Have we caught up with our notions of futures? From 5 to 7 February 2010 these and other important questions are at the centre of the transmediale.10 Symposium Future Observatory at the House of World Cultures in Berlin. International scientists, artists, bloggers, economic avantgardists and thinkers will discuss the technological, aesthetic and political implications of the future. With keynotes by Richard Barbrook (Imaginary Futures), Conrad Wolfram (Wolfram | Alpha) and Bruce Sterling (Atemporality!). (...more)
Alexander Rose is the Executive Director of The Long Now Foundation, an organisation devoted to promoting long-term thinking. He has facilitated projects such as the 10,000 Year Clock with Danny Hillis, The Rosetta Project, and the Long Now’s Seminars About Long Term Thinking.
The transmediale.10 Salon consists of several different programmatic clusters. Besides the traditional lectures participatory projects by international media artists and activists will be presented in the so-called 'Futures Exchange'. D.I.Y. and the collective research of ideas are also at the core of the talks and workshops offered within the Free Culture Incubator. ...more
Tonight, 2 February 2010, we have finally made it! transmediale.10 no longer belongs to the future but is the present! Come and celebrate with us as the festival opens at the House of World Cultures tonight. It is free of charge and no ticket is needed except for the speeches in the auditorium. Welcome – and launch yourself into Futurity ...Now!
