on open data, app contests and urban life.
The Dutch E-culture Days are organized by
Virtueel Platform, institute for digital arts and culture from The Netherlands, in cooperation
with Demos Helsinki and with support from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs from The Netherlands
