Buda Fabriek: Buda Factory

Buda Fabriek: Buda Factory part of Buda Island

3.000 m² along the Leie-river, needs renovation, cultural destiny

Buda Fabriek: Buda Factory part of Buda Island

3.000 m² along the Leie-river, needs renovation, cultural destiny

Buda Fabriek: Buda Factory part of Buda Island

3.000 m² along the Leie-river, needs renovation, cultural destiny

Buda Fabriek: Buda Factory part of Buda Island

Along the completely rebuilt border of the Leie-river

Buda Fabriek: Buda Factory part of Buda Island

3.000 m² along the Leie-river, needs renovation, cultural destiny

Buda Fabriek: Renovation February 2011 – March 2012

New entry hall, 4 levels, huge exposition place, multifunctional spaces

Buda Fabriek: Renovation February 2011 – March 2012

Level 0: entry hall, polyvalent spaces, toilets

Buda Fabriek: Renovation February 2011 – March 2012

Level 1: multimedia rooms, bathroom, storage, workshops

Buda Fabriek: Renovation February 2011 – March 2012

Level 2: polyvalent space, bathroom, workshops, back office

Buda Fabriek: Renovation February 2011 – March 2012

Level 3: roof terras

Buda Factory Buda Island Buda Fabric

Buda Fabric makes the Buda Island the Cultural and Artistic Node of Kortrijk

Buda Fabriek: History

2005: Factory Desmet-Dejaeger detected as an opportunity to fill up the gap for the Expressive Arts in Kortrijk

2007: Market research (Evolis Leiedal)

2008: From Expressive Arts to a new Economic Artistic project (Cultuurintendant Wim Vanseveren)

2008: International workshop ‘design fabric’, City of Kortrijk and Designregio Kortrijk (Creative City Challenge)

2009: The concepts of Designfabric and Buda Fatory merge on the Buda Island

Buda Fabriek: History

16 February 2010: Crossing economy-research-art

16 March 2010: Conceptual framework of Buda Fabric

22 March 2010: Basic agreement urban government

April – May: Several contacts with potential partners

June – August: Strong & complementary starting partners (7)

November 1st: Multi disciplinary Start-up team

Work in Progress: Feasibility study, conceptual refinement, Businessplan, Integration of Budafabric in Buda-island

End of april 2011: Blueprint of actionplan, mission & targets included

Buda Fabriek: Partners

City of Courtrai / Buda AGB

Leiedal

Designregio

Flanders InShape

Artistic Centre Buda

HOWEST

Broelmuseum

AGB

Buda Fabriek: Subsidies / Projects

EFRO: ‘BudaFabric’ (Europees Fonds voor Regionale Ontwikkeling EFRO)974.382 EUR

Hermes: (Agenschap Economie - Vlaamse Overheid)

365.393 EUR Thuis in De Stad: (Agentschap voor binnenlands bestuur - Vlaamse Overheid)

30.000 EUR

Buda Fabriek: Conceptual Work in Progress

The search for a well defined crossing point, an interface where art and economy beneficially meet each other.

Buda Fabriek: Conceptual Work in Progress

The search for a well defined crossing point, an interface where art and economy beneficially meet each other, turned out to be a maze …

ARTs ECO

Buda Fabriek: Conceptual Work in Progress

Definitions ….

“The interesting thing about an artist’s way of work is the ability to think differently and to create something new and unexpected out of something perceived as static and impossible to change” (Jan-Peter Idström)

ARTs ECO?

ARTs ECO

Buda Fabriek: Conceptual Work in Progress

“ Now that globalization continues to power forward, clusters of industries become more specialized in individual locations. Economic activity is clustered across the globe – watches in Switzerland, disk drives in Singapore, flat panel displays in Korea, semiconductors in Taipei, Circus in Montréal, Telecommunication in Helsinki, manufacturing in Shanghai. Each region has to define its strength and attract complementary partners.” (Richard Florida –Who’s your city).

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Buda Fabriek: Conceptual Work in Progress

Breakthrough: there is no crossing point

ARTs ECO

Buda Fabriek: Conceptual Work in Progress

The maze showed some common ground between Art and Economy: Media, Architecture, Fashion, (industrial) Design

Economic driven businesses that need inspiration from the timeless, not result driven Arts

ARTs ECO

Buda Fabriek: Conceptual Work in Progress

That common ground between Art and Economy could also be instantiations of alternative thematic clustering. Perhaps a more open path to multidisciplinary projects and unexpected innovations…

ARTs ECO

Buda Fabriek - Fabric of Creativity - Buda Fabric

Science and technology: the interface between Art and Economy

Society and cultural identity: need to be taken into account

The activities inside the Buda Fabriek can be seen as a kind of nodes in a creative Fabric .

ARTs ECO

Science, technology, education

Cultural identity, politics & religion, social system, ethics

Buda Fabriek: Conceptual Work in Progress

Realizing that any viable concept should be anchored to the regional strengths …Not overlooking the call of Society concerning the future challenges of (health) care ….

ECO

Image technology

Mechatronics

Intelligent transport

Plastic Processing

Textile industry Agri-food industry

Home Lifestyle

Green Energy & Technology

Medical Technology

Gaming

3D technology

Education technology(health) care !!

Buda Fabriek - Fabric of Creativity - Buda Fabric

Buda Fabriek will host creative bubbles exploring as such the full potential of what humanity can be …

The spirit:

We are what we can beWe share what we can doWe realize what we can imagineWe are aware of the Fabric

Unique creative interactions:

We gather unique people from over the worldFor unique multidisciplinary creationsOn the interface between art & economyWith big innovation / valorisation potential

Connected:

Local research - education partnersLocal economic partnersLinks to international expertise networksMeeting place for dissident thinkersInformation & communication networksEuropean cultural identity

Work in progress:

We make space availableWe show work in progressWe display the result and similar workProduction and prototyping place

Buda Fabriek - Fabric of Creativity - Buda Fabric

The activities of the Buda Fabriek will be part of a complex and organic network, prepared for ongoing evolution …

ARTs ECO

Science, technology, education

Cultural identity, politics & religion, social system, ethics

Buda Fabriek: Stakeholder analysis

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ARTs ECO

Science, technology, education

Cultural identity, politics & religion, social system, ethics

Top class artistsUnique contributions

Sharing work in progress

Space, facilitiesProject financing

Science & technology

Buda Fabriek: Stakeholder analysis

Economy

ARTs ECO

Science, technology, education

Cultural identity, politics & religion, social system, ethics

New ideas, applicationsNew way of thinking

Access to global partnersStaff on-the-job training

Strong regional partnersHigh value contribution

Applied expertise

Buda Fabriek: Stakeholder analysis

Science, technology, education

ARTs ECO

Science, technology, education

Cultural identity, politics & religion, social system, ethics

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Buda Fabriek Activities: Some possible examples

Buda Fabriek will host creative bubbles, connecting Art & Economy, Science & Technology within the context of society

ARTs ECO

Science, technology, education

Cultural identity, politics & religion, social system, ethics

U-Ram Choe: The eye of science is looking at God

“The speed of light fascinates me. Everything that we see in the sky has already happened”. Representation of the Milky way, the motorized construction orbits an axis driven by electrical pulses.

U-Ram Choe: The eye of science is looking at God

Work at the interface between art and technology: LEDs, circuits, motors, rotary gear, CPU boards, custom software

U-Ram Choe: The eye of science is looking at God

Evoking the awe and wonder of nighttime skies, several flickering orbs illuminate the gallery space and surround the viewer with sparkling nebulae.

U-Ram Choe: The eye of science is looking at God

Evoking the awe and wonder of nighttime skies, several flickering orbs illuminate the gallery space and surround the viewer with sparkling nebulae.

Nathaniel Mellors: A potent mixture of media

Combining performance, video, sculpture, print and animatronics. Three animatronic heads cast in the likeness of a lead character. They intone excerpts and chant, interacting with the projected performances.

Nathaniel Mellors: A potent mixture of media

The ‘theater’ version parallels the ‘rehearsal’ video, drawing attention to alterations that occur throughout the creative process.

Megan and Murray McMillan: Interdisciplinary projects

Projects that incorporate video, installation, photography and performance. The distinction between ‘real’ performance and ‘staged’ performance becomes slippery

Megan and Murray McMillan: Interdisciplinary projects

The distinction between ‘real’ performance and ‘staged’ performance becomes slippery. Different viewpoints on work in progress

Julius Popp: Machines with body consciousness

Work at the interface between art and science, focus on the nature of intelligent beings and autonomous intelligent systems.

Theo Jansen: Self-propelling beach animals

Muscles can open taps to activate other muscles that open other taps, and so on. This creates control centers that can be compared to brains.

Sachiko Kodama: Silicon dreams

Explores the dialogue between science and arts. Aims to draw attention to interdisciplinary practice between science, technology and art, as well as promoting the image of the European Union as a leader in research and development.

Martin L. Demaine: Artist & MIT - AI - researcher

Being both an artist and a researcher, I’m eager to help bridge the communication gaps between the two groups.

Elena Corchero: Wearable technology

She melts traditional craft and technology to celebrate these twocommonly opposed mediums and explore their meaning and relevance in today's society. .

Studio Roosegaarde: Intimacy

Intimacy is a fashion project about the relation between intimacy and technology. Its high-tech garments 'Intimacy White' and 'Intimacy Black' are made out of interactive technologies and smart e-foils which become transparent based on personal interactions.

Polyvalent Assembling Production Space Work in Progress

Exhibition Space

Project Space

Prototyping Space

Buda Fabriek: Facilitating Services

Facilitating services planned within the Buda Fabriek premises. Ideally these facilities could be made available to the general public

Meeting Space

Buda Fabriek: New Exhibitions Ideas

Exhibitions become work in progress, the virtual eye is everywhere, new concepts are explored

Buda Fabriek - START 2012 - Buda Fabric

“Buda Fabriek is the first artistic-economic project in Flanders. Therefore it develops vital coalitions in which artists, creators, companies, scientists or individual thinkers can interact and search for social, artistic en economical innovation. By the development of platform for knowledge sharing, the production of prototypes and the presentation of innovative projects, Buda Fabriek will become a thriving force for change in the region and in the world”

ARTs ECO

Science, technology, education

Cultural identity, politics & religion, social system, ethics

Buda Fabriek: International Examples

De Waag Society

Buda Fabriek: International Examples

Dortmunter U : Zentrum Für Kunst Und Kreativität

Buda Fabriek: International Examples

Dortmunter U : Zentrum Für Kunst Und Kreativität

Buda Fabriek: International Examples

Dortmunter U : Zentrum Für Kunst Und Kreativität

Buda Fabriek: Workshop Economy

ARTs ECO

Science, technology, education

Cultural identity, politics & religion, social system, ethics

New ideas, applicationsNew way of thinking

Access to global partnersStaff on-the-job training

Strong regional partnersHigh value contribution

Applied expertise