Warm and exhibition-happy, the Brazilian art and design world is showing the rest of us that the moment is theirs now, a samba way past the Campanas and green and yellow T-shirts at H+M. A steady stream of art and design events plus the country’s booming economy are just two reasons Brazil is hot and visible now. These include the recent BOOMSPDESIGN; CasaCor (at 25 is the world’s second largest architecture and decoration event, running through October); and the much anticipated 2012 Sao Paulo Art Bienniel, which will have, for the first time, an international curator based in New York City, Luis Perez-Oramas, the Latin American Art Curator at The Metropolitan Museum of Art. All this activity translates to the prominence of Brazilian talent. You can just imagine the multiple design confabs and collabs with brands being cooked up right now, anticipating the upcoming events of the World Cup 2014 and a proposed green, first-ever in South American Olympic Games in Rio, in 2016.
Otra vez, el auditorio presta oídos atentos a un relato que comienza con fotos de la ciudad, en donde se ve -en muros, esquinas, monumentos, fuentes y paseos urbanos- la elocuencia de la retórica barroca americana. "Y la pregunta, entonces, fue: ¿Cómo devolverles a los artesanos la posibilidad de renovar la mirada sobre su propio entorno? ¿Cómo volver a plasmar la rúbrica propia de la ciudad en los objetos de fabricación artesanal?". Junto con otros artistas -plásticos, diseñadores, arquitectos y fotógrafos-, Crocco comenzó a trabajar tomando registro directo y fotográfico del espacio, abriendo el juego a la experimentación, a la búsqueda, a la reflexión acerca del entorno, los materiales, las necesidades vitales de ese grupo. Y así nació el Laboratorio Piracema de Diseño. "Piracema es una palabra de origen indígena que designa un fenómeno natural que ocurre entre los peces. Cuando llega la época de reproducirse, ellos migran contracorriente para ir a las nacientes de los ríos. Por motivos que sólo la naturaleza conoce, los peces regresan al lugar donde nacieron para, de este modo, proteger el futuro desove. Esa imagen de sumergirse en los orígenes para, a partir de ahí, instalar una vanguardia, es fuente de inspiración y línea de trabajo de nuestro laboratorio", indicó.
But even putting aside the fact that only a small proportion of the acts' fanbases – those with the right kind of phones – can access them, none have the impact and longevity of a great piece of music or even a good video. In other words, it's hard to think of a musician's app which has had true artistic value in its own right. The implication of today's announcement seems to be that Björk's apps will achieve that – and it would be great if they did (although you do wonder why she'll need several apps, rather than just one with all the content).Either way, musician-related apps are only going to get more ubiquitous. Not just because they still seem to lend an act an air of cutting-edge cool, but because - at a time when many listeners simply can't comprehend why you'd pay for music - people will happily shell out a few quid for an app. And if there's actually money to be made from something, the music industry simply can't afford not to throw its weight behind it.
Inneract Project is a professionally supported program that provides free design classes for inner-city youth, in order to channel their creativity into viable career paths. Classes are free and taught at both the Academy of Art University and Ex'pression College for Digital Arts by local design professionals. Current class disciplines include graphic design, architecture.
Budding filmmakers are invited to upload their 60-second movie pitch onto a dedicated YouTube channel for a chance to have their pitch worked up into a short film and debuted Tribeca Film Festival in 2011. Director judges include Brian Hill, Dev Benegal, Jacob Tierney, David Russo, Mat Whitecross and Josh Appignanesi, and the public can have their say using handy voting buttons (thumbs up!)
The Urban Ideas Bakery is a set of methods designed to help cities mobilise their creativity to better solve – together – the major challenges they face, from the recession to crime, high carbon emissions to poor education. The aim is to provide a method for urban influencers and innovators to work together to develop and put into practice solutions to urban challenges across Europe, and create a network of people who are active innovators in their cities and open to this approach of sharing and blending ideas. The overall goal is to cultivate a shared understanding about the contribution creativity, entrepreneurship and innovation can make in securing the long-term economic, cultural and social prosperity of cities across Europe.
A new generation of global creators and artists are emerging, equipped with other points of reference and other tools. The teachers arenʼt certified schools anymore - itʼs web sites, discussion forums and a “learn by doing”-mentality. We see the children of a digital age, unspoiled or uneducated depending on who you ask. Collaboration over hierarchy, digital over analog - a change in the way we produce, distribute and consume creative works.PressPausePlay is the first film to capture this new ecosystem. We meet the creatives at the frontier of production, the technical enablers of collaboration and distribution, the artists, the pop stars, the film makers, the business men, the visionaries and the ones left behind. Itʼs a story from the smallest molecule to the largest corporation. Itʼs a snapshot of today, but at the same time predictions of a near future.Weʼre not creating a documentary in the classical sense of shaky cameras, bad lighting and unbearable sound. Although we have a small budget, we got big aspirations. The film will in itself be a proof of the evolution story weʼre telling, shot in digital 4K and finished at the end of 2010. Ready for both the big (cinema) and the small (mobile) screen. We will release rough edits and interviews as well as the final film free for anyone to use, broadcast and distribute.PressPausePlay will be an observation, a testimony and a tribute.
Desde que Richard Florida acuñó el concepto "creative class" las ciudades parecen haberse embarcado en un concurso de belleza para atraer y retener a los individuos creativos. De hecho, parte del trabajo que desarrollamos desde Industrias Creativas apunta a consolidar a un sector que siempre estuvo presente en Buenos Aires.In this discourse the traditional skirmish lines seem to be skewed. All of the ire from the left seem to evaporate into a vacuum of hugs from what we thought was the right. In Hamburg the artists occupy, and the city sends talkers and crews to make sure the building is safe. In my interview, I ask this guy tough questions about the exclusion of race and Hiphop from his ideas and he invites me to answer them myself on his site. Coming from the “Fight the Power” generation, this is certainly not what I expected when challenging a dominant ideological discourse. Sometimes I don’t know what the hell is going on myself. All I can say is that, for now at least, it seems to be as broad a conversation as you want to have. Yes there are still barriers but, surprisingly, listening seems to be an emerging trend. I think people are still correct to question the root of that - why are people listening? – but in my opinion, it’s more important that people like those students are taking the time to grow and use their critical skills to make this discourse broad enough that their content and concerns can either find their place within this discourse or expose where improvement of it is necessary. That’s a creative class if I’ve ever seen one.
Renewing Our Love Affair With Our Cities - Pecha Kucha from Peter Kageyama on Vimeo.
Brown says a T-shaped person tends to make for a good designer, because that willingness to learn and to keep branching out into new areas allows a designer to take on all kinds of challenges and adapt to any working situation. “To respond to the complexity of design problems today,” Brown says, “we’ve found that if someone has an enthusiasm or curiosity about many different subjects and disciplines, then they can be more flexible, more empathetic, and more engaged with the world.” Brown adds that both parts of the T should keep growing together as one’s career advances—the core expertise should get deeper and stronger, while new skills and knowledge are always being added to expand the T-top.
La Dirección de Innovación Educativa del Departamento de Educación, Universidades e Investigación ha convocado unas ayudas dentro del Proyecto Eskola 2.0., que tiene como objetivo desarrollar en los centros educativos las posibilidades que ofrecen las TIC en los procesos de enseñanza y aprendizaje.
Objeto
Ayudas para la creación y puesta a disposición de la comunidad educativa de Objetos Digitales Educativos inéditos organizados en secuencias didácticas que desarrollen las cinco áreas básicas de los cursos de 5.º y 6.º de la Educación Primaria.
People meet in different ways now, even in the most strangest manner. Imagine flying over a city and witnessing all the things that are taking place there. Connect to Google Earth and find Eindhoven, a small city in The Netherlands. As you get closer, a number of YouTube videos appear on top of the city. As you bring up each video you start to experience what is taking place there. Did you know about the man that juggles? That there is a flying saucer in a park? That a young couple are moving into their new apartment? About the people who like to dance tango? Somebody who is an aspiring singer? Every one of these people are broadcasting their experiences. What would it be like if somebody tried to contact them back?
