More info: http://www.v2.nl/events/test_lab-what-crisis/
Newspaper headlines report that our world is in crisis, but while the front page illustrates how bad the global situation is, a few pages down, positive tongues claim that the current global crisis provides us with unprecedented opportunities for creative technological innovation, social transformation, revisions of financial systems, environmental change, and entrepreneurship. But did we really need this crisis to generate these opportunities?! We think not. Our world is continuously in crisis, and therefore constantly requires critical reflection and rethinking. However, as the world's future is said to be in the hands of the truly creative and critical thinkers, we are more than willing to soothe away any worries about the crisis by revealing a whole new generation of artists' and designers' views on the current state of affairs.
While elsewhere the crisis is being tackled by young scientists, policy makers, and entrepreneurs, through initiatives such as think tanks and campaigns, in this edition of Test_Lab, V2_ will create its own special think tank for young artists to address issues of a world in crisis with artistic reflection and creative vision. In order to do so, V2_ has made a selection of several outstanding graduation projects from this past academic year, that were proposed for the program by teachers and coordinators from various European art and design academies. The demonstrated works will lay out a young generation's artistic view on our current conditions and ways of living: Featuring a truly objective coin-flipper, a revolutionary strategy for urban gardening, the first ever open source international ocean station, toast from a toaster made from scratch, and an interactively controlled greenhouse for growing graduation bouquets.
As is custom to Test_Lab, the audience is invited to assess these young artists' reflections by testing the demonstrated artworks and designs themselves. So prepare for an evening of trying thought provoking electronic art and design that deals with urgent (and less urgent) aspects of a world in crisis. If after this any worries about the crises should remain, then TokTek vs. VJ MNK will soothe your cares away by performing live at Test_Lab: What Crisis?!
Cesar Harada, from a French-Japanese background, studied music, glass-blowing and judo. He has been assistant to sculptor Tetsuo Harada, to William Kentridge's 2004 animation, and to Kobayashi's traditional Japanese carpentry.
Harada studied graphic design (Saint Martin, London), animation film (Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Arts Décoratifs ENSAD, Paris), and industrial design (ENSCI Les Ateliers Saint-Sabin). While completing his Masters in New Media Arts (Paris 8), he taught graphic design at the National Superior School of Architecture of Versailles and worked as cameraman for the live performances "jeudiz" at the Pompidou. Harada studies Design Interactions at the Royal College of Art London.
Harada's work and films have been shown in Europe; as performer he took part in Urban Space Station Sofia with Natalie Jeremijenko and Angel Borrego, Reina Sofia Museum Madrid, July 2008.
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