Posts tagged Technology
The Not for Profit: the future of for profit governance?
Aug 9th
by Gavin Artz – July 2012
Originally Published: Chartered Secretaries Australia,” Keeping Good Companies: Journal of Chartered Secretaries Australia Ltd.” July 2012 Vol. 64, No.6
http://www.csaust.com/knowledge-resources/journal.aspx?categoryid=11340
‘We don’t build services to make money; we make money to build better services.’ Mark Zukerberg (Rosoff, 2012)
This year Mark Zuckerberg deftly explained the not for profit (NFP) business model in one sentence, but this was in the founders statement of one of the most anticipated IPO’s of recent times, for one of the fastest growing companies in the world.
If one sector has survived the buffeting of recession in the U.S.A. it has been those businesses that seek out disruptive innovations in products and business models. In their search for new ways of operating, they have found themselves moving into territory that has been the domain of the NFP sector, just as the NFP’s, looking for new ways of funding their mission, are turning to entrepreneurial business models.
We a beginning to see commercial and social entrepreneurial approaches finding a common ground, in that they are developing businesses that have a social, as well as financial mission. More >
Portrait of the Artist as a Young Business Manager
Jul 15th
By Gavin Artz – June 12th, 2012
Originally Published: As ‘Business Skills for the Arts’ for the MEGA SA blog. Support MEGA SA
http://www.mega.org.au/blog/2012/6/28/business-skills-for-the-arts.html
Shhhhh …. don’t tell anyone, but I used to be an artist. Well, I was a musician and a composer and, after six years of working in the arts, I am not sure how much credibility that gives you as an artist. When I was an artist musician all I wanted to do was play music and the dream, as for many of my colleagues, was not to have to work a crappy dead-end job to pay the bills. The dream was to get payed for what I wanted to do. Well, in the end that didn’t work out too well for me and I spent way more time having my soul destroyed manning market research phones or sitting behind the desk at WEA Sydney as the night attendant, than on what I wanted to do. The irony was that I had to spend so much time working at business administration, that I became much better at that than at being musician. Ultimately, managing a business was less complex than composition – it paid better too, but more importantly, I had a greater impact on people and society than I ever did as a musician. More >
Gavin Artz speaking at the Four Pillars of Vet
Jun 27th
Gavin Artz was a keynote at the “Four Pillars of VET” held at Adelaide’s Crowne Plaza on the 22nd of June 2012. In his talk he explored the culture shifts that technology is bringing and how they impact on vocational education and training (VET). His talk covered trends in distributed learning, asymmetrical communication, the experience of peers and mentors in technology based vocational education (how geeks learn), simulation technology, co-creation of education path ways and co-creation opportunities arising outside of education.
If you missed the talk, the skilled technicians at DFEEST have made the recording and slides available here. (Please note it opens in Blackboard Collaborate – follow the prompts to open – you may need to play the Java script).
Gavin Artz explains 3D Printing on the SBS Insight program
Apr 24th
Gavin Artz (CEO of ANAT) quickly explains 3D printing for SBS’s Insight program “Australian Made” with Karen Marsh from ANAT. Shown on the 24th of April 2012.
Art and Profit
Apr 20th
By Gavin Artz – April 2012
Originally Published as a part of the catalogue for the exhabition “We need you, you need us”.
http://tinsheds.wordpress.com/2012/04/12/we-need-you-you-need-us-curated-by-georgie-meagher/
“It’s the economy, stupid” Bill Clinton 1992 – U.S. President
The concept of the Experience Economy (Pine & Gilmore 1998) was one of the first attempts to understand a significant economic and cultural shift brought about by digital technology. The Experience Economy in the hands of marketers played out, and for some companies still plays out, as corporations producing an artificial cultural experience to help sell goods and services. It was a reasonable attempt to make sense of the fundamental changes occurring in developed economies, but while the work of Pine and Gilmore intuitively grasped a fundamental truth, it is as though the concepts were seen through the lens of 1990’s marketing and therefore making it impossible to grasp the full importance of what was happening. More >
InDaily interviews Gavin Artz on 3D Printing
Feb 23rd
InDaily’s Laim Mannix interviews Gavin Artz on 3D Printing technology and its potential impact. http://www.indaily.com.au/?iid=59846#folio=002
3D Printing Forum
Feb 22nd
Adelaide, Australia hosted one of the first 3D printing and digital manufacturing forums that explicitly looked at the links between 3D printing technology, the maker movement, art, design, craft and the future of manufacturing. The day was presented in partnership with the Australian Network for Art and Technology (ANAT), Intel Labs, RiAus and DFEEST.The speakers included David ten Have (Ponoko), Mark Thomson, Genevieve Bell (Intel Labs), Sivam Krish, Peter Schumacher (UniSA), Carolyn Anderson (DFEEST), David Chan (UniSA), Kristin Alford (Bridge8), Gavin Artz (ANAT), Jay Melican and Lucas Ainsworth (Intel Labs). More >
3D Printing: The Next Industrial Revolution?
Feb 1st
Gavin Artz will be speaking at 3D Printing: The Next Industrial Revolution? at the RiAus in Adelaide on the 20th of Feburary with Ponoko CEO David ten Have and Dr Genevieve Bell from Intel. More >
Gavin Artz at TEDx Adelaide
Nov 23rd
Gavin Artz links democratic ideals, with entrepreneurial business, culture, innovation, art and community creativity at TEDx Adelaide 2011. Gavin brings together a number of ideas that appear in his articles and research by using the common thread of 3D printing technologies.
Gavin Artz at TEDx Adelaide
Nov 11th
ArtsHub’s Alana Massalsky spoke with Gavin Artz about TEDx Adelaide where he was speaking on the economic, cultural and social changes that 3D printing technologies will bring.
The subject of Gavin Artz’s TEDx presentation has the potential to upstage all speakers that came before. It’s an emerging technology with that novelty or ‘wow’ factor that makes for great television. But according to the Australian Network for Art and Technology (ANAT) CEO, this technological advance could have a profound impact on all our lives.
For the full article go to ArtsHub:
http://www.artshub.com.au/au/news-article/opinions/arts/tedx-adelaide-talks-design-innovation-186346
Digital Cultural Policy – Public Sphere Consultation
Oct 6th
publicsphere on livestream.com. Broadcast Live Free
It was a long, rewarding and interesting day. On the 6th of October Gavin Artz was asked to give his views on the future of the arts and its relationship to digital culture. Entitled “Leadership and Responsibility” Gavin covered art, technology, research, industrial processes and education. Senator Kate Lundy and Pia Waugh put in an enormous effort to be inclusive and democratic in the best possible sense. It is worth hearing all the contributions, but Gavin Artz presentation starts at 30 minutes with an impromptu feedback spot as a bonus for those seeing the whole video.
The Office of Senator Kate Lundy in collaboration with the Office of Minister Simon Crean is running a Digital Culture Public Sphere consultation to look specifically at the digital arts and industries as well as opportunities for cultural institutions around digitisation, public engagement and collaboration. http://www.katelundy.com.au/2011/09/06/the-digital-culture-public-sphere
Vibewire fastBreak
Sep 28th
Gavin Artz presented some musings on democracy, art, science and the trans-disciplinary at Vibewires fastBreak session at Sydney’s Powerhouse Museum in September 2011.
fastBREAK is a breakfast innovation series produced by Vibewire and the Powerhouse Museum. On the last Friday of every month, bright eyed Sydney siders gather to meet, greet and listen to 5 young industry leaders give rapid fire talks. It’s food for thought! - http://vibewire.org
Digital Cultural Policy Message
Sep 26th
Gavin Artz delivered a short video message on the importance of the Digital Cultural Policy consultation and Australia’s leadership position in art, science and technology in the lead up to the Australian Government’s Digital Cultural Policy, Public Sphere Engagement.
You better make it count, because you’re voting every day
Jun 12th
by Gavin Artz – June 12th 2011
Originally Published: The City of Norwood, Payneham and St. Peters site “Thinking Through the City”.
Think back to a time before computers took over the work place. It is like an alien world, for some of us it is a fading memory, for those entering the work force it is a world that never existed. It is getting hard to wrap our minds around now, but back before computers skyscraper were the computers and employees were the transistors. Imagine the rows of employees crunching numbers for banks or accounting firms. They were acting as computers do now; fixated on a small piece of detail, making sure it was correct. This type of world led to a rather perverse concept of what the best use of human intellect was. More >
Would I travel for that?
May 11th
by Gavin Artz – May 11th 2011
Originally Published: The City of Norwood, Payneham and St. Peters site “Thinking Through the City”.
http://thinkingthroughthecity.com/2011/05/11/would-i-travel-for-that/#more-742
Last week, with some guilt, I went to Borders in the CBD to by a book. Guilty for picking over the bones of a dying business, guilty as the staff talked about their unknown futures. I was after a book that had been a business best seller for the last 6 years. Unexpectedly Borders had what I wanted on their shelves. I am so used to retail stores not having something in stock that my initial bad feeling left me and I got excited by the large 40% off tickets, I found my book and looked to the back for the price, calculated the discount and then it struck me, the deep problem that retail is facing. More >
Daily Democracy: Can Art and Technology Drive Social Change?
Nov 11th
By Gavin Artz – November 11th 2010
Originally published in Filter Magazine
http://filter.anat.org.au/issue-75/daily-democracy-can-art-and-technology-drive-social-change
This article is adapted from a talk given by Gavin Artz as a part of The Australian Centre for Social Innovation (TACSI) Blue Sky Sessions program. http://www.tacsi.org.au/blue-sky-session
Although the concept of the uncanny valley has been around since 1970, it has only become a widely encountered problem in the past five years. The term uncanny valley was coined by robotocist Masahiro Mori, and his was the first industry where questions of culture, psychology and humans interaction with technology became an issue. In the past five years other practitioners, including creators of digital images in gaming and simulations, have needed to grapple with this concept. More >
Creative Vision
Jul 1st
By Gavin Artz – July 5th 2010
Originally published in Filter Magazine
http://filter.anat.org.au/anat-reports/creative-vision/
“The future has already arrived. It’s just not evenly distributed yet.” William Gibson
This quote reflects what it is like to view the world through the work of ANAT, where we assist creative practitioners to develop the new ground where art, science, technology, culture, community and commerce meet in harmony. Looking back over six years of Filter Magazine you can see how creative practitioners working with science and technology not only foretell what will be the significant themes of research, but how we will be engaging with it culturally. More >
are we entering a new digital renaissance?
Mar 17th
An interview with Gavin Artz by the CIIC – March 17th 2010
Originally published by the CIIC
http://www.creativeinnovation.net.au/Features/Are-we-really-entering-a-new-digital-Renaissance-.html
Collaboration is at the heart of innovation – an area very close to Gavin’s heart, in his role at ANAT, an Adelaide-based organisation that represents those people with a creative passion for emerging technologies.
“There are scientists and artists who are currently innovating and developing intellectual property in order to create and do what they do. However, this needs to be recognised in order to enable future innovation,” Gavin says.
“There is an opportunity now – at this time in history – which could be considered the ‘new renaissance’ where science, art, engineering, creativity and innovation come together. More >
Our Trans-diciplinary Future
Feb 26th
By Gavin Artz- February 26th 2010
Origonally published in Filter Magazine
http://filter.anat.org.au/issue-73/our-trans-disciplinary-future
The Australian Network for Art and Technology (ANAT) has been working on interdisciplinary activity since the organisation’s inception in 1988.
Our Emerging Technologies [ET] Labs (originally Summer Schools), and ANAT’s Art Science [AS] residencies have shown what is possible when you happily break down the walls of specialisation and bring seemingly varied fields together. ANAT has nurtured this way of working over the past 21 years and we see the concept of interdisciplinary reaching its limit to describe the creative practice of the future. If creative practitioners are to develop enduring revenue streams, or find a place in society for the work they produce, it will not be in a traditional Artworld approach to culture and society. We are moving to a world where trans-disciplinary relationships will become more significant and ANAT is committed to making this future possible. More >
Creative Leadership Through Pure Research and Commercial Application
Feb 5th
By Gavin Artz- February 5th 2010
Origonally published on Mission Models Money
What is the future for the economies of developed counties? Corporations continually exhibit a lack of leadership and strategic thinking when it comes to the type of society and economy we desire (or even they desire). Strategy for them seems to be limited to short-term gains for a company within an industry, disallowing an expansive future not only for those companies, but also for society. Creative practitioners and the cultural sector have a more encompassing view of what it means to be citizen and have a greater propensity for this larger vision for our future. We often take this greater vision from creative practitioners for granted and we also tend marginalise the enormous impact that creativity has had economically. There is an untapped breadth of leadership for the future of society and the economy that is bound up in creative practitioners and the cultural sector. More >
