SeeArts Podcast #19 ππ Social Impact & Change π through Circus with Osman Khawaja π€© from Phare Ponleu Selpak π€
02/11/21 β’ 33 min
This podcast is with purpose and a call-to-action. This weekend, Phare - the Cambodian Circus is hosting the PhareGala21 and due to Covid it is happening online. In order to get more attention Phare has challenged itself and goes for the Guiness World Record for the longest Circus Show (24 hours + 1 minute). With over 90 artists and the approach of blending the different circus production into something unique, you can be excited.
In the conversation Osman shares his believe of the transformative power of the Arts and gives us an insight into the situation for Cambodia and especially the Phare Social Performing Enterprise through Corona
How to Join the Gala:
Worldwide! Settle down comfortably in front of your screen, at the most convenient hour in your time zone. There will be two repeated gala events to make sure as many people as possible can enjoy.
**US / CANADA - SATURDAY MARCH 6TH**
7pm (PST)
or
9pm (CST)
**AUSTRALIA / ASIA / EUROPE - SUNDAY MARCH 7TH**
1.30pm (ACDT)
or
10am or 8pm (ICT)
or
2pm (CET)
or
1.30pm (CET for French speakers)
***HOW TO JOIN***
You can register in less than a minute here: www.bit.ly/pharegala21
*****WHO WE ARE*****
Phare Phare Ponleu Selpak was founded more than a quarter of a century ago, by nine Cambodians, who grew up in a refugee camp after surviving the genocide of the Khmer Rouge, and their French arts teacher. Resilience and hope has been in Phareβs DNA from the very beginning, and from a simple arts school it blossomed into the multi-faceted creative hub it is today.
Phare educates and trains thousands of children and youth who come from challenging backgrounds. Most receive a mainstream education which helps them thrive as adults, but others become artists, performers and musicians who keep Cambodia's creative culture alive after its almost total destruction by the Khmer Rouge. We offer them social support, education and arts programs so they can build their future and support their families through creative careers.
*****WHY THIS EVENT IS ESSENTIAL FOR OUR SURVIVAL*****
Over the years we have sought not to rely on handouts for our work and reached 60% financial self-sustainability through ticket sales to our celebrated and famous circus. Unfortunately, COVID-19 shut down our performances and left us with a dramatic shortfall. Today we are very concerned about our community and the most vulnerable who depend on our support on a daily basis. We need to raise money to keep our life-saving, life-changing programmes alive during this crisis.
This podcast is with purpose and a call-to-action. This weekend, Phare - the Cambodian Circus is hosting the PhareGala21 and due to Covid it is happening online. In order to get more attention Phare has challenged itself and goes for the Guiness World Record for the longest Circus Show (24 hours + 1 minute). With over 90 artists and the approach of blending the different circus production into something unique, you can be excited.
In the conversation Osman shares his believe of the transformative power of the Arts and gives us an insight into the situation for Cambodia and especially the Phare Social Performing Enterprise through Corona
How to Join the Gala:
Worldwide! Settle down comfortably in front of your screen, at the most convenient hour in your time zone. There will be two repeated gala events to make sure as many people as possible can enjoy.
**US / CANADA - SATURDAY MARCH 6TH**
7pm (PST)
or
9pm (CST)
**AUSTRALIA / ASIA / EUROPE - SUNDAY MARCH 7TH**
1.30pm (ACDT)
or
10am or 8pm (ICT)
or
2pm (CET)
or
1.30pm (CET for French speakers)
***HOW TO JOIN***
You can register in less than a minute here: www.bit.ly/pharegala21
*****WHO WE ARE*****
Phare Phare Ponleu Selpak was founded more than a quarter of a century ago, by nine Cambodians, who grew up in a refugee camp after surviving the genocide of the Khmer Rouge, and their French arts teacher. Resilience and hope has been in Phareβs DNA from the very beginning, and from a simple arts school it blossomed into the multi-faceted creative hub it is today.
Phare educates and trains thousands of children and youth who come from challenging backgrounds. Most receive a mainstream education which helps them thrive as adults, but others become artists, performers and musicians who keep Cambodia's creative culture alive after its almost total destruction by the Khmer Rouge. We offer them social support, education and arts programs so they can build their future and support their families through creative careers.
*****WHY THIS EVENT IS ESSENTIAL FOR OUR SURVIVAL*****
Over the years we have sought not to rely on handouts for our work and reached 60% financial self-sustainability through ticket sales to our celebrated and famous circus. Unfortunately, COVID-19 shut down our performances and left us with a dramatic shortfall. Today we are very concerned about our community and the most vulnerable who depend on our support on a daily basis. We need to raise money to keep our life-saving, life-changing programmes alive during this crisis.
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The SeeArts Podcast #18 ππ The Agile Way of Doing Events π« with Christopher Werth from VOK DAMS worldwide π
Today, we are talking about the future of the events industry and I have the big pleasure to welcome Christopher Werth with us β he is the Director of Strategy & Concept of VOK DAMS β globally leading event agency head-quartered in Wuppertal with offices from Shanghai to New York and Sao Paulo. He has made an interesting professional journey that has led him to this challenging position, and I can Μt wait to get his global perspective of the future of our beloved meeting and events industry, the creative surprises of 2020 and what to expect in the future with a look into technological advances, the role of the arts and the methodology Vok Dams uses to create meaningful encounters and stay ahead.
In the conversation, we explore current technologies such as VR and Christopher reveals his passion for both the opera and gaming. He takes us on his journey from assistant director in theatres, via stations as EXPO2020, and copywriting jobs into live communication. Today it feels as a perfect fusion and looking backwards it does totally make sense, but on the road it wasn't clear at all. It was about following the passion and taking the leap of faith in the right moments
He shared the analogy of the story of "hare & tortoise" and how it relates to the slow and quick hunches in the creative process hence showcasing the power and importance of creative (self-)confidence.
A fruitful discussion and exchange of the flow of events, adrenalin in the digital arena and 6 major steps to take into consideration if you want to create a events that matter:
Hybrid is here to stay.
Concept is key and below 6 spices Christopher mentioned
1st: Interaction, participation, co-creation
2nd: Sensory experience, haptic moment
3rd: For digital - plan it shorter episodes - not full days
4th: Timing and precise dramturgy
5th: environment for networking:Learn from TV - they are doing a lot to make it look interesting
6th: The Power of Content:
--> if you mix these 6 factors, you can have a successful (digital) event
Christopher's Gaming Column
http://culturmag.de/author/christopher-werth
White Papier: The learning from the hybrid & digital journey
https://www.vokdams.de/news/detail/article/the-learnings-from-439-hybrid-and-digital-events.html
Reach out to him @krrystoffer for more inspiration and meet him as well on diverse sets of Clubhouse talks and connect on LinkedIn
If you want to learn more about his company VOKDAMS.de and their methodology
and follow us on Instagram @SeeArtsNow - share your feedback and your learnings from this episode.
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The SeeArts Podcast #20 ππ Celebration with a Flashback & Inspired Flashforward π
It is celebration time and time to say thank you. In this episode look back full of gratitude and reflect the inside of 19 episode with change makers, artists and entrepreneurs and guide you on the outlook what to expect.
For a lecture, that I was giving at at University about Managing and Leading in Arts & Cultural space, I reflected on the wisdom that was shared with me - the comparison & combination of the business and art hats, that we have to be switching from time to time, the inflection points that are opening these "windows of imagination" and as well the technological advances that are there to come.
For the future, I am looking forward to work on a higher frequency ( weekly) and to produced more content out of the wisdom with infographics, blog articles and sound bites.
The topics have been wide spread so far from my areas of interest and passion ranging from puppetry to workshop facilitation, agency work, storytelling all the way to the social impact.
With the in-depth series, I want to give a more profound but also diverse insight and kick-starting with the "Masters of Clowning" one area that has opened my eyes profoundly. From there on, I am super excited in the advances to technology (AR,VR,AI) but as well trends such as NFT / Crypo Art and how this provides options to create new business models as an artepreneur / entrepenartist or futartist.
Also announcing the ideas around my book "Create your own fusion" that will be accompanied with a workshop series and connecting the dots of my journey to kickstart the authorship voyage.
Once more, a big thank you to all the helping hands on the way, the listeners, the interviewees and to You.
Let me know what you like and what you would change and let us See Arts together
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Transcript
How do we get att ntion to Phare? I mean, it's a Cambodian organisati n. In some sectors in the world, it's well known, but how do you get global attention? And that w s a key, why not aim for a Guin ess World Record. And then we lo ked it up. There was no record or the longest circus show. So i 's actually a new record bei g set. And then Guinness W rld Record, approved our applic tion and also gave us guidelines around it. It has to be for
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