Picadeiro Sounds
Date: 14.06.23 Picadeiro Open Sounds Tickets Roundtable @ Picadeiro Open Sounds The 2 day festival runs its second edition, combining digital art, new technologies, workshops, music & gastronomy in the north of Portugal. I’m looking forward to taking part in the roundtable, with inspiring humans and old friends.
WEB3EXPRESSÃO – a recap
Goethe Institut Lisboa | Jan-Dec 2024 Full Program WEB3EXPRESSÃO 2024 – A RECAP What it means to step into unchartered territory, by combining education, art & new technologies for a new audience, within institutional structures. 18 workshops, 3 side events, over 500 participants – and a whole lot of creative tech. MISSION Lisbon is being an active tech hub and many creatives want to learn more about practical ways of using new technologies and want to enter the closed circle of tech. The direction of the Goethe Institute in Lisbon has acknowledged this development and I have been invited to create an educational program for artists to learn about new creative technologies and to put the institute on the map as a forward thinking institution that is open for new technologies. Combining this with my personal values of accessibility & gender equality, wanting to highlight local talent and seeing knowledge as the most important factor to be able to form educated opinions, I kickstarted the program WEB3EXPRESSÃO. I’ve led the project from its conception to the final report, including audience research and sustainability development, curation of the facilitators, budgeting, social media asset creation, community building and engagement as well as partnership outreach and representing the project abroad. CHALLENGES Working with an institution that is being led by a forward thinking direction but which had not been exposed to the concepts of new technologies (neither had their current audience) before, showed the necessity of experimenting with a new approach – both in the actual program as well as in the marketing aspect of it. This includes choosing the right language to communicate the program, finding internal structures to improve onboarding flow, finding a new visual way to market the events and considering topics that work both for the old as well as the new audience that had to be built. OUTCOME I wanted the program to be accessible, with an equal representation of female and local talents, content that would spark interest to learn more in very practical terms as well as showcasing the up-and downsides of technology. As a result, the program included 18 workshops (16 of them in-person) and 3 side events which showcased local and international talent, with a speaker gender distribution of 50/50 and overall more than 500 participants. It also offered a local NFT showcase throughout the year with digital artworks from participants, a talk about AI and it’s ethical and political impact on the creative process as well as an immersive concert for which a new audio-visual collaboration of two local artists had been brought to life. After the first run of the project and through the thorough work done, the institute is now able to continue the program under the new name Art meets Tech in an online format, with plenty of new connections in the creative tech world and a good base to continue the programming in house. It was a great pleasure to create this project, with all its details and challenges as I’ve seen the positive impact that this kind of programs can have for artists. I also met amazing people throughout the year, from recurring participants to speakers and new partners, and it has definitely confirmed to not easily give up if there is a bigger vision on one’s head. In order to disrupt an unjust system (which in this scenario in my opinion is the unbalanced representation of women in the tech space and a closed circle that does now share knowledge, being focussed on a rather individualistic development), one needs to invest time, continuity and patience – as well as some creative problem solving at times. Forward is the way, off to the next adventure! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=31h3usJiHc0 CAMCAT.PT
Festival Fenda
Date: 22.11.24, Fenda Festival Braga Link: Eventbride Workshop: The new internet Together with Carol Bampa we’ll be exploring the new creative technologies and basics concepts of blockchain, decentralisation and AI.
Bringing art x tech to Guimarães
Date: 27.7. & 21.9.24 Paisagem Bringing art x tech to Guimarães Introducing visual artists and creatives in the north to new technologies, with workshops, talks and practical examples. It’s time to decentralize – and focus on areas outside of the Lisbon hub. Carol Bampa, cultural producer and web3 activist, has done incredible work in Guimarães, supporting creatives by organising the Feira Paisagem, a physical art fair for graphic designers and visual artists. In 2024 she invited me to join her team to create additional programming that brings new technologies into the project. I programmed an open discussion about new technologies with Camila Nogueira (digital artist) and João Ribeiro (SHIFTER) for the art fair and set up an educational day for artists to learn more about new technologies – META Paisagem. Talks included curation in web3, web3 basics, minting an NFT and a scanography workshop as well as a DJ set for the mingling hour afterward. As always, with a focus on an equal representation of genders of the speakers, practicality and local talent. Facilitators: Francisco Quintas, Inês Bragança, Julia Flamingo (Bigorna), Marzia Braggion, Nunothefalmon Thank you for the fruitful collaboration, and to many more! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iOcfTZCCJbw Video by Ylan Santos
Workship-UMinho
Date: 19.09.24 Workshop for students of UMinho, University of Guimarães An intro session about web3 and blockchain technology, for students of UMinho, Guimarães. In the scope of the META Paisagem event. With Carol Bampa (Meta & Feira Paisagem)
MIL Lisboa 2023
Date: 28.09.23 Link: MIL What will the digital market look like in 2024? Streaming may slow down, TikTok’s growth continues, and the industry adapts to user-generated content platforms. Web 3.0 is a promise that will be fulfilled. In this panel, we’ll explore how the digital music market has grown in the past year and project its potential for 2024.
Female ninjas in web3 – Jamie Steinberg
From a music classes with kids into web3 – read about Jamie’s story and get inspired!
Talkfest Workshop
Date: 17.03.23 Link: Talkfest Is it a thing? Insights on web3, NFTs culture, festivals and artists Together with muti collective we will explore the new technologies. You probably have already heard about NFTs, Blockchain and DAOs. But is it really a thing? muti collective is a cultural association based in Portugal that is actively using and experimenting with these new tools to support artists and put collective governance in practice. In this workshop we will look into those concepts, what they do and how they can be used by cultural entities and independent artists. Explore a new way of using the internet beyond the world of financial speculation.
WOMEX ‘ 22
Date: 22.10.22 Link: WOMEX NFTs, blockchain, crypto: The hype and the hope How can musicians of the world benefit from this technology? Tabea and Lu will explore both potential benefits and pitfalls of the latest wave of ‘disruptive technology’ – blockchain, NFTs, crypto-tokens and secure digital certification. Often mistakenly confused with bitcoin, blockchain is in fact a radical new way of storing digital information and assets (translation: how your music can be identified and found online, over which creators will have total control). The presenters: Lu was the first to present the world wide web at WOMEX in 1991 and followed developments ever since through many European Commission research projects with (the late, great) Dagfinn Bach, who first presented mp3s at WOMEX 94. In this illustrated dialogue, Tabea and the Muti Collective will show WOMEX delegates practical ways to navigate through the minefields and misconceptions, stick it to Spotify, and get their creations out onto this exciting new space.