Activation meetup: Circle of Exchange
Activation meetup: Circle of Exchange
Tuesday 12 November at STATE Studio, Hauptstr 3, 10827 Berlin (U7 Kleistpark)
On 30 November 2019 we will host our closing community gathering of the year, ACTIVATION: Collective Strategies to Expose Injustice, at Studio 1, Kunstraum Kreuzberg/Bethanien, where we bring together the different communities, collaborators and initiatives that worked with us over the course of the year through our Activation community program, and look back together at our conference topics of 2019.
Leading up to this event, we invite you for an evening with some of our collaboration partners of 2019: SUPERMARKT, r0g agency, School of Machines, Making & Make-Believe and STATE Studio, to hear more on their strategies and initiatives for working on social, political and cultural change, and how they involve community in their projects.
Program - starting from 19:00:
Introducing the first Activation community gathering
Circle of exchange with:
Ela Kagel (SUPERMARKT)
Rachel Uwa (School of Machines, Making & Make-Believe)
Stephen Kovats (r0g agency for open culture)
Johanna Wallenborn (STATE Studio)
Drinks and networking
Participants
Supermarkt is an independent project space in Berlin-Kreuzberg that organizes projects, workshops and conferences on digital culture and alternative economies. SUPERMARKT’s program increasingly focuses on the intersection of technology, money and society. The current program includes the event series MONEY TALKS, a bi-monthly talk and discussion format which features experts on alternative money systems, community currencies and collaborative economies, PLATFORM COOPS BERLIN: an event series based on new cooperatives and the link to the digital economy and FACILITATE CHANGE!, which invites coaches, curators and everyone interested in collaborative group work to get a deeper understanding of the methodologies of group facilitation. In 2019 they have hosted several workshops of the Disruption Network Lab.
School of Machines, Making & Make-Believe provides one-of-a-kind hands-on learning experiences in the areas of art, technology, design, and human connection. Their philosophy is centered around the idea that we are all lifelong learners. They would love for their students to leave our programs activated; not only equipped with technical and hands-on tools and skill sets, but also critically-minded, more deeply engaged with their surroundings and with themselves. They embrace art, creativity and exploring the latest technology and ourselves with openness, humility, and curiosity. We have collaborated in 2019 on the Evidence program, connected to our Citizens of Evidence conference.
As a collaborative and internationally networked organisation, _r0g / agency for open culture and critical transformation supports sustainable and hybrid forms of cultural innovation and social enterprise in regions undergoing rapid and fundamental transformation. Following a philosophy of ‘open knowledge for open societies’ r0g_ acts to put into practice the mechanisms of sustainable open source methodologies using appropriate and community based technologies. It sees these as tools for empowering citizens, where exchange, collaborative production and access to open knowledge are of fundamental importance in creating free and open societies. Their particular focus is on how these mechanisms can held enable peace and foster innovation in crisis and post-conflict regions.
STATE Studio, our host of the meetups in 2019 of our Activation program, is a public gallery, showroom and event space in central Berlin. It’s a place for creative synergies between science, art, and innovation to discover and explore the breakthrough developments that shape our future. Through its exhibition laboratory and open program, it offers curated deep-dives into current trends in cutting-edge research and innovation. In October 2019, STATE Studio was involved in the “Pocket Democracy” workshop and conference between Berlin and Seattle to investigate how digital technologies can be used for alternative political solutions.