Disonancias

The artist, the engineer, innovation and its management

2007 (2 March). Theme: The future is hybrid and sustainable. Centro Internacional de Cultural Contemporánea, Tabacalera, Donostia - San Sebastián. With: Philippe Aigrain (Sopinspace, Paris), Alfons Cornella (Infonomía, Barcelona), David Cuartielles (artist), Bronac Ferran (Arts Council England), Alfonso Vázquez (Hobest Consultores). [No archive available for the moment].

2005 (27 October). Theme: Cultural management for a creative society. Medialab Madrid, Centro Cultural Conde Duque. Objective: to pursue different lines of approach to working methodologies and new fields for cultural management at the crossroads between creativity and innovation.
Available presentations: Bronac Ferran (Arts Council England), Alicia Framis (artist, Barcelona) + Ignasi Pérez Arnal (architect, Barcelona), Roberto Gómez de la Iglesia (Grupo Xabide), Roger Malina (Leonardo), Emmanuel Mahé* (France Télécom R&D, Rennes, France), and Jill Scott (ArtistsinLabs, Zürich).
Other talks: Javier Cáceres (IKUSI, Donostia - San Sebastián), Santi Eraso (ARTELEKU, Donostia - San Sebastián), Emilio Jurado (consultant, Madrid), María Teresa Linaza (VICOMTech, Donostia - San Sebastián), Boris Nordmann (artist, France), Saioa Olmo (artist, Bilbao), Luis Rico (MediaLab Madrid).

* We are reproducing here the text of the conference "Is "digital art" Western ? Digital art or the utopia of "world art"?", from the seminar "Art Everywhere, Global and Chinese perspectives for innovation Conference", in Bejin, 2006-10-20, that develops a thesis similar to the one exposed in Madrid.

Other conferences of interest

Ciclo I+C+i, research and innovation in the cultural area. Centro de Cultura Contemporánea de Barcelona. During 2007.

Art Everywhere, Global and Chinese Perspectives for innovation, Beijing (China). Organized by: France Télécom R&D Beijing. October 2006.

Intensive Science, Maison Rouge (Paris). Organized by Sony Computer Science Laboratory Paris. October 2006.

Diffraction: connecting art, industry and innovation. FACT (Foundation for Art and Creative Technology), Liverpool. April 2006.