What is Digital? Qu'est-ce que le numérique?

What is Digital, Really? by Sylvain Carle, Entrepreneur and Partner at Real Ventures

Arts in a Digital World Summit Presentation, Conseil des arts du Canada, March 15 to 17, 2017 à Montréal.

Video of the talk available at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5g10CnBq2go

Transcript

1. What is Digital? Qu’est-ce que le numérique?
2. Sylvain Carle Partner @ Real Ventures Associé @ Real Ventures http://realventures.com https://twitter.com/sylvain
3. Mon nom est
 @sylvain Je viens de l’internet. Je suis un geek assumé.
4. J’aurais voulu être un artiste… Pour pouvoir être un anarchiste. Et vivre comme, un millionnaire. Pour avoir le monde a refaire. Pour pouvoir dire pourquoi j’existe. Pour expliquer le numérique. Sur un grand écran en couleur…
5. Je veux vous remercier d’être artistes Parce que le monde en a vraiment besoin. Parce que la vision et la voix des artistes façonne le passé, le présent, le futur. STEM is great, STEAM is awesome.
6. Presently, the future seems uncertain The Future: History that Hasn’t Happened Yet. Bruce Sterling, SXSW 2017 We drive into the future using only our rearview mirror. Marshall McLuhan, 1967 Who controls the past controls the future. 
 Who controls the present controls the past. Georges Orwell, 1984 The future is already here – it's just not evenly distributed. William Gibson, 2003
7. Bits and Atoms and Being Digital Date: 1.1.95 From: <nicholas@media.mit.edu>
 
 The distribution and movement of bits is much easier than atoms. 
 
 But delivery is only part of the issue. A media company is, among other things, a talent scout, and its distribution channels, bits or atoms, provide a test bed for public opinion. But after a certain point, the author may not need this forum. In the digital age, WIRED authors can sell their stories direct and make more money, once they are discovered. While this does not work today, it will work very well, very soon - when "being digital" becomes the norm. http://web.media.mit.edu/~nicholas/Wired/WIRED3-01.html
8. Digital Everything (almost) Information, data, knowledge, inspiration. Creation, appropriation, forking, remix. Distribution, business model, pirating. Audience, viewers, contributors, makers, users.
9. Technologic Buy it, use it, break it, fix it, Trash it, change it, mail, upgrade it, Charge it, point it, zoom it, press it, Snap it, work it, quick, erase it, Write it, cut it, paste it, save it, Load it, check it, quick, rewrite it. Plug it, play it, burn it, rip it, Drag and drop it, zip, unzip it, Lock it, fill it, curl it, find it, View it, code it, jam, unlock it. Surf it, scroll it, pose it, click it. Cross it, crack it, twitch, update it, Name it, read it, tune it, print it, Scan it, send it, fax, rename it, Touch it, bring it, pay it, watch it, Turn it, leave it, stop, format it. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YtdWHFwmd2o
10. The digital few, the digital many
11. https://flic.kr/p/nsLh9G (CC-BY 2.0) Detlef La Grand 2014
12. From hierachy to wirearchy
13. Collaboration and trust. Survival. Interactive Competence. https://medium.com/@EskoKilpi/interactive-competence-3782d6eef023
15. La loi de Metcalfe
16. From IRL to the internet… and back. First we digitize everything to put it on the network. 
 
 Next, we put digital and the network in everything. From physical to virtual, 
 to augmented and networked.
17. Globalisation and small ponds We have never been so connected AND disconnected. ART is CONNECTION
18. What next? Et ensuite?
19. Paying forward is moving forward. This graph is wrong. It’s not trickle down.
 
 It comes back to you! Circular love.
20. Merci ! @sylvain http://realventures.com sylvain@realventures.com /sylvaincarle /sylvaincarle @froginthevalley
21. What is Digital, really? Qu’est-ce qu’est le numérique, vraiment?