The Distributed South launch event was held at the ICA on July 9th.
Programme:
12-00 Rachel Baker ACE, London and Evelyn Wilson, LCACE Welcome and Background to Distributed South
12-10 Gini Simpson, Head of Media, Space Media and Helen Sloan, Director, SCAN, Introduction to Distributed South
12-30 Gary Stewart, Head of Multimedia, InIVA, reflections on open source and the gift economy from the perspective of an arts organisation and/or artist
12-50 Questions/comments
1-00 Lunch
2-00 Tim Jones, Independent Producer, Node.London, a case study
2-20 Questions/Comments
2-30 Presentations – Distributed South artists and organisations
3-45 Tea/Coffee
4-15 Discussion – Distributed South Focus
Topics to cover
1) What roles do the members of a network play collectively and individually and what are the values of those roles? Eg project co-ordinators, artists, facilitators, advocators, lobbyists, catalysts, activators, activists, innovators, creators, trust builders. How do the members of Distributed South want their roles to be recognised?
2) What are the missing values in many networks? How can they be addressed?
3) Creative and gift economies in a network both from a peer to peer and audience perspective. How do new models of practice fit in?
4) What responsibility do we have to the network and our audiences?
5) What might a network be for raising the profile of media arts and new models of practice?
5-30 Closing drinks