Dear friends, thanks for spreading the word, this is the event where I'll represent the Free Culture Forum, Michel ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Kevin Flanagan <[email protected]> Date: Thu, Apr 21, 2011 at 7:16 PM Subject: Mindfield - Remix : Culture Hacking Panel ======================== Remix : Culture Hacking The Remix is no longer solely the domain of the DJ. Culture is a conversation and today in the Internet age more people than ever are taking part contributing their own creative take on the sounds, images and texts that shape our world. Cheap access to digital tools and broadband means anyone can remix and publish online. Its become a part of everyday life. But this emergent culture of sharing and remixing is not without its challenges. Mashups and remixes are frequently taken down by popular websites like Youtube as a result of copyright infringement claims in effect censoring and destroying what is one of the 21st centuries most distinct and vibrant forms of counter-cultural creative expression. "Remix : Culture Hacking" brings together a diverse panel of artists, musicians, technologists and legal academics for a lively discussion and debate on the future of Remix Culture. Featuring Michel Bauwens (P2P Foundation), Benjamin Gaulon (Artist), Darius Whelan (Creative Commons Ireland), Loughlin McSweeney (Choicecuts.com), Mark O Cular (ItisOn.net) and Faith Lawrence (Digital Humanities Observatory) the panel will be chaired by Kevin Flanagan. 8pm - 9.30 Friday April 29th, Ignition Tent @ Mindfield Festival of Ideas, Merrion Square, Dublin. (Admission is Free - however seating is limited so arrive early) Michel Bauwens will be representing the Free Culture Forum "Charter for Innovation, Creativity and Access to Knowledge" and this years declaration on "Sustainable Models for Creativity in the Digital Age" http://fcforum.net . Michel is founder of the http://p2pfoundation.net http://twitter.com/mbauwens Benjamin Gaulon is an artist working with digital media http://www.recyclism.com . He is a lecturer at the National College of Art and Design and organises http://www.data.ie a regular meet up for artists and creative technologists at http://imoca.ie Dublin. http://twitter.com/recyclism Darius Whelan is a law lecturer in UCC and, with Louise Crowley, is responsible for the Irish port of the Creative Commons licence which is currently being finalised. http://wiki.creativecommons.org/Ireland http://twitter.com/dariuswirl Loughlin Mc Sweeney is a DJ and he is co-founder of ChoiceCuts. Choicecuts.com is their music blog they are also promoters and organisers of club nights, festivals and events, they also offer a range of web development and design services. http://www.workwithchoicecuts.com ChoiceCuts also developed Ireland's first Crowd Funding Platform http://www.fundit.ie in conjunction with BusinessToArts.ie Mark O’ Cúlar is a remixologist and documentarian. Also known as videoist and dizzywizard, Mark has been working on alternative media outlets on itison.net and itison.tv over the past ten years, assembling a new media co-op and focusing on issues of social justice. His interest in remix culture ties in with the need to analyse how news is reported and shapes public perception. His work as a video editor and VJ has been the driving force in experimenting with storytelling using the mass media as source material. http://twitter.com/itison Faith Lawrence is a digital humanities specialist with the Digital Humanities Observatory. She did her first degree in ancient history with a special interest in comparative mythology. Progressing sideways she completed a masters in archaeological science (computing) before finding herself in a computer science department researching online communities, narrative and the semantic web. http://dho.ie/staff Kevin Flanagan is a visual artist with an interest in digital culture. He has exhibited in group shows at home and abroad with his first solo exhibition at the Galway Arts Centre in June 2010. He has lectured on digital culture, is a member of 091Labs.com hackerspace and holds a masters degree in Fine Art from the University of Ulster Belfast. http://kevflanagan.wordpress.com/ http://twitter.com/flanagankev -- P2P Foundation: http://p2pfoundation.net - http://blog.p2pfoundation.net Connect: http://p2pfoundation.ning.com; Discuss: http://lists.ourproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/p2p-foundation Updates: http://del.icio.us/mbauwens; http://friendfeed.com/mbauwens; http://twitter.com/mbauwens; http://www.facebook.com/mbauwens