Next steps
Two events on the future of Art of Coding
Last weekend, the AoC community met at Evoke to discuss the next steps for an international nomination. The discussion took place against the backdrop of the feedback from the German UNESCO experts in June, who confirmed their fundamental openness to supporting an international nomination. As it was clear to the participants that an international nomination would benefit the scene on various levels, the initiative for international recognition will be continued. Details of the meeting can be found in the AoC Discord.
And tomorrow, AoC in the person of Tobias Kopka and Andreas Lange will be involved in a panel discussion to open up the perspective on other digital cultures beyond the demoscene. The title of the talk ‘Digital cultural heritage. Where does UNESCO stand?‘ and it will take place at gamescom congress Thu. 22. 11:30 am.
Other panelists are Prof. Dr. Eva-Maria Seng, who is Rector of the State Academy of Fine Arts Stuttgart. Besides other roles she is Jury of North Rhine-Westphalia for the Evaluation of Applications to the Status of Intangible Cultural Heritage and since 2015 chairwoman of the jury and Representative of the Standing Conference of the Ministers of Education and Cultural Affairs of the Länder in the Federal Republic of Germany in the Reflection Group EU and Cultural Heritage as well as in the Council of Europe in the matter of Cultural Heritage. And Thorolfur Beck Kristjonsson, who as Co-founder of CCP and original creator of EVE online is an expert of persistant multi player online gaming cultures.