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Jaya Brekke

Jaya Brekke

area: Media Art, Digital Art, Theory

Key Facts

nationality

Sweden, USA

area

Media Art, Digital Art, Theory

residence

London (GBR)

recommending institution

RIAT – Research Institute for Arts & Technology

time period

October 2017 - October 2017

Blockchain advisor: DECODE (Decentralised Citizens Owned Data Ecosystem)
European Commission, Horizon2020 / NESTA, 2017 – ongoing Research and development project for citizen-owned data infrastructures and economies in the context of smart cities, coordinated by NESTA, Plough Place, London, UK with partners in Spain, Italy, France, Netherlands and Sweden.
<link http: cordis.europa.eu>cordis.europa.eu

Artist and author: New World Order
Furtherfield Gallery, May 2017 Exhibition and publication on the possible futures of life with blockchain at Furtherfield gallery, London, UK.
<link http: furtherfield.org _blank external-link-new-window externen link in neuem>furtherfield.org

Author: Satoshi Oath for developers and blockchain training module
B9Lab, Oct. 2016 Training module for B9Lab online course in political philosophy and ethics of blockchain for developers, and a “hippocratic oath” for blockchain development.
<link http: ipfs.b9lab.com>Ipfs.b9lab.com

Mentor: Collective Intelligence for Democracy
MediaLab Prado, November 2016 Mentoring four teams of developers, designers and researchers in a two-week hackathon of digital democracy tools at the MediaLab Prado in Madrid.
<link http: medialab-prado.es external-link-new-window externen link in neuem>Medialab-prado.es

Design and research: D-CENT (Decentralised Citizen Engagement Technologies)
European Commission FP7 / NESTA Jan. 2014 – Dec 2015 Research and development project to create an open, decentralized social networking platform for large-scale collaboration, enabling real-time sharing of open data, democratic decision-making and digital currencies for a common good. Coordinated by NESTA, Plough Place, London, UK with partners in Iceland, Spain, France, Finland, Italy and the UK.
<link http: dcentproject.eu external-link-new-window externen link in neuem>dcentproject.eu

Digital strategy and member of core collective: MayDay Rooms
Glasshouse Foundation, Nov. 2012 – Sept. 2016 Cultural space and archival project for histories of political organizing, marginalised groups and experimental culture, and the «activation» of these archives through the project space in Fleet Street, London.
<link http: maydayrooms.org _blank external-link-new-window externen link in neuem>maydayrooms.org  

Co-director, film: Future Suspended
ESRC, Feb. 2014 Future Suspended: Athens from Olympic spectacle to the dawn of the authoritarian-financial complex. – A documentary film in three parts about the financial crisis as experienced in Athens.
<link http: jayapapaya.net future-suspended external-link-new-window externen link in neuem>jayapapaya.net/future-suspended

Design and research: City at a Time of Crisis
ESRC, April. 2012 – May 2014 Research project on the impact of the financial and sovereign debt crisis on public space in Athens, Greece.
<link http: crisis-scape.net external-link-new-window externen link in neuem>crisis-scape.net

Research and deployment: Crowdmapping racist violence in Athens, Greece
ESRC, April 2012 – May 2014 Award winning crowd-sourced map of racist attacks in Greece, part of the City at a Time of Crisis project.
<link http: map.crisis-scape.net>map.crisis-scape.net

Digital production consultant: Common Practice Video Network
AHRC, June 2013 - Aug. 2013  Digital video production and training initiative for the arts sector in London, UK.
<link http: video.commonpractice.org.uk>video.commonpractice.org.uk

Curator: Flesh & Concrete
Apexart, Aug. 2011 - May 2012 An exhibition of six installations by artists from Guadalajara and Mexico City, responding to the construction of a superhighway, the neighborhood movements and radical research that was being done to resist it. Included a month-long program of talks, events and direct action.
<link http: fleshandconcrete.net external-link-new-window externen link in neuem>fleshandconcrete.net

Creative Projects Manager: BLIP Creative
BLIP Creative, April 2010 - December 2011 R&D company specialised in display technology for the film, advertising and creative industries, Soho, London, UK.
<link http: blipcreative.com external-link-new-window externen link in neuem>blipcreative.com

<link http: www.jayapapaya.net>www.jayapapaya.net

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