CrossLab event

'New Currencies'?
(I lost 50 dollars in a Bitcoin crash but I am still a believer")

Monday May 13, 2013
De Unie, Mauritsweg 34-35, Rotterdam
Doors open 19:45 hrs, starts 20:00 hrs.

"In times of crisis and the failure of traditional economical systems we can witness an emergence of alternative economies and monetary systems. No more euros as currency but an exchange of time, values,  services, knowledge or products instead.
Examples include  Bitcoin, the virtual system and Timebanks, that propose time as currency. How does these 'new' currencies work? And do these initiatives really represent alternatives for "old money"? 'New Currencies? (I lost 50 dollars in a Bitcoin crash but I am still a believer)' is an evening about the design of 'new' value systems.

Central questions include: is sharing the new owning, is trust the new currency? And if so, could networked media  meet these promises, as a framework for virtual and DIY currencies?

Moderator:
Hajo Doorn, Worm

Speakers
Jaromil, DYNDY 

Rob van Hilten, Qoin

Joeri Oudshoorn, Time bank Nederland, Den Haag

Florian Cramer, Lector Creating 010, Hogeschool Rotterdam

Presentations of students (Artez, KABK, WdKA)

Entrance fee

€3,50 Students (studentcard)
€6,50 Employees WdKA
€9,00 Regular
Buy your ticket here!

More information: extra.wdka.nl/crosslab

Colofon
CrossLab is the platform for digital media of Willem de Kooning Academy, Rotterdam University of Applied Sciences. CrossLab events take place four times a year, at de Unie, Rotterdam. The events focus on ‘state of the art’ developments in the field of technology, art and design.

CrossLab events are an initiative of Willem de Kooning Academy Rotterdam University of Applied Sciences. Supported by the research center Creating 010, Rotterdam University of Applied Sciences.

Design:
students Graphic Design Kinga Pawlowska and Nedjida Nassy.

Editorial and organisation:
Aldje van Meer, Deanna Herst, Jannetje Koehorst in 't Veld.

More info will follow soon!