'The salon has arrived in the 21st century' - The Sunday Times
One of London's Five Best Talk Events - The Evening Standard
Creative Current, the seventh event in the groundbreaking Future Human series will take place on September 8, 2010 at the Book Club in Shoreditch. The salon will explore the cutting edge philosophies and techniques that are being employed to harness creativity in the 21st century.
Creativity is the ability to generate new ideas and then turn that thought into action. It’s the engine oil of innovation, a capacity we all have, and a process that engages us every day. But few of us truly understand our creativity or how we can tap it more effectively.
Where do good ideas come from? Is it possible to identify the source of generative thought, and the conditions that allow it to thrive? And if we could do so, could we come to channel creativity like we do electricity?
Helping us answer these questions, and navigate a path that will take us through ‘oblique strategies’, the work of William Blake, transcendental meditation, ‘flow states’, Stella McCartney, optimal constraints and more, will be a panel of guests whose acute analysis of creativity and its processes has taken them to the very top of their professions.
– Paul Epworth is one of the most successful producers in modern pop music, and a musician and songwriter in his own right. He won the Brit Award for Producer of the Year 2010, and has overseen the creative output of a roster of artists that includes Kate Nash, Primal Scream, Florence and the Machine, Bloc Party, Maximo Park, Kano and Plan B. His debut album as a solo artist is released in 2011 by Columbia Records.
– Tiger Savage was art director and a creative lynchpin at M&C Saatchi for over a decade. Long considered one of Adland’s most flamboyant creatives, she recently founded her own company Tigers Eye, which is a brand consultancy focusing on the luxury beauty and fashion sector.
– Dr. Caneel Joyce teaches the MA and executive courses in Organisational Behaviour at the London School of Economics. She achieved a Ph.D in the subject from the University of California, Berkeley after several years working in advertising and marketing, and her research work particularly focuses on how choice overload affects idea generation and idea selection.
Unlike conventional talk events, you, the audience will be able to contribute throughout the evening via wireless microphones and our infamous big screen Twitter feed.
Details:
FUTURE HUMAN: CREATIVE CURRENT
Wednesday September 8, 2010
Main event is 7.00 pm to 9.30 pm, DJs until late
@ The Book Club, Leonard Street, Shoreditch, London EC2A 4RH (please see event page for a map)
Tickets are strictly limited and advance purchase is advised
PLEASE NOTE THAT ONCE PURCHASED, TICKETS WILL BE AVAILABLE ON THE DOOR UNDER YOUR NAME (I.E. THEY WILL NOT BE POSTED AHEAD OF THE EVENT)
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