Storytelling Innovations and Hybrid Experiences in the Digital Age

This panel will be presenting the LOOP project and discussing hybrid projects that connect literature with artists from all disciplines (authors, illustrators, coders, musicians, etc.).

SPEAKERS

Olivier Girouard (Creator of LOOP and founder of ekumen), Frédéric Gauthier (Publisher, founder of La Pastèque), Kerstin Rabe (Editorial Director of Mixtvision) and Antoine Tanguay (Publisher, founder of Éditions Alto).

MODERATOR

Sarah Spring, Executive Director of the Documentary Organization of Canada (DOC)

DATE/PLACE
October 21, 2021 (1 –2 p.m.) Live from the exhibition site: Frankfurt Studio Inside Publishing

Creating Cities

An international conference on the role of art, culture and creative industries in the urban space – a hybrid event by NODE and the Government of Québec
How do artists and urban spaces interact? In which way do creatives shape our cities and what impulses can they provide for urban development? `Creating Cities´ is an international conference on the role of art, culture and creative industries in the urban space.

SPEAKERS

Catherine Lareau (Economic Development Commissioner of the City of Montréal), Carolina Romahn (Head of Department Culture / Hessian Ministry of Higher Education, Research and the Arts, Guillaume Aniorté (International and Strategic Development Executive Advisor – Quartier des Spectacles Partnership), Matthias Pees (Artistic and Managing Director of Künstlerhaus Mousonturm), Ellen Blumenstein (HafenCity Curator), Aileen Treusch (Curator, Founder of faktory – art architecture & people, Producer, Researcher), Felix Hevelke (Anthropologist, Art Historian, Cultural Manager), Olivier Girouard (Artistic Director Ekumen), Thomas Payette (Creative Director & Co-Founder mirari), Baltic Raw Org (BRO), Stefan Weil (Chief Creative Officer)

MODERATORS

Jeanne Charlotte Vogt (Artistic Director NODE, Curator), Dr. Felix Kosok (Board of German Designer Club (DDC), Designer, Researcher)

DATE/PLACE
October 22, 2021 (2 – 6 p.m. CET)
Künstlerhaus Mousonturm
Waldschmidtstraße 4, 60316 Frankfurt am Main.

Admission: 1 p.m.
Language: English
Admission free
Registration required: registration link

There is also the possibility to participate in the conference online. The livestream will be available on the day of the event at: https://nodeforum.org/creating-cities/

The conference will be followed by a guided tour with Olivier Girouard, Artistic Director of Ekumen, to the art installation LOOP on Rathenauplatz in Frankfurt am Main.

Registration for the guided tour at the following address: nicole.koufou@mri.gouv.qc.ca