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Age of Artists founding member S. Kirsten Gay delivered our first conference presentation at the art of management & organization conference that took place in Copenhagen Aug 28-31. Today we are pleased to share the presentation. The related white paper will be released to the public in a couple of weeks. The art of management & organization exists to bring together a community of scholars, researchers, practitioners, artists, managers, consultants and anyone who is interested in understanding management and organization from perspectives drawn from the humanities and arts. Kirsten presented our initial findings and insights drawn from conversations with artists and thought leaders which combined nicely to tell a compelling story of our suggested model and why it is important for individuals, organizations and for solving wicked problems. Great artists manage to keep head, hand & heart deliberately in sync over time and likewise the Age of Artists working model consists of three major elements: Head, Hand & Heart. Head - summarizes our findings when it comes to developing an attitude as a basis or, a foundation for the artistic practice. Hand - combines a series of actions that artists do and that we were able to identify that crossed the various art genres. We suspect them be relevant for other disciplines as well, in fact some of them are already common practice in other domains. We structured this section into three modules: Searching, Reflecting and Producing which contain another set of sub sections. Heart - represents an attempt to capture the sphere of beliefs, feelings, faith, emotional evocation and emotions - both the emotions of the artists themselves and the emotions which they seek to evoke with their art or performances.TRANSCRIPT
Learning from creative disciplines for better outcomes in business and society S. Kirsten Gay & Dirk Dobiey, others
Art of Management Conference – Copenhagen August 28, 2014
Artistic backgrounds and affinity promoted abilities: • analyze flaws and recognize patterns in
processes and structures more easily, while making improvement suggestions
• address problems with curiosity, empathy and bias towards reducing complexity
• create sustainable concepts by balancing various, sometimes conflicting demands
• develop, drive and market innovation • better cope with change, ambiguity,
uncertainty and even frustration • collaborate more effectively with a wide
range of individuals
Acceleration / Speed (Technology) Change Experience Economy Global Markets Complexity (Networks) Ambiguity, Uncertainty Pressure / Frustration
The beginning Major Disruptions in Business:
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Art for Reputation, Branding & Marketing Art in and outside of buildings, exhibitions, collections, sponsorship, product design, …
Artistic Education and Participation in Art activities Art as a hobby or additional profession for many Organized art forms in organizations (orchestra, theatre group)
Artistic Intervention Artists in residence Artists in organizations, either by performing their art work or by engaging in economic actions or business processes
Artistic Attitude and Actions Mind Set, methods and best practices derived from art that are exploited for use in other disciplines. Once established immune to economic crisis Does not sacrifice the independence or integrity of art and artists (not product!)
Our focus:
Art/Business Touch Points
Exhibition Catalogue „Art and Economy“, Hamburg 2001
CD Cover SAP Big Band „No more Blues“, 2009
„Object with no name“ Wolfgang Karl May, Artist in residence at the University of Witten/Herdecke, Germany, 2011
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*Chus Martínez in: "Unexpress the Expressible ", 100 Notes - 100 Thoughts No075, Hatje Cantz 2012, quoted from ID Factory
“Art is the future of knowledge”*
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• constantly learning from creative disciplines for better outcomes in business and society.
• create as we go • Interviews and conversations with
artists • Secondary Research with high touch
Words we don’t use (much): creativity and innovation
Berlin: Immerfort zu werden und niemals zu sein* English Translation: Berlin: Always becoming, never being
Our Artistic Approach
*Scheffler, Karl: Berlin – ein Stadtschicksal [1910], Berlin 1989, p 219.
CONSIDERATIONS 1/6 “Creativity is not a prisoner of Art” Ursula Bertram
CONSIDERATIONS 2/6 “Art is seen as a nice to have but it really is a need to have” John Maeda Photo: Huffington Post
CONSIDERATIONS 3/6 Art is not for Everything Photo: Ingrid Friedl Lufthansa
CONSIDERATIONS 4/6 Art is reliable Vancouver Opera: Pirates of Penzance Vancouverscape
CONSIDERATIONS 5/6 “I was bad in drawing. Really Bad.” Aris Kalaizis Interview with Age of Artists 2014
CONSIDERATIONS 5/6 Aris Kalaizis Reocurrence of a Farewell | Oil on canvas | 59x71 inch | 2010 kalaizis.com
CONSIDERATIONS 6/6 Art is not a method, It is experience that needs to be made “We admire El Greco, Velázquez or Rivera not because they had great ideas, but because they’ve made great, convincing pictures.” Aris Kalaizis Photo: Kalaizis Workplace in Leipzig
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To surpass limitations in order to create something new
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A general readiness to perceive, receive and
to learn
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Personal belief that is articulated with
integrity
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Initiative, determination, courage and persistence in
pursuing what matters
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Appreciative of chaos and ambiguity, flexible
towards change, robust through conflict and
crisis
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Attitude in Action
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„The most important thing for me is the quality of priming the pump in the first stage, of accessing and ingesting as much information as possible.“ Maureen Drdak “entrepreneurs and artist are growing from the same source. The source is called the meaning of life.” Miha Pogacnik
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„Immature poets imitate; mature poets steal.“ “A good composer does not imitate; he steals.” “Bad artists copy. Good artists steal.”
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“Artwork is really just 'sublimated problem-solving” Eleanor Blair, Painter
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“I do not seek, I find” Pablo Picasso
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Motivation: Why artists do what they do, why desire to change something. Empathy: A interest in the human condition. Faith: Spiritual belief that the work is influenced from outside one’s self. Evocation: Intentional movement of the audience to a specific emotional state.
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Major Influence: The Environment
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The purpose and value driven organization Music is written on five lines:
Organization
Bottom Line an organization must at least be able to sustain itself and its people
Sustainability an organization must attempt to secure for further generations, not destroy
Social responsibility an organization must contribute to a healthy society - locally and globally
Experience an organization needs to target a seamless experience for all stakeholders
Innovation an organization needs to constantly innovate
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"I was 45 years old when I suddenly had a realization that the conductor of an orchestra doesn't make a sound...He depends on his power the ability to make other people powerful.“ Benjamin Zander Quote: Ted Talk Benjamin Zander: The transformative power of classical music Picture Bostonglobe.com
Leadership The Design Studio
Food, Sleep, Sex
Security
Friendship, Family
Respect, Achievement
Creativity
Basic Needs
Safety
Love & Belonging
Esteem
Self-Actualization
Transcendence
No Ego
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Our Model Revised
Curriculum
Approach
Framework
Suggestions
Next: Manifesto that
Targets all layers
Interview or be interviewed! We want to talk to you! Help with the Manifesto! Writers, reviewers greeted warmly! Follow us!
www.ageofartists.org [email protected]
Come play with us!
S. Kirsten Gay [email protected]
Dirk Dobiey [email protected]
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Thank you Contributors S. Kirsten Gay Dirk Dobiéy Johann Sarmiento Vincent Matyi Thomas Koeplin Hendrik Achenbach
Thank you
Conversation Partners Artists
Thought Leaders