TV
Clicks or Mortar? Programme
Friday 6 March 2009
09.30 - Welcome from Andrew Dixon, Chief Executive, NewcastleGateshead Initiative
09.50-10.50 - Panel 1: Being: The role of bricks in an age of clicks
(Electra auditorium, Floor 4)
How important are buildings in the digital world? Do we really need to
preserve, extend or build cultural spaces or should we let them fade
away as we move online?
Chaired by Tom Fleming, with Dick Penny, Watershed, Dominic Gray, Opera North, Adrian Friedli, Arts Council England, Eddie Berg, BFI
11.15-12.00 - Panel 2: Choosing: Who programmes cultural spaces in an
on-demand, online world?
If we are to have cultural buildings and cultural spaces, who will
decide how they are used and what they contain? Do we want to leave this
to the 'wisdom of the crowds' or is there still a role for curators,
programmers and other gatekeepers?
Chaired by John Knell, with Alex Fleetwood, Hide & Seek, John McGrath, National Theatre Wales, Peter Buckingham, UK Film Council
12.00-12.15 - Keynote by Alan Clarke, Chief Executive, One North East
12.15-1.40 - Peter Greenaway: an illustrated lecture
14.40-15.45 - Panel 3: Experiencing: Are tomorrow's pleasures solitary
ones?
Should cultural buildings try to compete with the home cinema/gaming
experience? And if so, how - are the pleasures to be gained online
essentially individualist, or can we share them? Featuring Sancho Plan
video and presentation.
Chaired by Bill Thompson, with Matthew Postgate, BBC, Lucy Wurstlin, 4IP, Aileen Muir, Arts Council England, Maurice Suckling, Mustard Corporation
16.10-17.10 - Panel 4: Engaging: Breaking Down the Walls
How will people find and experience culture tomorrow? What structures
and services are needed? Who will own what?
Featuring My Secret Heart: screening and debate, Chaired by Dominic
Gray, with Matthew Peacock, Streetwise Opera, Mira Calix (composer),
Robin McNicholas (Flat-e), Memo Akten (MSA Visuals).
Followed by discussion Chaired by Marcus Romer, with Rebecca Shatwell, AV Festival, Matt Kelland, Moviestorm, Christian Payne, CJ Lyon, Vito Rocco, Faintheart
