Work I do in this field:
- concepts of institutions, initiative and events relating to culture and politics
- consulting of organizations and decision makers
- moderation of public discussions and editing of publications
Selected projects
FAIR MUSIC INITIATIVE
Launch of the “fair music initiative”, the first worldwide initiative for fairness and justice in the music business, first presentation of the fair music awards (Jurors in 2007: Ruth Jakobi / EMC-IMC, Dieter Kaufmann / composer, Peter Rantasa / mica – music austria, Gerfried Stocker / Ars Electronica, Irene Suchy / music journalist), panel discussion Chris Gelbmann (Buntspecht Label), Volker Grassmuck (Humboldt Universität Berlin), Joichi Ito (Neoteny / Creative Commons), Ronaldo Lemos (Overmundo / iCommons Brasilia), Margit Niederhuber (Repr. Österr. UNESCO Kommission), Danny O’Brien (Electronic Frontier Foundation); client: mica – music austria, project development and management, 2007
DIGITAL COMMUNITIES AND THE NEW PUBLIC SPHERE
Panel discussion „Digital Communities and the new public sphere. Can municipalities be the better digital communities?“ at net.culture.space / Museum Quarter Vienna with Leonhard Dobusch (Freie Universität Berlin, publisher of the book “Free Networks.Free Knowledge”), Sybille Straubinger (Gemeinderätin Wien), Marie Ringler (Gemeinderätin Wien), Gertraud Diendorfer-Ratzenböck (Demokratiezentrum Wien), Gerfried Stocker (Ars Electronica), client: Ars Electronica, concept and moderator, 2007
EUROPE IN 50 YEARS TIME
Discoursive project “Europe in 50 years time”, informationsculpture and publication, 25 proposals by Václav Havel, Rainer Münz, Karl-Markus Gauß, Howard Rheingold, Franz Schuh, Ismail Serageldin, Saskia Sassen, Dennis Meadows, Aleida Assmann et al., client: Culture Industries Austria (commissioned by 25PEACES in cooperation with daily newspaper DIE PRESSE), concept and project management, 2006
CULTURAL MEMORY AND DIVERSITY
Panel discussion „Cultural memory and diversity“ as part of the World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS II) in Tunis, discussion on the relevance of cultural memory and diversity in the transition from information to knowledge-based societies and the part of information and communication technologies and human development in this process. participants: Derrick de Kerckhove (McLuhan Program, University of Toronto, Canada), Ismail Serageldin (Bibliotheca Alexandrina, Egypt), Jimmy Wales (Wikimedia Foundation), Gerfried Stocker (Ars Electronica), Peter M. Rantasa (WCFA). concept, realization and moderator, 2005
FROM INFORMATION TO KNOWLEDGE-BASED SOCIETIES
Panel discussion “From information to knowledge-based societies: sustainable development or widening of the digital divide”, part of Ars Electronica Festival in Linz, cooperation of Ars Electronica and WCFA, concept, realization and moderator, 2005
WORLD SUMMIT ON THE INFORMATION SOCIETY
Participation in the World Summit on the Information Society / WSIS Process, Member of the Austrian Delegation, Civil Society representative, participation in PrepComs and summits in Geneva and Tunis, 2003-2005
ELECTROLOBBY KITCHEN
Host of the discussion forum “electrolobby Kitchen” as part of Ars Electronica Festival. Talk guests include Bruce Sterling, Howard Rheingold, Sherry Turkle, Stewart Brand, Esther Dyson, Jimmy Wales, Lev Manovich, Dieter Daniels et al., Ars Electronica, conzeption and moderator, 2003-2005
FORUM CULTURAL MUNDIAL / SAO PAULO
Panel discussions as part of the first World Culture Forum / Forum Cultural Mundial in Sao Paulo, Brasil. topics followed the matrix Culture=Action, Culture=Survival and Culture=Memory and included speakers such as Bernard Cassen, co-founder of ATTAC and Le Monde Diplomatique, Cheik Omar Sissoko, filmmaker and minister of culture of Mali and Manuela Soeiro, director of „Teatro del Avenida“ in Maputo, Mocambique. World Culture Forum Alliance (WCFA), conzept and organization, 2004
DIGITAL COMMUNITIES / PRIX ARS ELECTRONICA
Conzept and project development of „Digital Communities“ as a new category of Prix Ars Electronica with the aim to award projects and art that makes use of the internet with collaboration and the creation of a common public good in mind. award winners include Wikipedia, Electronic Frontier Foundation, Overmundo et al. members of the jury include Howard Rheingold, Joichi Ito, Oliviero Toscani, Jane Metcalfe, Cory Doctorow et al. member of the jury from 2004-2007. Ars Electronica. concept and consulting of implementation. 2003/2004
ARTISTIC AGGRESSION
Panel discussion “Artistic Aggression” as part of Ars Electronica Festival „UNPLUGGED – Art as the scene of global conflicts“, participants: Iba Ndiaye Diadji, Oumou Sy, Jay Rutledge, Davis O. Nejo, Marcus Neustetter. Conzept and moderatior, Linz, 2002
INSTITUTIONS OF ART
Essay “What’s the matter with the institutions of art?”, catalogue contribution Ars Electronica Festival „Takeover – Who is making the art of tomorrow”, 2001
UNDERTAKINGS OF ART
Panel discussion ”The Undertakings of Art – Who will survive?” as part of Ars Electronica Festival, participants: Peter Noever, Karel Dudesek, Birgit Richard, Rüdiger Wischenbart. Conzept and moderator, Linz, 2001
