RED BULL BASEMENT FESTIVAL !21 - 23 AUGUST 2015

RED BULL BASEMENT FESTIVAL was a 3 day event that focused on how creativity, collaboration and digital technology can empower citizens in the processes of city making. The festival was the launch of a residency for programmers, which will happen annually in the Red Bull Station of São Paulo.

Partnership: New Institute Rotterdam

Martijn de Waal, researcher Urban Media & Citizen Empowerment at Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences and author of the book “The City as Interface” will offer a workshop, where it will be explored how digital media can empower citizens in the process of city making and the way they experience São Paulo’s centre.

Baixo Ribeiro and Laura Sobral were the facilitators for two of the discussion groups: night fluxes and urban occupation.

Partnership: New Institute Rotterdam

Partnership: New Institute Rotterdam

Marcus Bastos and Brunno Carvalho were the facilitators of the two other groups: identity mapping and urban mobility.

Partnership: New Institute Rotterdam

Floor van Spaendonck from New Institute, Rotterdam, also attended the event.

Partnership: New Institute Rotterdam

Hackathon 9 ><23!facilitated by Thiago Avancini, Gabriel Laet and Andrei Speridião. !

Hackathon 9 ><23!facilitated by Thiago Avancini, Gabriel Laet and Andrei Speridião. !

Café Conserto: collaborative workshop to repair objects, extending the life what is considered disposable.

Café Conserto: collaborative workshop to repair objects, extending the life what is considered disposable.

Laboratório Agri.cultura - collective action for urban farming in the surroundings of the building., with monitoring of environmental data using open technology.

The data was collected by sensors that are connected to an Arduino. Workshop facilitated by Pedro Zanette, Chico Simões and Ricardo Brazileiro.!

Meeting of hacklabs and experimental labs from Brazil. A space for discussion and exchange of projects facilitated by Felipe Fonseca (Tropixel & Metareciclagem), Jarbas Jacome (LabOCA) and Raquel Renno (Associação Cultural ZZZINC).

Presentation of Rede//Labs by Felipe Fonseca and Luciana Fleischman, followed by discussion about independent spaces: sustainability and institutional arrangements.

Ricardo Palmieri presented "Gambiarra Favela Tech”.!

Raquel Rennó initiated the discussion about financial support: private and governamental initiatives, scientific and academic fundings, different structures of working, process x product: artistic experimentations, technological innovation, open science - from hackerspaces to fablabs, urban and rural labs, and labs as non-formal educational spaces.

Panel: Urban media and public space, with the participation of Martijn de Waal (Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences), Fernando de Mello Franco (Secretária Municipal Desenvolvimento Urbano São Paulo), Marcus Bastos ECA-USP e PUC-SP), Baixo Ribeiro (Instituto Choque Cultural), José Bueno (co-creator of Rios e Ruas) and!Laura Sobral (apropriation of urban spaces). Mediation: Gisela Domschke.

Panel: Urban space: private interest, public power, organicity and planning - how can digital media contribute to create new perspectives in this debate?

"The Dutch have found a way of combining Design & Politics": says Fernando de Mello Franco, Secretary of Urban Development for São Paulo.

Jarbas Jacome opened the evening with the performance “jabah pureza & os lanternistas viajantes”, !followed by Chipannze and Retrigge.

Launch of Gambiologia Facta #3 - magazine about hacker culture, with the presence of the editor Fred Paulino, Ganso and collaborators.

Open Links!!Exhibition of digital media projects related to urbanism, public space and the city. Curators: Mike Stubbs (Foundation for Art and Creative Technology, Liverpool, Reino Unido), Floor van Spaendonck (The New Institute, Rotterdam, Holanda), Dooeun Choi (Art Center Nabi - Seul, Coreia do Sul) and Gisela Domschke (Basement, São Paulo, Brasil).!!Partnerships:!New Institute - Rotterdam, NL!FACT - Liverpool, UK!Art Center Nabi - Seoul, SK

Workshop for hacking accessories for cycling, facilitated by Paloma Oliveira and Mateus Knelsen. The workshop was followed by a bike tour in the center of São Paulo, with the participation of Bikeanjos, Pedal and others.

The experimental residency programme is dedicated for programmers and

developers. Five proposals were selected by the jury focusing on how digital

technology can offer positive transformations for citizens urban experience in

São Paulo center. During 12 weeks, the residents will develop their projects

using the infrasctucture of the lab. During this period, they will also count with

critical and practical mentoring of experts in the area of their research.

Basement!Residency

Gisela DomschkeCurator of Red Bull Basement, São Paulo. Co-founder and artistic director of Labmovel (Prix Ars Electronica 2013). Former lecturer in the MA Interactive Media programme at Goldsmiths University, London. Since returning back to Brazil, she became the convenor of courses on the field of experience design, design thinking and innovation. She founded and managed LABMIS, the media lab of the Museu da Imagem e do Som in São Paulo, where she was responsible for the programme of exhibitions, workshops, artistic residencies, groups of research, festivals and partnerships with international institutions. Has also managed a number of international curatorial projects in collaboration with institutions such as British Council, AHRC, Mondriaan Foundation, Virtueel Platform, Netherlands Media Art Institute, Vivo Arte.mov, FutureEverything, and others. Co-curator and local project manager of 2012 ZERO1 Biennial of Arts and Technology, San Jose, CA. Curator of IV 3M Digital Arts Show, Instituto Tomie Otahke, São Paulo, 2013.!!

Red Bull Station!!Space for integration of different artistic expressions, Red Bull Station houses in its five floors a music studio, a permanent artistic residency project, three exhibition spaces, a terrace and a cafeteria. It has a consistent full program of lectures, concerts and workshops, all with free access.!!The building, built in 1926, was adapted to the new use, allowing a continuous exchange among artists and the general public. Right in the centre of São Paulo, Red Bull Station is a cultural center focusing on experimental projects of arts and music, which supplies the city with creative energy. !!Due to the success of its artistic residency program, already in its 10th edition, we are now launching the Red Bull Basement, a permanent residency for practitioners of digital media. Once established in São Paulo, Red Bull Basement program aims to become global.!!http://redbullstation.com.br!