I don't know where I'm going but I want to be there

The image in the age of visual obesity.

Symposium waarin de keuze van sprekers en onderwerp wordt ingegeven door de vraag naar de invloed van maatschappelijke en technologische ontwikkelingen op de ontwerppraktijk.

In deze derde editie van symposia geïnitiëerd door het Graphic Design Museum in Breda spreken deskundigen uit de wereld van de kunsten, design, journalistiek en wetenschap over de verschillende functies van het beeld in onze cultuur: het beeld als sociale actor, biologisch proces, cultuurkritiek en revolutionaire macht.

Met medewerking van Mieke Gerritzen, Tracy Metz, Paola Antonelli, Mark Changizi, Koert van Mensvoort, Matthie Laurette, Bregtje van der Haak, Peter Kennard, Lex Runderkamp, Florian Göttke, Bas Kosters, Sophie Krier en Dan Perjovschi.

Engels gesproken.

The symposium signals emergent forms of the visual culture that surrounds us and inhabits us. It questions the nature of the so-called culture of attention, and looks at the way it influences and shapes the way we work, live and think today. How does our visual culture work, and what are its hidden dynamics? Which new tools and territories are emerging out it? How do images mediate between us and the world? How do we deal with the ubiquitous presence of images and image versions? What kind of imagery is evolving from actual geopolitical shifts? Which possibilities does the age of configurability have to offer to the image? And how can visual literacy contribute to our understanding of the culture that we live in? To address these questions, the symposium brings together an expert crowd from the fields of design, art, journalism, neurobiology, fashion, literature and film. The symposium will address different functions of the image today: the image as a social agent, as a biological process, as the playground of our imagination, as a cultural criticism, and as a revolutionary power.

I DON'T KNOW WHERE I'M GOING BUT I WANT TO BE THERE is the third edition of yearly symposia initiated by Graphic Design Museum. The events signal and orchestrate emergent manifestations of our visual culture, and act as a popular end of year gathering for professionals, students and industry. In 2009, Me You And Everyone Is A Curator explored new criteria for quality in online cultural production with keynote speakers Bruce Sterling, Andrew Keen, and Rick Poynor. Last year, Stefan Sagmeister, Alice Rawsthorn, DJ Spooky, and many more joined forces to map emergent territories of design practice.

With Mieke Gerritzen, Tracy Metz, Paola Antonelli, Mark Changizi, Koert van Mensvoort, Matthie Laurette, Bregtje van der Haak, Peter Kennard, Lex Runderkamp, Florian Göttke, Bas Kosters, Sophie Krier and Dan Perjovschi.

Contact information: MOTI (Museum of The Image): T + 31 (0)76 529 99 00, www.motimuseum.com.

Initiated by MOTI, The Museum of The Image. Curated by Atelier Sophie Krier and Mieke Gerritzen/Design by Marjolijn Ruyg/ Visual interludes by Film + Design.

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