The Palomar5 Core-Team just got back from the alps last weekend where we spent an entire week to brainstorm of how we can continue Palomar5 in 2010+ (we'll write a separte post about it at a later stage). And pretty much the second we came back, the Social Media Week and the Transmediale were about to start in Berlin - two events that are quite related to what we do and care about. Since we at Palomar5 at least try to not just go to events & be there & watch & bitch about what they should do better - we decided to also contribute something to both events in some way.

P5 @ Social Media Week
Thursday, Feb 4th // 1pm-3pm // piabo, Berlin Mitte

Our partner piabo that helped us coordinating all the press requests last year is going to host a workshop about "how to attract talents through social media usage", targeted a HR people from corporates. Since the theme of the social media week is "Streit", we thought that it's interesting to also talk about how corporates should NOT use social media to attract potential employees. So together wih our former Palomar5 microcamp participant Edial and member of the web agency supertroup "YOUR NEIGHBOURS", we will present the "10 No Go's for social media usage" @ piabo from 1-3pm. The workshop's capacity has already been reached, however. The whole schedule about the events taking place under the rooftop of the SMW can be found here.

P5 @ transmediale.10
Sunday, Feb 7th // 1pm-3pm  // Haus der Kulturen der Welt, Foyer, Berlin
January 28 – February 7, 2010 // Club Transmediale, next to .hbc, Berlin

The well reknown festival for arts and digital culture Transmediale and its sister festival Club Transmediale are taking place again in Berlin - and we are amongst them in several ways.

One of the projects that derived from the Palomar5 Camp in 2009, "I am Display", has its premiere and first exhibition at the Club transmediale. It is a light installation that plays with the perceptions of its audience. It explores the equilibrium between our senses, our bodies and our surroundings. If you want to experience  the 182 fluorescent tube lights that the camp residents Valentin Heun (Germany), Sagarika Sundaram (India) and Gijs Burgmeijer (the Netherlands) built to a structure measuring, 2,5 m x 13 m - you will have the chance until February 7th - the exhibition is located right next to the .hbc.



On Friday evening, Feb 5h, we'll deliver the famous "Talk to me about"-bubbles", lead invented by our camp resident Jay Cousins, to the Club Transmediale party crowd.

And on Sunday afternoon, between 1.00-3.00pm, several residents and core-team members of Palomar5 will host a play- & workshop under the theme "being human" at the Transmediale, right in the foyer when you enter the House of World Cultures. The workshop is about digital lifestyle, analog behavior and human interaction. But enough with the lenghty descriptions, we are just happy to meet you there!

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And if this wasn't enough, we are also gonna be on German TV this thursday:
A film team visited our camp and we'll appear in the show Neues this thursday, at 8.15pm @ 3SAT.

And last but not least, we'll also be at the Systemdesign Symposium at the Kassel Art School this friday. It's about 4 different voices about design, our's will tackle the question "how can you design structures that foster creativity and collaboration in groups?". You are happy to join us there:

February 5th 2010, 2.00pm - 6.00pm // Hörsaal im Nordbau / Kunsthochschule Kassel / Menzelstr 13 / 34121 Kassel