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Bisher hatte Antje keine Accounts im Social Web. Und irgendwie wollte sie immer “Anna” heißen. Eine Freundin lud sie ein, bei der Organisation des Think Tank Jean-Luc mitzumachen. Da wurde dann ihr Twitter-Account geboren: @a_na_log
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Sabria David betreibt die Bonner “Zweiraumagentur” Text-Raum und hat zusammen mit zwei Kollegen das “Slow Media”-Manifest verfasst. Hier erklärt sie, was das für sie bedeutet. Natürlich schön slow.
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Christian Heller aka @plomlompom erklärt die Singularität und was sie bedeuten könnte, zum Beispiel “das Sonnensystem in einen gigantischen Computer umzuwandeln, derartiges”.
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Jay Cousins is a 30-year-old inventor. His “talk to me about…” bubbles (#lbubbles) used at Palomar5 represent his philosophy: Human over tech. Among other things, Jay invented a foldable espresso-cup and turned the idea into a worldwide business. After six years, he gave up his business and came to Berlin in search of new inspiration. He has recently participated in the atoms&bits-Festival, where he offered an Upcycling/DIY-Workshop.
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Jay on Dada technologies, one of the projects at Palomar5, aimed at making technology more human:
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Rana Jarbou is a 28-year-old retired banker from Saudi Arabia. She recently quit her job in London because she felt there was something wrong with the system. Now she has sworn never to do anything anymore for the sole purpose of making money. She presently documents Palomar5 in a comic book and collects street art from allover the islamic world.
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Hank Rossi brought his time machine to Palomar5. He tells you what happens if you travel a trillion years into the future and proposes a three-day weekend to promote a better work-life-balance.
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1989 was the year that changed Europe. 20 years afterwards, filmmaker Patrick Becker revisited eleven countries in Central and Eastern Europe where transformation took place. He interviewed people who had been at the forefront of democratic change, from a border guard in Hungary to participants of student demonstrations in Prague.
Becker’s eleven short documentaries take you through Eastern Europe and the lives and stories of those involved: How do people active in the tearing down of the iron curtain remember this historic year in retrospective? How has it changed and shaped their lives? The documentaries, funded by the European Commission and produced on behalf of Tipik communication agency, are subtitled in all 22 European languages. You can watch them here.
I had the chance to work with Patrick Becker and research eyewitnesses for the documentary in Berlin. (weiterlesen…)
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Kosmar ist Designer und hat für das Festival-Logo Unsichtbares sichtbar gemacht.
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Fotos und Töne: Anja Krieger / Schnitt: Stefanie Otto
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Michelle Thorne arbeitet für Creative Commons International und hat sich den Namen fürs atoms&bits-Festival ausgedacht.
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Fotos und Töne: Anja Krieger / Schnitt: Stefanie Otto
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Christian Villum founded a Creative Commons Music Label and blogs on Autofunk
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Photos and Audio: Anja Krieger / Audio Cut: Stefanie Otto