Memefest and Oddstream present the world radical communicators on the 3rd of June 2011 in Nijmegen, the Netherlands. The Inspiration Day for Art and Communication is for everyone interested in art, communication and media. We  present, without modesty, world experts from Australia, Brasil, Canada and of course Europe to come as guestspeakers for the Inspiration Day for Art and Communication.

Friday 3 june 2011 Oddstream Festival Nijmegen

Programma Inspiration Day for Art and Communication

10.00-10.10       Welcome speech from chairman Oliver Vodeb

10.15-10.45

Jason Grant is director of graphic design studio Inkahoots. Design is Dialogue

11.00-11.30

Sandy Kaltenborn is graphic designer and owner of studio Image-Shift. Design is not enough; visual communication and other misunderstandings.

11.30-12.00 COFFEE BREAK

12.00-12.30

Alain Bieber is journalist, blogger, project-manger and curator in Strasbourg Art ad Agenda; towards a new artistic and political discourse. The lecture explores the current interrelationship between art, activism, and politics.

12.45-13.15

Paulo Hartmann is creator of the international festival Mobilefest. Brazil collectives scene: from unplugged to hyper-connected. A temp cartography of urban interventions and performances towards reconquest public space and life.

13.15-14.15 LUNCH BREAK

14.15-14.45

Tony Credland is organizer of the mail-art magazine Cactus Network. Networks of Autonomy; opening up spaces for critical engagement.

15.00-15.30

Shoaib Nabi is Associate Professor of Design at the American University of Sharjah. The emerging realities of Middle-East and South-East Asia; how knowledge does not need to be disseminated in a particular way.

15.45-16.00 Closing speech from chairman Oliver Vodeb

16.00-17.00 CLOSING DRINKS/NETWORKING

Chairman Oliver Vodeb

Dr. Oliver Vodeb is the founder of Memefest and has a Ph.D. in Sociology from the University of Ljubljana. He is a co-founder, Conceptual and Creative Director of Studio Poper for conceptual, creative and tactical interactions.