TEDxFlanders - Spiral Consort
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Spiral Consort is an Antwerp based ensemble playing an unusual instrument, the conch shell. They officially announced the TEDxFlanders Leitmotiv theme with a surprise concert in Antwerp Central Station on May 10 and will perform during the Antwerp summer festival -- de Zomer van Antwerpen. Why listen to them? The conch shell is nature's first ge... Read more
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- -: TEDxFlanders - Spiral Consort
September 24, 2011 (over 12 years ago)Spiral Consort is an Antwerp based ensemble playing an unusual instrument, the conch shell. They officially announced the TEDxFlanders Leitmotiv theme with a surprise concert in Antwerp Central Station on May 10 and will perform during the Antwerp summer festival -- de Zomer van Antwerpen. Why li...
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- -: TEDxFlanders - Stijn - Electrofunk Singer Songwriter
September 25, 2011 (over 12 years ago)Stijn is a Belgian artist who makes cool, electronic, funky music full of references to other influences. He does not use a laptop but plays a nice collection of various old synthesizers. He has an incredible live reputation and is often referred to as the Flemish Prince. Velvety pop in the Antw...
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- -: TEDxFlanders - Bernard Lietaer - design and implementation of currency systems
September 25, 2011 (over 12 years ago)Bernard Lietaer is an monetary architect, author and international expert in the design and implementation of currency systems. He was one of the designers of the Euro. He has studied and worked in the field of money for more than 30 years in an unusually broad array of capacities ranging from Ce...
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- -: TEDxFlanders - Jamie Anderson - Mahatma Gaga, The Art of Followership
September 26, 2011 (over 12 years ago)Jamie Anderson is Professor of Strategic Management at Antwerp Management School. Recently named as a "management guru" by the Financial Times, he has also been included on a list of the world's "top 25 management thinkers" by the journal Business Strategy Review. Jamie's research and teaching f...
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- -: TEDxFlanders - Dez Mona feat. BOX - Utopian musicians
September 26, 2011 (over 12 years ago)Dez Mona is one of the most intriguing Belgian bands. The wide vocal range of singer Gregory Frateur and bass player Nicolas Rombouts determine the sound, which evokes the music of those such as Nina Simone, Marianne Faithfull, Tom Waits and Antony and the Johnsons. With BOX (Baroque Orchestrat...
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- -: TedxFlanders - 2 duets from Babel(words)
September 26, 2011 (over 12 years ago)TedxFlanders - 2 duets from Babel(words) - a choreography by Sidi Larbi Cherakoui and Damien Jalet, in a production by Eastman and Théâtre de la Monnaie. Founded in January 2010, Eastman was set up to produce and spread the works of Artistic Director/Choreographer Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui. Cherkaoui'...
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- -: TEDxFlanders - Catherine Van Holder & Ine Dehandschutter - Digital Nomads
September 26, 2011 (over 12 years ago)Ine graduated as a photographer and webdesigner. During a trip to Iraq she became intrigued by the Middle East. She traveled to Israel, where she received a postgraduate in the arts. During this trip she enrolled in the blogger circuit and became a well read blog personality. Today she combines h...
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- -: TEDxFlanders - Dos Winkel - Photographer and Environmentalist
September 27, 2011 (over 12 years ago)Dutchman Dos Winkel originally studied physiotherapy but it was his innate love for nature and the sea that ultimately defined his course in life. At the age of 10 he new the Latin and Dutch names of many local plants and shells. He started underwater photography in 1983 and since then has been o...
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- -: TEDxFlanders - Aagje Beirens - Dream Machine Builder
September 27, 2011 (over 12 years ago)Aagje Beirens completed her Masters in Cultural Anthropology and Development Sociology at Leiden University in 2004 and concluded a Teacher Training Course at Ghent University. From February 2009 onwards, she has been coordinating the MyMachine project in Kortrijk. Why listen to her? MyMachine is...
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- -: TEDxFlanders - Olivia U. Rutazibwa - Decoloniser
September 27, 2011 (over 12 years ago)Olivia Umurerwa Rutazibwa is a PhD researcher at the Centre for EU Studies in Ghent University, where she works on the problematics of EU policies on human rights, democratisation and development in Africa and elswhere. In her research and teaching activities she links these issues with concepts ...
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