FIELD REPORT ON:

The Department of Persuasive Entertainment AKA - “D.O.P.E.”

[PHOTO OF US WORKING ON SET AS IF SHOT COVERTLY]

MISSION: Engage / Inform / Persuade

SUSPECTED ACTIVITIES:

  • Department heads claim to deploy “fun” in the creation of media assets.

  • Use of unproven technology such as candor, audacity, and humor, in messaging to realize customer goals.

  • Welcomes close partnership with “driven” , “inventive”, and “courageous” customers.

Strongly advise further investigation…

Special Skills:

Friday—Sunday
10—12 August 2023

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Brooklyn—NY
Clarkson House

We were always taught that art creates problems and design solves them. Is that an overly limiting way to think of our practice? Are we closing ourselves off to interesting opportunities by not embracing the role of troublemakers?

Speakers include Mark Novo, Sofia Pazari, Sandra Cami, Kevin Matsuya, Chase Nevins, Ida Kester, Helen Gates and more.

Enjoy live demonstrations of papermaking, Japanese calligraphy, screenprinting and other craft traditions with applications to both art and design.