Participants wanted until July 30th! CCBT is looking for participants for five days intensive workshop reconceptualizes money, NFTs, and DAOs through practical applications of blockchain technologies which is examined not only in arts and culture but also in governance, finance, and healthcare.
Civic Creative Base Tokyo’s Future Ideations Camp is a series of intensive workshops bringing different kinds of people together to work collaboratively and creatively with art and digital technologies. Twenty selected participants take part in several days of lectures to acquire new ways of thinking, workshops for building skill sets, and collaborative group activities. During the camps, the general public are also able to attend talks and presentations of the results. Along with learning about the challenges related to each edition’s theme, participants employ creative approaches to engage with social issues and undertake collaborative group work with the aim of proposing new ideas for the future. Through a curriculum that cultivates “making with thinking” via both technology and ideas/knowledge, the program aspires to contribute to training the next generation of talent with the skills and abilities to apply art and technology in their work. At the first camp in February 2023, participants learned foundational concepts related to computer-based design techniques and algorithmic thinking, and collaborated on forwarding-looking approaches to parenting and play as well as community symbol and product development while exploring the theme of how we import things into society.
The second camp focuses on blockchain technologies, a means of synchronizing and recording information like transaction data that combines decentralized networks and encryption technology. Though the implications of blockchains for governance, finance, healthcare, and marketing are being examined, they are also attracting attention in the field of arts and culture as a technology that can permanently preserve important information about an artwork, and help protect and pass them on to subsequent generations. Blockchains form a central component of Web3, a nascent iteration of the Web in which new ecosystems and modes of creativity for art are emerging through decentralized autonomous organizations (DAOs) and non-fungible tokens (NFTs).
The curriculum will reference cultural shifts ushered in by the internet, not least increased accessibility to resources and collaborative creativity, and provide hands-on ways to learn about blockchains. Examining data management and distribution, governance, and trust, it will aim to conceive fresh proposals and models for future societies. CCBT already organizes various events that explore the relationship between Web3 and creativity, but this camp will reconceptualize money, NFTs, and DAOs through practical applications of blockchain technologies, and attempt to create new forms of artistic expression and services.
Lecturers / Facilitators
– Erick Calderon (Founder and CEO / Art Blocks) *Pre-lecture before the camp
– Aida Daiya (Museum Educator)
– eziraros (Artist)
– Jo-Lin Hsieh (Contributor of Volume DAO, Co-founder of Sandwishes Studio)
– Shih-Tung LO（Volume DAO member, Artist, Curator）
– Tanaka Kaoru (Generative Artist)
– Suganuma Kiyoshi (Social Co-Creation Director, Yamaguchi Center for Arts and Media [YCAM])
– Takase Toshiaki (Founder and CEO / TART K.K.)
– 0xhaiku (Artist)
– Fujihata Masaki（New media artist）
– Matsuhashi Tomomi (Public Policy Mercari Inc.,, Arts and Law）
– Mizuno Tasuku (Lawyer, Attorney)
– You-Sheng Zhang (co-founder of Volume DAO)
– wildmouse (Blockchain engineer)
Program Director:
– Takawo Shunsuke (Artist, Chairman of the Japan Generative Art Foundation)
Outline
Dates: August 26 (Sat) – August 30 (Wed), 2023 11:00 am – 7:00 pm (subject to change)
Venue: Civic Creative Base Tokyo [CCBT]
Applications
Application Period: July 14 (Fri) – July 30 (Sun), 2023
Participant Numbers: Around 20
Participation Requirements:
– Be able to participate in the whole program during the session
– Be enthusiastic about co-creation / group working with people from various fields
– Have minimum English fluency to co-creation
– Have a proven track record of research or creative activities
– Be able to apply the content of the workshop to their own future activities
Target Participants:
– Anyone interested in new forms of creativity using blockchains, NFTs, or DAOs
– Anyone interested in the implications for Web3 on legal structures, system development, and education
– Artists and creatives engaged in creative practices and hoping to integrate blockchain technologies in their future work
– Anyone interested in ideas and mindsets related to digital transformation
Selection Criteria:
In case of too many applications, selection will be made based on the application.
Result Notification:
The result will be notified through email on August 4th, 2023. (subject to change)
Application Process:
Please apply via the application form.
Alternatively, please send an email (ccbt@rekibun.or.jp) including the following items with “Future Ideations Camp Application” in the subject line.
– Full Name
– Email Address
– Date of Birth
– City of Residence
– Occupation / Affiliation
– Areas of expertise
(Art & Contemporary Art, Design, Product Design, Project Development, Engineer, Architect / Interior Design, Education, Public Administration, Finance, Others)
– Reasons and expectations of your participation in this camp (200 words or less)
– Please indicate if you need any accessibility support. (Examples: Finger braille interpretation, Tactile sign language interpretation)
– State the link, if you have a portfolio, video materials, websites, or GitHub that introduces your initiatives.
