Creative Africa Network

http://www.mediamatic.nl/id/3557 2012-01-20T15:37:16+01:00 Creative Africa Network Groeiend sociaal netwerk Afrika en de Diaspora

In opdracht van <a href="http://creative.puma.com">PUMA Creative</a> ontwikkelde Mediamatic Lab <a href="http://www.creativeafricanetwork.com">www.creativeafricanetwork.com</a> (CAN), een sociaal netwerk en een groeiende culturele agenda die de creatieve wereld binnen en buiten Afrika met elkaar verbindt. Dit nieuwe project werd gepresenteerd tijdens de Joburg Art Fair op 2 April 2009.

<a href="http://www.creativeafricanetwork.com">CAN</a> is een sociaal netwerk waar individuen en organisaties een profiel kunnen aanmaken. De site wil talenten binnen de hedendaagse kunst, film, architectuur, design en podiumkunsten zichtbaar maken. De site bevat een cultureel overzicht van mensen en activiteiten. Voor <a href="http://www.creativeafricanetwork.org">CAN</a> vroeg PUMA Creative Mediamatic om een nieuwe toepassing te maken; een sociale bibliotheek. In een regio waar kunstboeken relatief schaars zijn helpt dit de leden om optimaal gebruik te maken van elkaars boeken. Een speciale toepassing is de Sociale Bibliotheek, waar leden hun (kunst) boeken over Afrika kunnen tonen en met elkaar kunnen delen. <h3>Presentatie tijdens Joburg Art Fair in Zuid Afrika</h3> Op 2 april 2009 werd de site gepresenteerd tijdens de Joburg Art Fair in Johannesburg, Zuid-Afrika. Jochen Zeitz, voorzitter en CEO van PUMA tijdens de presentatie: <blockquote> "We are delighted to be able to express our PUMAVision through this collaboration with the Joburg Art Fair and Creative Africa Network. The CAN project was developed by Dutch curator Macha Roesink, director of Museum de Paviljoens; Zimbabwean curator Raphael Chikukwa; French-Cameroonian art critic and editor Christine Eyene; and South African curator Mark Coetzee, who serves as program director for PUMAVision and chief curator of puma.creative. The website was designed by Mediamatic Lab, the Amsterdam-based leading new media and network company. </blockquote> <a href="http://www.mediamatic.nl/54130/nl/impressie-creative-africa-network"> <img src="http://fast.mediamatic.nl/f/cnsk/image/437/54130-400-259.jpg" height="259" width="400" alt="" title="Impressie Creative Africa Network" playable="1"/> </a><a title="Vergroot afbeelding - Impressie Creative Africa Network - Mediamatic Lab" href="/54130/nl/impressie-creative-africa-network">Impressie Creative Africa Network</a> <a href="http://www.creativeafricanetwork.com/page/2166">Read the complete statement</a>. <a href="http://www.creativeafricanetwork.com">www.creativeafricanetwork.com</a> Creative Africa Network Growing Cultural Directory for Africa & the Diaspora

An initiative of <a href="http://creative.puma.com">puma.creative</a>, <a href="http://www.creativeafricanetwork.com">www.creativeafricanetwork.com</a> (CAN) is a social networking website and growing cultural directory connecting the creative world within and outside of Africa. This latest project of Mediamatic Lab was launched at the Joburg Art Fair on 2 April 2009.

<h3>A network, Cultural Directory and Social Library</h3> <a href="http://www.creativeafricanetwork.com">www.creativeafricanetwork.com</a> is a social network, allowing individuals and institutions to create their own profiles. Aim is to give visibility to talents working in contemporary art, film, architecture, design, and the performing arts. It includes a cultural directory of people and events, providing professional information valuable to high-profile and emerging artists and cultural liaisons. A special feature is a social library where members can show and share their African art books. <h3>Launch in Johannesburg, South Africa</h3> The site was launched at the Joburg Art Fair on 2 April 2009. Here we quote Jochen Zeitz, Chairman and CEO of PUMA: <blockquote> " The CAN project was developed by Dutch curator Macha Roesink, director of Museum de Paviljoens; Zimbabwean curator Raphael Chikukwa; French-Cameroonian art critic and editor Christine Eyene; and South African curator Mark Coetzee, who serves as program director for PUMAVision and chief curator of puma.creative. The website was designed by Mediamatic Lab, the Amsterdam-based leading new media and network company. </blockquote> <blockquote> "We are delighted to be able to express our PUMAVision through this collaboration with the Joburg Art Fair and Creative Africa Network". <a href="http://www.creativeafricanetwork.com/page/2166">Read the whole statement</a> </blockquote> Specially for this site PUMACreative wanted a new feature; a social library which allows members to show and share their African art books. - ARTEFACT project 1