Introduction

We are organising a more compact edition of Pixelache Helsinki Festival called 'Camp Pixelache' during on 11-12 May 2012, based on previous Camp Pixelache experiments. The main venue for the event is Arbis, the Swedish-language adult education centre located close to the Finnish National Museum, in central Helsinki. Camp Pixelache 2012 is designed around one main unconference day on Saturday 12.5, with an overarching theme of “Do It With Others” (D.I.W.O.). How can artists, makers, cultural producers, researchers and activists work collaboratively with each other and audiences, to create new co-production models for artefacts/events with sustainability as the core goal? Within the Arbis venue there will also be demo stalls of various maker, open design, trashlab and hacklab projects. Several other events will be organised around this main presentation/seminar day, including a keynote opening presentation on the Friday evening before; a club event on the Saturday evening; several professional workshops before and after ('The Art of Gathering Environmental Data', 'Meta-Booksprint Training'); and lastly a learner-in-residence position for a 1 week period. Although the Camp day of 12.5. will be organised around the main D.I.W.O. theme, there are also several pre-determined sub-themes, listed below. Each has a plenary presentation; of which the speaker will also be the facilitator of other participants' contribution to the theme.

Call for Presentations and Demos!

We are calling out for further short presentations (5-15mins) on the main and sub-themes; as well as for demos to join the Open Design stalls.

Themes & Subthemes

// Main theme 'Do-It-With-Others' // Plenary speaker & facilitator: Marc Garrett, Furtherfield.org, London How can artists, makers, cultural producers, researchers and activists work collaboratively with each other and audiences, to create new co-production models for artefacts/events with sustainability as the core goal? This main theme ranges across sustainable, low-carbon, renewable, and decentralised use or production of "do-it-together" energy; as well as alternative social and bio- energy towards human sustenance in our cultural production models or everyday actions, which considers necessary change holistically. Do you want to propose a presentation? Comments or opinions to share? Place your info into open plan for this theme: http://tinyurl.com/pa12-camp-open-diwo // Sub-theme 1: 'Suomenlinna Money Lab & Creative Neighbourhood Skills' // Plenary speaker & facilitator: Pedro Soler, Independent, Barcelona How to do facilitation, organisational and participatory practices, engaging in one's own (or indeed another's) neighbourhood, and explore different economies involved. This sub-theme covers citizen, volunteer, artistic and activist strategies as well as grassroots community development from different examples locally and internationally. It also covers presentations on alternative currency experiments and around the future of money. Do you want to propose a presentation? Comments or opinions to share? Place your info into open plan for this sub-theme: http://tinyurl.com/pa12-camp-open-neighbourhood // Sub-theme 2: 'The Art of Gathering Environmental Data' // Plenary speaker & facilitator: Jennifer Gabrys, Goldsmiths University, London This sub-theme covers ecosystem theory, environmental monitoring, and citizen/ participatory science, in the context of open data. How can we support and develop the activities that are already going on in institutions at a more grassroot level, “producing reliable citizen science data”. This sub-theme is designed in collaboration with the Bio Art Society Do you want to propose a presentation? Comments or opinions to share? Place your info into open plan for this sub-theme: http://tinyurl.com/pa12-camp-open-environment // Sub-theme 3: Virtuality, Social Identity and Augmented Reality // Plenary speaker & facilitator: Owen Kelly, Arcada University of Applied Sciences, Helsinki How are aspects of everyday life and social identity affected by virtual environments and social network platforms? This sub-theme creates space for discussion on the practices, projects, and communities that constitute digital identity and digital behaviour, as well as the interfaces between public/private, personal/social and real/virtual. Do you want to propose a presentation? Comments or opinions to share? Place your info into open plan for this sub-theme: http://tinyurl.com/pa12-camp-open-virtuality // Demo Stalls on Open Design, Crafts and Manufacturing // Invited attendees: tbc Do you want to propose a demo? Self-install your exhibit at a stall/table? Place your info into open plan for this sub-theme: http://tinyurl.com/pa12-camp-open-design

DEADLINES

The call is for presentations is open until the Camp day (12.5). - Main theme 'Do-It-With-Others' http://tinyurl.com/pa12-camp-open-diwo - Sub-theme 1: http://tinyurl.com/pa12-camp-open-neighbourhood - Sub-theme 2: http://tinyurl.com/pa12-camp-open-environment - Sub-theme 3: http://tinyurl.com/pa12-camp-open-virtuality The call for demos is open until 27.4.2012 http://tinyurl.com/pa12-camp-open-design

TRAVEL SUPPORT & OTHER INQUIRIES

Pixelache will be able to offer some support to cover boat and road trips from: Germany, Poland, Sweden, Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia, Belarus & North-West Russia. If you are interested, please contact office [-at-] pixelache.ac For other inquiries, please contact office [-at-] pixelache.ac http://www.pixelache.ac