Social Innovation at the Convergence of Art, Ecology and Community Building
TED Fellow Durreen Shahnaz invited me to come and talk about my work at the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy in Singapore. I’ve been spending the past two weeks here meeting up with people to start growing a network for the third iteration of my Biomodd project. This talk is part of the Programme on Social Innovation and Change which Durreen heads.
In my presentation I will elaborate on my social and biology-inspired art works. I will focus on Biomodd, a worldwide cross-cultural installation project in which ecology, community building, and computer recycling creatively converge. The first version was created at The Aesthetic Technologies Lab in Athens, OH between 2007 and 2008. In October 2009, the project’s second iteration in the Philippines was finalized after an 8-month long collaboration with a team of over 50 Filipino artists, scientists, engineers, gamers, craftsmen, volunteers and students. During the talk, Biomodd will be elaborated upon using video excerpts, photos, work sketches and participant testimonies. I will talk about the different aspects involved in making such a large scale cross-cultural endeavor possible: setting up a funding framework, integrating institutional support and volunteering, co-creation management, tying in contemporary art with local Asian traditions, embedding environmental advocacy, etc. A brief overview will be given of the different Philippine spin-offs that were initiated after the project’s completion. This presentation is an extended version of the short TED Talk I gave during the TED2010 Preconference in Long Beach, CA.
Date: Thursday, 18 March 2010
Time: 12:15PM - 1:30PM
Venue: Seminar Room 3-5, Level 3, Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy, Singapore
For those interested in attending, please call 6516 6893/4202 or email sppgt@nus.edu.sg
This is a brown bag seminar and you are most welcome to bring your own packed lunch
More info:
http://www.spp.nus.edu.sg
http://www.biomodd.net
http://www.angelovermeulen.net
