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THE OBEL 2013 ArT SYMPOSIUM @ AAU : INNOVATION IN EXTREME SCENARIOS

THE OBEL 2013 ArT SYMPOSIUM @ AAU :

INNOVATION IN EXTREME SCENARIOS

Time: November 26th to 30th 2013
Place: ArT, Aalborg University, Aalborg
What: A research symposium by ArT in collaboration between V2 Lab for Unstable Media, Rotterdam
Organizers: The book sprint is led by Boris Debackere from V2 in collaboration with Ståle Stenslie, Obel professor at ArT.
Targetgroup: Experts and artists from Scandinavia
Website: http://v2.nl/lab/projects/habakuk

The symposium will take form as a 5 day book sprint at Aalborg University. The sprint ends with a publishing of a research book. During the week the participants are expected to contribute with one or more articles, interviews, presentation of their take on Innovation in Extreme Scenarios. The sprint is open to anyone as long as it is on i) innovation and ii) extreme scenarios.

e-Reader sprint
A Book Sprint brings together a group to produce a book in 3-5 days. There is no pre-production and the group is guided by a facilitator from zero to published book. The books produced are high quality content and are made available immediately at the end of the sprint via print-on-demand services and e-book formats. For the gathering in Aalborg the focus will be on knowledge transfer and pooling intellectual resources, rather than writing. The shared research will be manifested in a collection of written texts, by the participants and others, to form an e-Reader on the subject of innovation in extreme scenarios.

Sprint Goal:
• Mapping the field
• Documenting the reading process
• E-book

Extreme Areas of Research:
Suggested themes:

1. Demography
2. Pollution
3. Economy
4. Energy
5. etc

Research questions (starting):

What is extreme? For whom? Which context?
How do we react to the extreme?
What is innovation?
When do people become creative?
Is the pressure of an extreme scenario stimulating creativity / innovation?
What is the difference between creativity & innovation?
What is the role of imagination? (If you can’t think big, how can you act big?)
How can art & science address innovation?
How does real innovation happenAre extreme scenarios necessary, helpful, or a hindrance?
End of science, beginning of action (Global Warming)