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Festival presentation: 

“ZEITGEIST, FROM DIGITAL TO POST DIGITAL”

We are all digital

The digital revolution has changed
culture, society and business models, driving a fundamental shift in how
humans live, communicate and interact. Today digital is everywhere, it
means everything. Digital is not new anymore, it has become part of our
everyday life without many of us even noticing it. Our culture has fully
integrated digital and the internet to the extent that the majority of
the rich (or maybe not so rich) countries have access to smartphones and
fast broadband connections.

Entering the post-digital age

Festival Nickname: 

alphaville

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Theme: 

Digital communities

Category/Format: 

Mixed

Alpha-ville 2011

International Festival of Post-Digital Culture
Theme: “Zeitgeist, from digital to post-digital”
Dates: 22nd-25th September 2011
Venues: Netil House, Whitechapel Gallery, the V&A, Rich Mix, Space
Studios, XOYO, Hearn Street arehouse, the streets of Hackney and online

The 2011 edition provides an online and live platform to explore, test
and disseminate new ideas, merging trends, collaborations and
groundbreaking works. Running from 22-25 September the

programme presents social media and interactive art, open labs,
meet-ups, talks, workshops and screenings alongside with live music,
visual performances and parties.

Taking place alongside the London Design Festival, the 2011 edition
enables a network of satellite events spreading across different London
boroughs and links with other European cities such as Madrid (Twin
Gallery) and Brussels & The Hague (Todays Art). Selected venues
include the Whitechapel Gallery, Rich Mix, Netil House, Arcola Tent,
XOYO, Hearn Street Warehouse and Space Studios. The festival programme also connects east and west London thorough a link with he V&A Digital Design Weekend.

Gathering
artists, creative coders, new media technologists, designers,
architects, professionals, musicians, researchers and academics, some of
the key names are: Tom Uglow (Google Creative Labs), Marius Watz, Filip
Visnjic (Creative Applications Network), Man Bartlett, Daito Manabe,
Moritz Stefaner, Keiichi Matsuda, James Alliban, Pantha Du Prince, Jon
Hopkins, Jacaszek and Kangding Ray.