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Nine Urban Biotopes
Negotiating the Future of Urban Living
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Durban - Turin - Cape Town - Paris
In 2014, four European artists - Armin Linke, Antje Schiffers, Marjetica Potrč and Anthony Schrag - worked in South Africa while at the same time five South Africans - Athi-Patra Ruga, Dan Halter, Taswald Pillay, Terry Kurgan and Rangoato Hlasane - worked in Europe.
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From 27-30 March 22 Game Enthusiasts occupied the VIGAMUS Video Game Museum for a 66 hours Game Jam and the final presentation of the LABOURGAMES project.
We ended up with six mock-ups from the Game Jam Rome which were then implemented into the final presentation showcasing another six fully-fledged games from Amsterdam, Athens and Berlin.
How can the Creative Industry, Culture and Game Design contribute to alternative solutions of labour issues in Europe?
After GAME JAMS in Berlin, Amsterdam, Hamburg and Athens the final event will be held in Rome, at the premises of the VIGAMUS Video Game Museum.
66 HOURS GAME JAM
Start WED 27 MARCH 2019 7PM
End SAT 30 MARCH 2019 1PM
A core team of professional jammers - with 6 experts from the LABOURGAMES network and previous GAME JAM participants and three Game Designers from Rome will plunge into the playful working world with 12 to 15 jammers and Game Enthusiasts for the 66 hours.
FINAL PRESENTATION OF THE LABOURGAMES PROJECT
SAT 30 MARCH 2019 5PM
At the end of the 66-hours Mega GAME JAM, we will close the event with the presentation of the output of the LABOURGAMES project, the games developed during the last two years as well as the early game results emerged from the Rome Game Jam during the last 66 hours marathon. A final discussion will stem from the findings of the project and revolve around the connection between the future of labour and the world of play.
📍 5 PM Opening of the Final Presentation
Welcoming - by Marco Accordi Rickards, Director of VIGAMUS Foundation
Presentation of the results:
GAMES, RESULTS and DOCUMENTATION of the LABOURGAMES Project
GAMES and RESULTS of the GAME JAM ROME
📍6 PM Couch Discussion
How can the Creative Industry, Culture and Game Design contribute to alternative solutions of labour issues in Europe?
with: Maciej Hofman, Prof. Marco Accordi Rickards, Ton Sluiter and representatives of the LABOURGAMES network
📍 7 PM Buffet & Goodbyes
❗ TO ATTEND the conference, please enroll on Eventbrite: https://labourgames-final.eventbrite.it
The event in Rome is realised in collaboration with Goethe-Institut, VIGAMUS Foundation, Women in Games Italy and EFGAMP.
LABOURGAMES has been invited by the Labour Union IG Metall and the Hans-Böckler-Stiftung to Kick-off the 10th IT and Engineering Conference in Cologne with a two-hours Game Session for about 250 participants.
Simultaneously, they were playing paper/mirror on 40 tables in smaller teams, a game that has been developed by Axel Watzke and Sebastian Quack during the Game Jams in 2017 and was refined earlier this year in several anchor events. The aim of the game is to give the players a glimpse about the complexity of programming an Artificial Intelligence system and how to collaborate with them during a working flow.
The IT and Engineering Conference in Cologne has been hosted by Ford in a historical factory hall which has seen the first automized car production in 1931. It is a perfect place to think about the transformation processes for both, the car industry in particular and the society in general, when it comes to digitisation in the working world.
Hence it was a perfect event and a brilliant venue for LABOURGAMES to bring the playful results of a culture project back into the arena of labour and to reach new audience groups for artistic and cultural projects.
Der Stadtkunstverein urban dialogues
Seit 1998 sind die permanente Veränderung und die mannigfaltigen Phänomene der Großstadt Gegenstand des Tuns und des Beobachtens von urban dialogues. An Orten des Umbruchs entstehen dabei immer wieder neue kontextbezogene künstlerische Auseinandersetzungen.
Ausgangspunkt war die Kunstaktion urban dialogues outside, die sich mit den letzten Momenten der tiefgehenden Umstrukturierung der Berliner Mitte rund um den Hackeschen Markt in Form von künstlerischen Interventionen bildnerischer und performativer Art auseinander setzte. Was damals als eine ortsbezogene Momentaufnahme begann, ist mehr und mehr zu einem vielschichtigen und komplexen Forschen mit künstlerischen Mitteln im urbanen Raum gereift und immer stärker in einen internationalen Fokus geraten.
Ein grundlegendes künstlerisches Prinzip von urban dialogues ist der Orts- und Perspektivenwechsel als Voraussetzung ästhetischer Sensibilisierung. In den letzten Jahren entstand ein wachsendes Angebot für Jugendliche und junge Erwachsene, das die Partizipation am kreativen Forschen zum Mittelpunkt hat.
| Gefördert wurden die Projekte bisher unter anderem durch die Europäische Kommission Programm Kultur 2007, den Hauptstadtkulturfonds, die Senatsverwaltung für Stadtentwicklung des Landes Berlin, das British Council, die Senatsverwaltung für Kulturelle Angelegenheiten des Landes Berlin, die Jugend- und Familienstiftung des Landes Berlin, den Fonds Soziokultur in Bonn, den Fonds Darstellende Künste in Bonn, die SONY Deutschland GmbH, die Siemens AG und die Allianz AG.
Bei der Realisierung unserer Projekte im Ausland waren die Goethe-Institute in Barcelona, London und Sofia wichtige Partner. Mit dem Centre for Urban and Community Research (CUCR), Goldsmiths College, University of London, haben wir ein weltweit führendes Institut der Sozialwissenschaft als akademischen Partner für das Projekt 'Signs of the City - Metropolis speaking' gewinnen können.
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The Metropolitan Art Organisation urban dialogues
| Since 1998 the metropolitan art organisation urban dialogues has been experimenting with the urban spaces of the city of Berlin searching for interesting grounds for temporary, public and participative art projects. Starting point was a project entitled urban dialogues (outside) in 1998. The project addressed the final moments of the reconstruction of central Berlin in form of an artistic visual and performative intervention. The idea of exploring a particular area within its contemporary usage as a spatial system within its own history and through its silently slumbering visions has been repeated in various areas in Berlin through a multitude of artistic approaches. The artistic principle of urban dialogues is to bring aesthetic sensitivity to the rapid changes of place and perspective within the city landscape. Since 2002 urban dialogues has worked within the social regeneration programmes in urban crisis zones, focussed on integrating youth and young adults in the production of art and culture. The artistic projects of urban dialogues which began in the centre of Berlin as a scrutiny of the dramatically changing environment, have since then developed in a manifold artistic discourse with the phenomenon of urban spaces, urban literature and urban signs. | The projects have run with the support of, amongst others, the Capital Cultural Fund Berlin, the Cultural Programme of the European Commission Culture 2007, the Senate for Urban Development Berlin, the Youth and Family Foundation Berlin, the Sociocultural Foundation Bonn, the Foundation for the Dramatic Arts Bonn, the Spanish Embassy in Berlin, the British Council Germany, Siemens AG and Allianz AG.
The projects has been realised in co-operation with Goethe-Institutes in Barcelona, London and Sofia.
The Centre for Urban and Community Research (CUCR), Goldsmiths College, University of London, has been the academic partner for the project 'Signs of the City - Metropolis speaking' in 2006 - 2009.
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L´association artistique urban dialogues
Depuis sa naissance en 1998, urban dialogues traverse l´océan urbain de la métropole allemande à la recherche de débarcadères pour réaliser ses projets artistiques temporaires, intervenant dans le contexte urbain et social.
Suivant l´idée que l´espace urbain dans sa structure se fait de coutumes aussi que d´événements vécus, de relations humaines et de bribes de mémoire, urban dialogues s´est mis à saisir et à faire ressurgir aux diverses lieux de la ville leur histoire et leurs visions secrets. | Entre autres les projets sont supportés par le programme Culture 2007 de la Commission Européenne, le Hauptstadtkulturfonds, la Senatsverwaltung für Stadtentwicklung des Landes Berlin, la Senatskanzlei für kulturelle Angelegenheiten des Landes Berlin, les Fonds Soziokultur á Bonn, le British Council Allemagne, l´Ambassade d´Espagne, le Siemens AG et l´ Allianz AG. |
La asociación artística metropolitana urban dialogues
La permanente transformación y los variados fenómenos de una gran ciudad, son objeto de observación y acción de la Asociación de Arte Urbano urban dialogues. En lugares de ajustes o tranformaciones urbanas, surgen permanentemente nuevas discusiónes en el contexto artístico. Desde 1998 urban dialogues navega en el inmenso mar urbano berlinés, en la búsqueda de un interesante atracadero para proyectos temporales y relativos al lugar.
| Los proyectos han sido patrocinados hasta ahora, entro de otros, por el Europäische Kommission Programm Kultur 2007 (Programa Cultural 2007 de la Comisión Europea), el Hauptstadkulturfonds (Fondo Cultural de la Capital – Berlín), Senatsverwaltung für Stadtentwicklung des Landes Berlín (Senado para el Desarrollo Urbano del Estado de Berlín), el British Council, Senatsverwaltung für Kulturelle Angelegenheiten des Landes Berlin (Senado de Berlín para asuntos culturales), la Jugend- und Familienstiftung des Landes Berlin (Fundación Juvenil y Familiar del Estado de Berlín), el Fonds Soziokultur en Bonn (Fondo Socio-Cultural en Bonn), el Fonds Darstellende Künste en Bonn, la SONY Deutschland GmbH, la Siemens AG y la Allianz AG.
En la realización de nuestros proyectos en el extranjero, los Institutos Goethe de Barcelona, Londres y Sofía fueron socios importantes.
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Associação de arte urbana urban dialogues
A constante transformação e os diversos acontecimentos de uma grande cidade são objeto de observação e de ação da associação de arte urbana urban dialogues. Lugares que passam por transformações urbanas apresentam inúmeras possibilidades de discussão no contexto artístico. Desde 1998 o urban dialogues vem explorando os espaços urbanos de Berlim em busca de locais interessantes para projetos artísticos temporários, públicos e participativos. Nascido sob a grande agitação da reunificação alemã e da rápida transformação do centro da capital que decorreu do processo, urban dialogues é formada por uma pequena rede de atores culturais, artistas, pesquisadores conscientes de que a cidade é sobretudo uma construção coletiva simbólica e imaginária, mas ao mesmo tempo concreta.
A primeira manifestação artística do grupo propriamente foi urban dialogues (outside), uma ação que abordou diretamente o fim do processo de restruturação do centro de Berlim-Mitte e a região central de Hakescher Markt por meio de intervenções artísticas que utilizavam-se das mais diversas linguagens das artes contemporâneas. O que começou de modo espontâneo e intensamente relacionado com espaços urbanos específicos tornou-se uma investigação mais complexa sobre meios artísticos em áreas urbanas e nos últimos anos buscou cada vez mais ampliar os laços internacionais. O princípio básico do urban dialogues é a mudança do olhar sobre um local como condição para a sensibilização estética. | No outono de 2004 foi realizada a exposição Non Standard Cities na qual artistas expuseram suas visões sobre a cidade no antigo matadouro de Berlim. Com a participação de artistas tanto locais como internacionais o espaço tornou-se temporariamente uma estufa de ideias urbanas alternativas e de projetos de urbanização contemporânea e exploratórias do passado. A curadoria da exposição ficou à cargo do historiador da arte dinamarquês Johan Holten e trouxe obras de artistas como Hans-Christian Schink, Marjetica Potrc, Pia Lanzinger e Matthias Müller.
Os projetos foram patrocinados pela Europäische Kommission Programm Kultur 2007 (Programação Cultural 2007 da Comissão Europeia), o Hauptstadkulturfonds (Fundo Cultural da Capital – Berlim), Senatsverwaltung für Stadtentwicklung des Landes Berlín (Departamento para o Desenvolvimento Urbano e Ambiental do Estado de Berlim), o British Council, Senatsverwaltung für Kulturelle Angelegenheiten des Landes Berlin (Departamento para organizações culturais do Senado de Berlim), o Fonds Soziokultur no Bonn (Fundo Socio-Cultural de Bonn), o Fonds Darstellende Künste en Bonn (Fundo para as artes de Bonn), a compania SONY Deutschland GmbH, o Siemens AG e a Allianz AG.
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