Who is it for?

The diverse groups of people involved in Points of Departure made us constantly ask - who is it for? When embarking on a project with so many people from different backgrounds you can find yourself in a cacophony of different aspirations and expectations. This article highlights how the misunderstandings and expectations that occur through large-scale collaborative projects can be used to serve and benefit the project.

Live Transmission is an 18 month project that takes three European organisations – Blast Theory (UK), The Patching Zone (NL) and Translocal (FI) – working at the leading edge of digital and interactive media into a unique collaboration with Ontario College of Art And Design University (OCAD U). Together the partners will stretch the boundaries of mobile culture, live video transmission and game play.

Through research and practical work Live Transmission bought together artists, researchers, developers and educators together to test new models of participation and engagement. It built a bridge between the European sectors of mobile culture with OCAD U in Toronto where an explosion of mobile development is under way. Both the European partners and the Canadian partner will be enriched and challenged by the bid.