Yesterday afternoon, between 1.00-3.00pm, we and several residents of the Palomar5 camp hosted a play- & workshop under the theme “being human” at the Transmediale, in the House of World Cultures.
The Palomar5 Core-Team just got back from the alps where we spent an entire week to brainstorm of how we can continue Palomar5 in 2010+. This week however, Palomar5 will attend the Social Media Week and represent at the Transmediale.
We are entering the City of Love – Paris.
We’ll be there from the 3rd to the 4th of february to present Palomar5, share and exchange.
If you are interested – join us.
We are looking forward to get to know you.
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Palomar5 – The movie is a 60-minute documentary about what happened at the Palomar5 camp, a residency program which took place during six weeks in fall 2009 in Berlin.
2009 was a great year, hell yes it was. We dreamt and we planned, we laughed and we cried, we failed and we succeeded… but after all we moved things. We could feel change happening. Not by proxy, but in the palms of our very hands.
Working only on computers limits our thinking, Computers are linear, hierarchical and ineffiecient, bring functions into physical space, saves time, makes life easier, systems quicker and more efficient. Dada technology is a manifesto highlighting the need for physical interfaces, both from a human, and organisational perspective.
Current media landscapes are increasingly becoming overloaded with information and data. As the digital environment becomes more ubiqitous, this tide is unlikely to stop. Secondly, data still remains segmented and indecipherable for the user. The amateur does not have the tools or capacity to understand and tell stories within this environment.
The gap between PERCEPTION and REALITY presents both an opportunity and a catastrophy. The degree to which you are willing to communicate with a person is the degree to which you are willing to include them.
Inspire Bureau is an invitation only social community dedicated to young entrepreneurs. It provides a system of couch surfing, conference talks, and traveling. In the future, the system will provide a presentation boutique where clients can scout young speakers for consulting and implementation work.
There are a lack of effective opportunities for young professionals to use their skills to solve social issues. Using the Palomar5 Innovation Camp Model, Mosaic creates a platform for bright young minds to innovate solutions to specific and pertinant social issues in developing nations.
King Arthur’s Table mixes style with substance, establishes a global media platform to inspire young people with alternative paths, gives them greater goals and vision, and encourages them to make the most of their lives.
The Show Me Love Lab is a platform and creative lab that offers interactive experiences to explore how we understand love and how we understand work. By juxtaposing two concepts that are integral to how we live our lives, we challenge our individual values, behaviors, and dreams.
Current aid evaluation methodologies are ineffective because field workers do not have a platform to efficiently collect, analyze, and disseminate qualitative and quantitative data using digital technologies.
We think that access to information in a human right, however, the reality is that 4 out of 5 people do not have internet access. The Samara Network (Space Camp) will fill in the coverage gap with a network of satellites, ground stations, and inexpensive handsets.
Problem: Ignorance, lack of self-awareness, burnout syndrome, poor health. Vision: Our intention and mission is to create beautiful art piece Zen spaces that act as a healing vortex for people to release stress, regenerate and rejuvenate.