The video recording

of DIY Conference: The Biggest Band in the World: a Q&A with Damo Suzuki is now available on Vimeo.

Damo Suzuki is the former singer of one of the

most influential bands of the last century: Can. In 1997, he started the Damo Suzuki Network, that played three shows in Tilburg in unique formations. Everyone could join, from visitors to

international musicians. At the DIY Conference, Suzuki was interviewed about

the origins of and thoughts behind this project.

The Incubate DIY Conference 2012 will take place on Friday September 14 & 15 at De NWE Vorst in Tilburg. Besides providing a lot of kicks during the festival, Incubate also offers contemplation with our DIY Conference. Speakers include Simon Reynolds (Retromania), Mark Fisher (Capitalist Realism), Robert Levine (Free Ride), Chris Jones (The Guerilla Filmmakers Guide) and Damo Suzuki (ex-Can).

The time schedule for these two days is available now and downloadable below as pdf. A more expansive explanation of the different talks, panels, masterclasses and presentations can be found here. if you want to be sure to get in du

ring the conference, we would advise you to buy a ticket in pre-sale. Tickets are available on this page. We want the event to be accessible for everyone. That’s why we chose to

make use of the Pay What You Want-pricing mechanism. This way, our visitors have the

control to determine the value of the conference and

the discussion involved.

Download the full time schedule for the Incubate DIY Conference here. See you in September!

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The Incubate DIY Conference 2012 will take place on Friday September 14 at De NWE Vorst in Tilburg. Besides providing a lot of kicks during the festival, Incubate also offers contemplation with our DIY Conference. Do It Yourself mentality, ethics and esthetics will be discussed as well as the value of culture within our current society and other topics surrounding this. Like the festival, the conference is multidisciplinary. Here are the first confirmations:

Keynote: Simon Reynolds on DIY in pop culture
Simon Reynolds is a music critic and author of Rip It Up and Start Again: Post Punk 1978-1984 and Energy Flash: A Journey Through Rave Music and Dance Culture . In 2011, he published the much-discussed book Retromania, about pop culture’s addiction to its own past. He has contributed to magazines such

as The New York Times, The Guardian, The Wire and Mojo. Reynolds will kick off the DIY Conference with a keynote on the context and background of Do It Yourself in pop culture. He will not look at the origins in history alone, but also to the present and beyond.

The Guerilla Filmmakers Guide with Chris Jones
Chris Jones is a British filmmaker and co-author of The Guerilla Filmmakers Handbook, a bestselling low-budget filmmaker bible. The book present different case studies of international low-budget successes like The Blair Witch Project, Shaun of the Dead and Saw. Chris Jones recently directed the Oscars shortlisted film Gone Fishing. At the DIY Conference, he will give an outline for DIY and Guerilla filmmaking. He’ll share tips, best practices as well as inspiring examples from the book.

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