Nokia Only Planet: Innovating Through Empathy

Italy Through the Lens of Mobile Technologies
A project developed with Nokia

Art and creativity are cornerstones of Italian culture. This is seen in Italy’s rich cultural heritage and also in the business sector where Italian companies are leaders in design and fashion. What is the backdrop of this creative process? The workshop's aim is to find new ways of narrating Italian Creativity and Contemporary Culture through photo and video capture using mobile technologies. You will be guided step-by-step in this creative process by Tina Gonsalves a multimedia artist based in London, by Juha Hemanus, senior concept designer at Nokia and by VIU researchers. You will discover new ways of communicating Italian creativity in a global context using mobile phones provided by Nokia.

Working in groups, the results will be photo and video projects exhibited at the end of the semester. The group members of the best project will win a trip to Helsinki to participate in the annual Nokia Only Planet conference in September 2007.

VIU promotes a series of creative projects that are tied to a research program of VIU’s TeDIS Center. The TeDIS center conducts research on Innovation and Competitiveness in the Global Economy.

In Fall 2005 students took part in the VIULIFE: Billboards art project. The artists Missirkov/Bogdanov worked with the students, staff and researchers to create a series of Billboards which are now exhibited at VIU.

In Fall 2006, the project Venice: Impressions from Near and Far saw VIU and Iuav students work together, under the guidance of photographer Stefano Graziani, on photo projects that interpreted the theme Venice and Globalization. The workshop was part of the semester course Venice and Globalization, taught by Michael Hardt of Duke University.

Nokia is a global leader in mobile technologies. Their aim is to discover new ways of enhancing communication and exploring new ways to use mobile technologies. Nokia is interested in analyzing the relationship between the global and local.

Participants
20, in groups of four combining students of VIU, Ca’ Foscari and Iuav.

Italy Through the Lens of Mobile Technologies will be overall a creative process. No previous design skills or experience are required. To sign up for the workshop write to This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it

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