Art, Culture, and Technology

Arts, Culture, and Technology:
The Digital and Social Media Renaissance
(and other things I think are neat-o.)
Presentation by @meloncamp for Social Media Club Detroit
Wednesday, September 23rd
Goldfish Tea House, Royal Oak
Photo by greefus groinks

Handouts are for Earth-Haters
Or, How to Shamelessly Drive Traffic to Your Blog During a Lecture
Visit
www.artandavarice.com
for the virtual handout.

From Electronic Monasteries to Thriving Communities
In 1997 free email was a revolutionary idea

By 2001, all this free email caused concern over how the Internet would advance communication, because of the fact that we had no need to leave our houses to do so.
From the June 2001 edition of fineArt Forum, an online arts journal, editor Nisar Keshvani laments…

The Social Media Renaissance
The Social Media Equation
Accessibility
For both content providers and users
Free or low-cost ways to do everything: publish words, art, music, photography, etc.
Accountability
New avenues for ownership or collaboration
Even “Giving it away” (i.e. creative commons) presupposes ownership
Transparency
Free exchange of ideas
Small percent of exchanges are anonymous/fraudulent
Access to information

Case Studies

Social Media and the Rehearsal Process
How social media is revolutionizing the rehearsal process
Google Docs and Spreadsheets
YouTube public/private settings
The Social Media Equation: Accessibility =Accountability and Transparency

Social Media and the Rehearsal Process

Yes, it’s an Oprah Flash Mob.
I don’t care, it was awesome.

Social Media and Visual Art

Collaborative Drawing
A Digital Media Update on Andre Breton’s “Exquisite Corpse”

Social Media and Visual Art

Social Media and the Written Word

Social Media, Art, & Social Change

Everyone can add art to their day!

Social Media, Art, & Social Change

Social media brings us images and stories from around the world with ease
We cannot help but be moved by what we see.
Nuclear destruction, Superfund sites
Iraq, Iran, Tibet, North Korea
Forbidden Images

Twitter and the Free Iran Phenomenon

Blogging for a Free Tibet

Blogging for a Free North Korea

The Equation Evolves
With that freedom comes visibility and responsibility.

3 Local Ideas for Social Media Artists and Advocates:
1 Organize a Gallery Crawl for Art Detroit Now
October 2-3, 2009 (next weekend!)
2 Organize a Slideluck Potshow
Convene, take pictures, upload
3 Join Ypsilanti’s Spur Studios
An artist’s commune for all types of art: visual, musical, performance
4 Join The Key Performance Arts
Original Metro Detroit musical revolutionizing the rehearsal process through social media

3 Ideas to Make Some Money!

3 Steps to Being Incredible (as an artist, businessperson, human):
Step1: Realize there is always someone more talented than you are at what you do.
Step 2: Realize they will not always be as motivated as you are.
Step 3: Keep on creating, because tenacity beats talent 99% of the time.
Bonus Step: No man is an island: collaborate. “Simply put, teams of people can do more together, better, than any individual can do alone…” Chris Hueur, for SocialMediaClub.org

Discussion
Thoughts on The Social Media Equation:
Accessibility = Accountability + Transparency
How has creative commons changed art, music, and social media?
Group hugs are fun but…isn’t crowd-sourcing killing design/music/etc.?
Share Your Favorite Art/Media Site and Why

Photo by greefus groinks