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PICNIC 2012: new ownership?

by Serena Westra and Katía Truijen The 17th and 18th of September PICNIC 2012 was held in EYE Filminstitute in Amsterdam. At the international gathering, about 3000 professionals were present from different fields like business, technology, government, NGO’s, education...

By Katía Truijen on 10/03/12 Comments Off

Picnic Virtueel Platform Hot100 Day

I was pleasantly surprised when a few weeks ago I received an invitation for the Virtueel Platform Hot 100. Present at this event are 100 alumni from different media and art institutions with the goal to get in...

By Philip Man on 09/25/10 2

Picnic10, Live

So here we go, enjoying the amazing picnic experience! Below you can find some pictures from the activities you can access at the festival/ conference.. So far everything is amazing!

By Ourania on 09/22/10 1

#Picnic09: The Creative Commons Special in Amsterdam

The Creative Commons special, hosted by Paul Keller and Donatella Della Ratta, focused on three examples of organizations using Creative Commons (CC) in a positive (and hopefully a lucrative) way: Al Jazeera, Beeld en Geluid and VPRO.

By Chris Castiglione on 10/02/09 Comments Off

#Picnic09: STEIM, Music, and Training Our Intuition

“Say goodbye to control. Say hello to improvisation,” these were a few of the opening remarks made by STEIM director Dick Rijken. He stressed that in a world of less control we need to concentrate on training our intuition.

By Chris Castiglione on 10/01/09 Comments Off

PICNIC Interior Design

I know many blog posts about the PICNIC conference from this weekend have been floating around the web the past few days. Most of them discussing the topics covered by the speakers and the future of new media. I...

By Sarah Moore on 09/28/09 Comments Off

Come Have a Corporate PICNIC!

Collaboration...If there's one word I would suggest to compress PICNIC'08 into, this would be it. To be perfectly honest, the whole concept has gotten a bit hollow after three days of this greenly, grassy, commy conference. A small impression...

By Marijn de Vries Hoogerwerff on 09/28/08 1

PICNIC 08 – De Variegata Setup

When I was walking through the Picnic event area where the only free access tent (the E-Art Dome) was situated, there was nothing going there yet. So I walked through this big white tent and saw, between all the...

By Dorris de Heij on 09/28/08 Comments Off

Why is Africa Surprising You? Surprising Africa @ Picnic ’08

Picnic is Amsterdam’s new media event of the year. This is one of the few times when people come together to discuss developments, innovations and changes in the industry on this scale. As a result, this is also one...

By Ben White on 09/28/08 2

PICNIC 08 – YOUNG Seminar: Virtual Spaces

Amsterdam 25 September http://picnicyoung.nl/ The motto of this seminar is that bringing computer simulations and games into the classroom will have a positive effect on the learning abilities of students. For a new media academic this can’t be very shocking news. Modern...

By Alessandro Valente on 09/25/08 Comments Off

PICNIC 08 – Introduction

This is the first post in a series where the Masters will blog some lectures given at the picnicnetwork.org/">Picnic 08 conference which is held the next three days at the Westergasfabriek, Amsterdam.

By Jasper Moes on 09/24/08 2

Cultuur 3.0 report: “het internet is nog niet af”

Verslag van Cultuur 3.0 conferentie, 8 april, Club 11, amsterdam. Virtueel Platvorm.

By Tjerk Timan on 04/10/08 Comments Off