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Home My WebLink AboutArts & Culture - 2013-04-16 Minutes ARTS AND CULTURE ADVISORY COMMITTEE (ACAC) MINUTES APRIL 16, 2013 CITY OF KITCHENER PRESENT:Helena BallREGRETS:Laura Lee Dam (leave of absence until Don BourgeoisDecember 2013) Mark DerroCouncillor Kelly Galloway-Sealock Caroline HissaMark Logan Allan HochD. Morton Aaron MacFarlane Earl McCluskie(from 4:10) Sean Puckett Radhika Subramanyan Sarry Zheng(from 4:05) STAFF:Carrie Kozlowski, Recording Secretary Silvia DiDonato, Manager, Arts/Culture RodRegier, Executive Director, Economic Development GUESTS:Paul Salvini, Chief Technology Officer, Christie Digital Heather Sinclair, Chief Administrative Officer, Creative Enterprise Initiative(CEI) NancyAlaimo,Coordinator, Community Development CEI Councillor Scott Davey CALL TO ORDER:Allan Hoch, Vice-Chair 1.0Acceptance of Agenda Addition to agenda: status of ACAC’s recommendations regarding the Official Plan. Agenda accepted as amended. 2.0Acceptance of March 19Meeting Minutes Accepted as circulated. DELEGATION: 3.0Intersection of Art and Digital Technology: Paul Salvini Christie Digital is a technology company focused oncontentand the creation of compelling visual experiences in cinema, large scale rental staging, sets and visual simulators. 1,500 employees; all research and development undertaken in Kitchener. Recognizes that innovation is criticalin three arenas: 1.Business 2.Technology 3.Content/design Christie’s growth is due to a business innovation: ‘Virtual print feed’, which aligns distributors and exhibitors. This business model makes the use of the new technology a win/win for all parties involved. Christie strives to serve all aspects of the business chain, from creative content design to the delivery of the projection equipment. Uses for the technology: Medical uses: scanning the body, determining heat, then re-projecting a visual image o of what’s under the skin. Display tiles and screens (MicroTiles): available in creative shapes requiring the o design and delivery of special content. Visualization: Animation captures data in a visual way. Challenge: How do you o visualize things in a persuasive meaningful way? 1 April 2013-ACAC Minutes ARTS AND CULTURE ADVISORY COMMITTEE (ACAC) MINUTES APRIL 16, 2013 CITY OF KITCHENER Large format interactive experiences are the wave of the future. Applications and o experiences are needed to support technology. Christie works backwards to develop new technology. Starts by considering users challenges and needs. Uses technology to address the challenges/needs. Some of Christie’s innovations include: Increasing frame ratesto move more data through a projector, creating smoother o motionandbetter 3D. Achieving higher brightnessand high quality imageryto deliver ‘3D the way it is o meant to be seen.’ ‘Book of Shapes’, a demonstration of how the MicroTile technology has been used o creatively around the world. Working on achieving higher spatial resolution (4K). o Laser is the future of projection. o Working on 3D projection mapping (indoor and outdoor): to project new visual o experiences of existing buildings, etc. Buildings become a 3D canvas to showother things. Working on themed vehicle interiors. o Christie recognizes that content is key, as it drives the need for projection and display. Supportive of initiatives to grow our local artistic community, further the artistic agenda and design thinking,andto attract talent and encourage innovation in business. Content creators are artistic, with a technical bent. Christie runs an artist in residence program out of the Hub. Goals of program: to fund artists to create content and start new businesses. Also a test facility for high frame rate movie making. Gives artists in the community the chance to publicly exhibit their work, which can spawn further creativity. 4.0Creative Enterprise Initiative (CEI) update: Heather Sinclair CEI: a social enterprise with charitable arm. Has been operating for two years. Achievement so farlisted here: www.creativeenterprise.ca Three streams to the work: 1.Secure investment 2.Build capacity 3.Strategically reinvest in community CEI has representation on various advisory groupsincluding Waterloo cultural planning. Will launchits own three advisory groups: 1.Regional group to ensure broad ongoing dialogue across the region 2.Technical advisory group 3.Curatorial advisory group. A peer jury to help make investment decisions New web site: www.grandsocial.ca. Will address the question aboutwhat is going on in the region. Focused on people, places and events. Content for everyone. 1,800 people and 500 venues have been pre-loaded. CEI has secured funding for additional data gathering and content population. Other sites will be able to pulled data from CEI site and populated their own sites. Will include a non-public intranet planning calendar where organizations can share information about upcoming events and exhibits so that organizations in the region can better coordinate, leverage and create complementary programming. Grand Social will feed directly into the arts and culture component of the Waterloo Region Tourism and Marketing site. Marketing plan for the new site has not been launched yet. 2 April 2013-ACAC Minutes ARTS AND CULTURE ADVISORY COMMITTEE (ACAC) MINUTES APRIL 16, 2013 CITY OF KITCHENER INFORMATIONITEMS 5.0Public Art Working Group(PAWG)report: Sean Puckett No report, no PAWG meeting in April. 6.0Downtown Advisory Committee (DAC) update: D. Morton No report in D. Morton’s absence. 7.0Economic Development Advisory Committee (EDAC) update:Mark Derro EDAC broke into subcommittees. Mark’s group is focused on talent attraction, recruitment, retention and content creation. Wants to create an infrastructure and strategy to tell the story of Kitchener. Exploring how to generate revenueandkeep it sustainable. Exploring how to get wifi on King St. 8.0Music Works update: Earl McCluskie, Silvia DiDonato So far, 45 bands and 152 participants have registered for KoiCon: a business music conference on May 11. Room for more. Will include showcase and conference components. On May 9 at 10:30 am, the president of Music Canada will speak at city hall at a business leader awareness event. Topic: “The New Big Bang”. Economic recommendations for the music cluster will be presented.The program dovetails with Kitchener’s “Music Works” action plan. ACTION: Earl to share information with ACAC by email about the KOICON event. ACTION: Silvia to share information with ACAC by email about the Big Bang Music Canada event. 9.0Council report No report in CouncillorGalloway-Sealock’s absence. 10.0Members’ news Postponed to next meeting 11.0Addition to agenda:status of ACAC’s recommendations regarding the Official Plan. Planning staff will provide an update at a future meeting. 12.0ACAC subgroups Following the formal portion of the meeting, ACAC members will break out into the following three subgroups to make progress on work plan: 1.Music Works:Mark Derro,Mark Logan,EarlMcCluskie, Radhika Subramanyan 2.Reporting to demonstrate economic impact of the arts:HelenaBall, Aaron MacFarlane, SarryZheng 3.Arts/culture strategy development and culture planning in regional context:Don Bourgeois, Caroline Hissa, Allan Hoch, Sean Puckett ADJOURNMENT The chair adjourned the formal portion of the meetingat 5:00 p.m. NEXT MEETING Date:May 21, 4:00 p.m., Conestoga Room 3 April 2013-ACAC Minutes