Hackers & Designers Summer Academy

This summer, 29 July - 7 August 2015, H&D has broadened their meet-up concept and has invited an international group of ambitious participants for a 10 full-day immersive program, which focussed on learning, researching and discussing all by creating. Students represented BE, BG, DE, NL, US, UK, ES, SK, TH, ZA.

Each day of the summer academy was carefully programmed and structured with workshops, lectures, discussions, and experimentation. The first edition of the H&D Summer Academy took place in De PUNT - a community, art and project space in the east of Amsterdam.

Tutors and lecturers included:

> Ramon Amaro (UK) > Jeremy Bailey (CA) > Selby Gildemacher (NL) > James Bryan Graves (US) > Anja Groten (DE) > Mark Meeuwennoord (NL) > Rosa Menkman (NL) > Constant Association for Art and Media (BE) – An Mertens & Michael Murtaugh > Ruben Pater (NL) > Stëfan Schäfer (DE) > Tijmen Schep (NL) > Arjan Scherpenisse (NL) > Andrey Smirnov (RU) > Daniel van der Velden - Metahaven (NL) > Klasien v. d. Zandschulp (NL) > Vadim Zaytsev (RU)

H&D Summer Talks Additionally Hackers & Designers invited cross-disciplinary speakers to take the participants and the public into a deeper conversation around topics, which have inevitably arose in our modern techno society and breached over the course of the Summer Academy. The speakers offered insights and diverse perspectives into their research, professional and artistic practices, all the while maintaining the satirical and humorous approach of Hackers & Designers.

Participants about the Hackers & Designes Summer Academy:

"I believe the H&D Summer Academy will provide a framework and dynamic environment to explore new challenges and collaborations." Eurico

"I feel we should spend more time discussing/investigating what the internet actually is or should be, besides a nice way to make a living. I'm online all the time, but Iʼm quite worried and critical of the implications for privacy etc.“ Maaike

"It is a great opportunity to meet people from the field of technology and I am looking forward to the speakers. The academy is a great platform for new projects…“ Mark-Jan

http://summer.hackersanddesigners.nl/

Editions

HDSA 2015: About bugs, bots and bytes.