Let's Get Together: How to work Collaboratively - Key note from Sharon Phillips

Part 1 of the Ride the Wave event, Let's Get Together: How to work Collaboratively. Sharon Phillips gives the keynote speach. What do you get if you put a publishing company, a university and an arts freelancer together? Answer: a new kind of literary festival. What do you get if you put a graphic designer, a writer and a manufacturer together? Answer: site-specific publishing and city-wide art installations. You're looking for a challenge, for an idea that's innovative and makes a difference. Why not consider working in partnership with another company, artist or institution? Creativity and innovation are no respecters of borders, be they cultural or geographical. Aristotle said: "The whole is greater than the sum of its parts". What do we get when we put a hundred creative industries and arts people in a Basement interested in finding new ways of working? Answer: a chance to collaborate, meet new contacts, generate ideas and forge new partnerships. Learn more about: * How to collaborate meaningfully and mutually * Staying with uncertainty for longer - not racing too quickly to the usual answers or obvious solutions * The benefits and pitfalls of collaboration * Being open to the unusual or unfamiliar Speakers: * Candida Lacey: MD of Myriad Editions * Fay MacDonald: Director Wet Paint Productions and Diosa Media Ltd * Jane McMorrow: Co-Director of McMc Arts * Emma Morris: Director of Photoworks * Sharon Phillips: Head of Business and Enterprise and the Creative Network, University of Sussex * Richard Wolfströme: Creative Director of Wolfströme Design, Advanced Media Associates, Creative Barcode