Creative productions of the participants realized at ISEA 2006 – ZeroOne San Jose Festival (7-13 August 2006)

Participants 20 young people from different corners of the world, from Brazil, Burkina Faso, to Egypt and South Korea gathered in downtown San Jose to explore the creative potential of digital productions See the creations With the financial support of Adobe, the workshop was moderated by two artist-trainers, Maris Jahn and Rachel Mc Intire, within the framework of the 13th International Symposium of Electronic Arts (ISEA 2006)_Zero One San Jose Festival. The workshop was a second phase to a three month (May-July 2006) online session of the UNESCO Young Digital Creators (YDC) ‘Scenes and Sounds of my City” programme. Creative intervention of the young participants took place by making digital icons, an artistic transformation and representation of one’ reflections on “who I am” and “how can I describe myself”. Jiao from Australia wanted to visually communicate on the complexity of her identity, showing the Australian kangaroo and the stars of the Chinese flag fused into one whole image. Where as Sidi, the big dreamer from Burkina Faso, expressed how he felt about this special experience in San Jose with utopian view of different colours coming together in harmony , as he quoted ‘fusion des cultures (blending of cultures). The exchange and sharing among these young creators was not just t happening in the training rooms. It is intriguing to see how Rocio from Argentina would go back to his hometown Cordoba and start teaching his local friend how to count in Arabic, which he must have learnt from the smart Egyptian girl Yomna. Having experienced such exposure to other cultures, the participants will surely feel the changes of views in looking at their own environment. Their experiences in San Jose have yet become another string source of inspiration for the next creative project to come so the show must go on. Open the creative slideshows (only with Internet Explorer): Hilary, Our Ladys Primary and Secondary Schools, Zambia Yomna, Bibliotheca Alexandrina, Young People's Library, Alexandria, Egypt Sidi, Centre Yam Pukri, Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso -> Read an article about Sidi's experience Ann, Haja production school at Seoul Youth Factory for Alternative Culture, Seoul, Korea Ramiro, CBU Herbert Diehl, Cordoba, Argentina Rocio, CBU Herbert Diehl, Cordoba, Argentina Gabriel, CBU Herbert Diehl, Cordoba, Argentina Rhys, The Loft Youth Venue (Youth Arts and Cultural Centre), Newcastle, Australia Jiao, The Loft Youth Venue (Youth Arts and Cultural Centre), Newcastle, Australia Madi, The Loft Youth Venue (Youth Arts and Cultural Centre), Newcastle, Australia Allie, New Media Lab Lounge, Maui, Hawaii (USA) Publication Date 20 Oct 2006

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