De Brakke Grond @Amsterdam

Different colleges offering new media programs met last Friday, 20.03.09 @De Brakke Grond in Amsterdam. Communicatie & multimediaDesign (Media & Design Academie, Genk represented by Liesbeth Huybrechts), Hogeschool voor de Kunsten (Utrecht), Digital Arts & Entertainment, HOWEST (Kortrijk) and Transmedia Lab, HvA (Amsterdam) shared their latest cross-over projects concerning art, media and technologie. Each projectpresentation explained the used methodology, collaboration between students, teachers and companies, artists, organisations and other institutions. Positive and negative aspects during the development of the different projects led to interesting new perspectives. Their presentations led to a roundtable discussion. HKU introduced two ex-students which recently set up a succesfull company Elastique, known for their internetproject EYEdenitity.

www.bamart.be – www.virtueelplatform.nl – www.brakkegrond.nl
An inititive by BAM, Virtueel Platform & De Brakke Grond