In a total of four lectures, international experts presented concepts on collective knowledge, the notion of public space, thoughts on the relationship between (new) media and (cultural) society, and insights into product management and reception. Missed a lecture? Watch them online!
Lecture programme:
Lev Manovich - Wednesday, May 20th 2009, NAI Rotterdam
Lev Manovich is the author of 'Soft Cinema: Navigating the Database' (The MIT Press, 2005), and 'The Language of New Media' (The MIT Press, 2001), which was hailed as "the most suggestive and broad ranging media history since Marshall McLuhan." He is a Professor of Visual Arts at the University of California, San Diego, and a Director of The Lab for Cultural Analysis at the California Institute for Telecommunications and Information Technology.
> View Lev Manovich's lecture on Tomaat WebTV
Bart Verschaffel - Thursday, June 4th 2009, NAI Rotterdam
Bart Verschaffel (BE) is a philosopher and professor at the University of Ghent. He specializes in the theory and philosophy of public space.
> View Bart Verschaffel's lecture on Tomaat WebTV
Pim van den Berg - Thursday, June 4th 2009, 20.00 hrs NAi Rotterdam
Pim van den Berg is an independent strategist and trend-watcher, advising companies such as ABN Amro, ING Real Estate, Unilever and various city governments.
> View Pim van den Berg's lecture on Tomaat WebTV
Markus Miessen - Thursday, June 25th 2009, NAi Rotterdam
Markus Miessen is a London- and Berlin- based architect, researcher, educator, and writer. In 2002, he set up Studio Miessen, a platform for spatial strategy and critical cultural analysis.
> View Markus Miessen's lecture on Tomaat WebTV
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