1. The document summarizes a presentation about how arts, culture and technology have been impacted by the digital and social media renaissance. 2. It discusses how social media has revolutionized communication and the rehearsal process through tools like Google Docs and YouTube settings. 3. The presentation examines case studies on how social media has influenced visual art, writing, and social change movements through increased accessibility, accountability and transparency.

1. 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 DetroitWednesday, September 23rdGoldfish Tea House, Royal OakPhoto by greefus groinks

2. Handouts are for Earth-HatersOr, How to Shamelessly Drive Traffic to Your Blog During a LectureVisitwww.artandavarice.comfor the virtual handout.

3. From Electronic Monasteries to Thriving CommunitiesIn 1997 free email was a revolutionary ideaBy 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.

4. From the June 2001 edition of fineArt Forum, an online arts journal, editor Nisar Keshvani laments…

5. The Social Media RenaissanceThe Social Media EquationAccessibilityFor both content providers and usersFree or low-cost ways to do everything: publish words, art, music, photography, etc.AccountabilityNew avenues for ownership or collaborationEven “Giving it away” (i.e. creative commons) presupposes ownershipTransparencyFree exchange of ideasSmall percent of exchanges are anonymous/fraudulentAccess to information

7. Case Studies

8. Social Media and the Rehearsal ProcessHow social media is revolutionizing the rehearsal processGoogle Docs and SpreadsheetsYouTube public/private settingsThe Social Media Equation: Accessibility =Accountability and Transparency

9. Social Media and the Rehearsal Process

10. Social Media and the Rehearsal ProcessYes, it’s an Oprah Flash Mob.

11. I don’t care, it was awesome.Social Media and Visual ArtCollaborative Drawing

12. A Digital Media Update on Andre Breton’s “Exquisite Corpse”Social Media and Visual Art

13. Social Media and Visual Art

14. Social Media and the Written Word

15. Social Media and the Written Word

16. Social Media, Art, & Social Change

17. Social Media, Art, & Social ChangeEveryone can add art to their day!Social Media, Art, & Social ChangeSocial media brings us images and stories from around the world with ease

18. We cannot help but be moved by what we see.

19. Nuclear destruction, Superfund sites

20. Iraq, Iran, Tibet, North Korea

21. Forbidden Images

27. Twitter and the Free Iran Phenomenon

28. Blogging for a Free Tibet

29. Blogging for a Free North Korea

31. The Equation EvolvesWith that freedom comes visibility and responsibility.

32. 3 Local Ideas for Social Media Artists and Advocates:1 Organize a Gallery Crawl for Art Detroit NowOctober 2-3, 2009 (next weekend!)2 Organize a Slideluck PotshowConvene, take pictures, upload3 Join Ypsilanti’s Spur StudiosAn artist’s commune for all types of art: visual, musical, performance4 Join The Key Performance ArtsOriginal Metro Detroit musical revolutionizing the rehearsal process through social media

33. 3 Ideas to Make Some Money!

34. 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