DIY Conference
For the first time the successful conference at Incubate festival will be held on two days. In Theater De NWE Vorst, Tilburg (The Netherlands) an extensive program about Do It Yourself culture will be hosted on Friday September 14th and Saturday September 15th. With the addition of Robert Levine (who was executive editor of entertainment magazine Billboard) and Mark Fisher (author of Capitalist Realism), besides speakers like Simon Reynolds and Roy Wilkinson, the speaker program has been completed. Tickets are already available and the visitor can name his or her own price. Check http://incubate-innovation.org/ for further info and other updates regarding the DIY Conference.
The Program:
Friday September 14:
- DIY: an update with Simon Reynolds
- Mark Fisher: Capitalism, Is There No Alternative?
- The Biggest Band in the World: a Q&A with Damo Suzuki
- The Avant Garde is Only Good If You Can Fuck, Dance or Take Drugs To It (panel hosted by The Quietus, with Simon Reynolds, Aidan Moffat and others)
- The amateur vs. the professional: visual arts, Open Source and the curator’s role in 2012 (panel)
- Annette Dölle: How to change an Individual Dream into a Collective Act?
- DIY, independence… Do You Even Care? (panel hosted by Gonzo (circus))
- How internet changes the way Western and non-Western artists collaborate (Generation Bass panel)
- It's The End of the Web As We Know It; Speakers program hosted by Freshheads
- Masterclass Center for Artistic Activism
Saturday September 15:
- Robert Levine: How Digital Parasites are Destroying the Culture Business, and How the Culture Business Can Fight Back
- The Guerilla Filmmakers Guide with Chris Jones
- A wunderbar prog-prose showcase: British Sea Power, Bird Watching and the End of Rock by Roy Wilkinson
- How To Run Your Record Label (panel with Sacred Bones, who have a label showcase at Incubate, Holy Roar and Reflections Records)
- What’s Wrong with Selling Out? (panel hosted by The Quietus, with John Robb and Mats Gustafsson among others)
- Jasper Visser: The Museum of the Future
- New Kids on the Blog (panel with The 405, Disco Naïveté and No Fear Of Pop)
- Do It Yourself, But Not Alone & The Importance of a Creative Approach to Entrepreneurship
- Short films: the freedom to stay independent and radical? (panel)
- It's The End of the Web As We Know It Speakers program hosted by Freshheads
- Masterclass Santiago Sierra
Tickets:
Pay What You Want presale now stopped. Get your tickets at the doors.
Event times view timetable
| Date | Time | Venue |
|---|---|---|
| Fri, 14th | 12:00 -16:15 | De NWE Vorst |
| Sat, 15th | 12:00 -16:15 | De NWE Vorst |
Artists within this project view timetable
- Chris Jones
- Simon Reynolds
- Roy Wilkinson
- Mark Fisher
- Robert Levine
- Annette Dölle
- Jasper Visser: The Museum of the Future
- The Biggest Band in the World: a Q&A with Damo Suzuki (ex-Can)
- How internet changes the way Western and non-Western artists collaborate (panel)
- The Avant-Garde is Only Good If You Can Fuck, Dance or Take Drugs To It (panel)
- DIY, independence… Do You Even Care? (panel)
- The amateur vs. the professional: visual arts, Open Source and the curators role in 2012 (panel)
- It’s The End of the Web As We Know It; Speakersprogram hosted by Freshheads
- Masterclass Center for Artistic Activism
- Do It Yourself, But Not Alone & The Importance of a Creative Approach to Entrepreneurship
- Short films: the freedom to stay independent and radical? (panel)
- How To Run Your Record Label (panel)
- What’s Wrong with Selling Out? (panel)
- New Kids on the Blog (panel)
- Masterclass Santiago Sierra