On the Track of Unknown Animals: An Organizational Bestiary
World Maker Faire 2017
September 23rd-24th
Creators are increasingly fluid in their approaches to production and expression. How do we best cultivate a community of practice around these hybrid forms? This panel views ways-of-organizing as a technology and discusses potential ways of hacking the routines that dictate how we get things done.
Jerrold McGrath
Jerrold was the previously the Director of Creative Ecology Leadership at Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity and the Director of Innovation and Program Partnerships for leadership programming at Banff Centre. He spent 10 years at Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity and was tasked with creating opportunities for the Centre's different communities to come together and create together.
Jennifer Edwards
Jennifer Edwards is a strategist and sought after speaker, facilitator, instruction designer, and educator who works primarily with creative ventures, artists, incubators, and institutions. She is also an award-winning spoken word artist and choreographer, skills that inform all of her work. Clients include The New Museum / NEW INC, New York University and The Georgia Institute of Technology.
Mark Pollard
Mark has been in the agency world since he was nineteen. Initially focused on user experience, content, and production, he moved into a hybrid brand and digital role at Leo Burnett Sydney ten years ago. Ever since, he has focused on bringing together ways of thinking that are often found in separate departments but are much stronger combined. He recently set up Mighty Jungle in New York.
Carol Gimbel
Carol Gimbel is an experimental traditionalist, radically redefining classical music performance by creating a new style of extended concert experience entitled “installation concerts”. From multi-room, multimedia events to spectacular 400,000 sq. ft site transformations, Gimbel takes audiences on thought-provoking journeys that invoke new perspectives on art, music and the world around us.
Remco Volmer
Remco Volmer has a varied background in new media arts providing him with detailed understanding of technologically mediated production and presentation practices. A graduate of Utrecht University of Art’s Creative Media program, Volmer has a strong interest in innovation in the arts and currently directs Artengine, a lab for emerging practices in Canada's capital.
