P r o j e c t s
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Concept
The concept is to bring different kinds of creative people from
different fields together and give them the possibility to participate
in an open-platform happening for experiments and new experiences. The
happening will be organized simultaneously in two (or more) club spaces
in Finnish cities. There will also be participating artists and
musicians in Germany, Iceland, and possibly other locations as well as
online. The basic program of the happening will be pre-formatted but it
will remain flexible and open to changes and spontaneous actions during
the course of the actual event. Included will be different styles of
music, sound and video art, , and performance. The program is now being
constructed.
These club spaces will be connected to each other via the Internet. This
will enable the artists to cooperate regardless of location and they
may, for example, perform "together" at the same time in different
locations. The Internet connection will include video and audio in the
form of local Real Audio/Video broadcasting encoders. There will also be
an open IRC channel for those who cannot physically be in the club to
participate and a webcam for remote observation of the venues.
Target Group
The happening will reach out to as many target groups as possible by
offering a big variety of music and cultural content. Each club will
have a different theme to reache its own audience. The age of the target
group is mainly young adults -- 20 - 30 who may be present physically or
virtually via Internet.
The target group is also the musicians and artists, in that they have
the possibility to gain experience with new technologies and broaden
their social networks.
Can-go
www.can-go.org
Reserch report:
www.can-go.org/essays/report.pdf
Can-go is a network, a functional re-organization of private
transportation.
It is about expanding the network of people for finding out others who
share the same route, and making the sharing of rides easy and
convenient. For passangers it is an alternative for the transportation
that is restricted to predefined routes and timetables. The car drivers
don't have to alter their routes either, they just inform the network
where they are going.
Within the Can-go project we have been doing reseacrh on social networks
in order to build the platform of "network of trust".
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