12 januari 2011
19.30 - 21.00
Location: Academie Minerva (central hall), Gedempte Zuiderdiep 158, Groningen
Hap van Klaas/ students' dinner: 6 pm
For this Studium Minerva edition Anne Nigten will give her introduction lecture. Anne Nigten starts in January 2011 as the new professor of Pop Culture, Sustainability and Innovation at Minerva Academy.
After a brief introduction of herself and her work so far in media art, design, youth Culture and cross- and transdiscplinairy collaboration, she will share her vision on research and development in the (electronic) arts and its social impact. Anne will bring forward some relevant links between her experiences as an artist, researcher, lab manager and director of the Patching Zone and Pop Culture, Sustainability ad Innovation as the new branch of the Knowledge Centre Art and Society. Furthermore, this talk will focus on the opportunities and challenges that have crossed her mind around the theme: Pop Culture, sustainability and innovation so far. She expects to address some of the pressing issues such as: What could be Pop Culture’s significance for innovation from the arts? What could one consider as the added value of research and development in the arts compared to other (scientific or industrial) R&D ? How could we benefit from the distinction among autonomous art and applied art? The talk will end with a live (no-tech) poll that provides you with the opportunity to give input on the thematic directions for this new branch in the knowledge centre.
Short biography
Anne Nigten (PhD) is recently appointed as professor of Pop Culture, Sustainability and Innovation at Minerva Academy, Hanzehogeschool Groningen (NL). Anne Nigten is the director of The Patching Zone, a praxis laboratory where Master, PhD students and professionals work together on meaningful creative content. Prior to her current positions, she was the manager of V2_Lab, the aRt&D department of V2_, Institute for the Unstable Media in Rotterdam, the Netherlands. She is lecturing on research and development in the interdisciplinary field from an art perspective. She is adviser for several media art and science initiatives in the Netherlands and Europe. She completed her PhD at the University of the Arts London (UK), and frequently publishes papers on art, engineering and (computer) science collaboration and software development.
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