Innovatie - key issue during Incubate Innovation Lecture 2009

INCUBATE (formally known as ZXZW) will hold an innovative lecture with international allure. Keynote speaker is Andrew Keen (London, ca. 1960).

Keen is a pioneering Silicon Valley entrepreneur, founding Audiocafe.com in 1995 and building it into a well-known first generation Internet music company. Thereafter at a conference of internet entrepreneurs in 2004, Mr. Keen realised that there was a dark side to the utopian ideas about democratisation of culture shared by the other participants in the conference. He decided to write a book about this negative impact of web 2.0 on journalism and culture.

The Cult of the Amateur became an international bestseller and earned Keen the nickname 'The Antichrist of Silicon Valley'. He has written for many other publications including The Los Angeles Times, The Wall Street Journal, The London Guardian, Forbes, The Weekly Standard, Prospect, Fast Company and Entertainment Weekly. Currently he is a columnist for the Daily Telegraph.

In his keynote address, Keen will present a follow up to his book: how can cultural organizations not only arm themselves against the cult of the amateur, but even use modern technology to their advantage. How can a museum, a theatre or a festival not only maintain its role as a gatekeeper, but even strengthen it? And what can the artists themselves do to distinguish themselves in the pandemonium that is the internet?

A few weeks prior to the lecture De Groene Amsterdammer will publish an essay by Mr. Keen based on his lecture. After Keen's keynote address, a discussion among an international panel of experts from the fields of arts, economy and politics will take place.
The panelists in the discussion are Konrad Boehmer, Hans Abbing, Amelia Andersdotter and Leyland James Kirby.
Moderator: Xandra Schutte

Incubate
The annual celebration of independent culture. Expect a diverse view on indie culture as a whole, including music, contemporary dance, film and visual arts. We bring more than 200 cutting edge artists in an intimate context to an international audience. Black metal next to free jazz. Street art next to academic dance.

NWE Vorst Tilburg - Friday, September 18, 2009 - 14.00