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We Can Create
Announcing the re-launch of New Zealand's biggest art and creative industries showcase
18 March, 2011 - Communications agency The Church today (18th March) announced the launch of We Can Create, a symposium for creative industry professionals taking place in Auckland's Aotea Centre 26-27 August 2011.
The festival will bring together 12 of the planet's top creative thinkers and doers in an all-inclusive art and creative showcase, run by creatives for creatives.
The inaugural event will be curated and produced by The Church, who for the past seven years ran and produced Semi-Permanent. This new event will connect with the best in art, design, culture and technology as well as showcase marketing creativity and innovation.
"After running Semi-Permanent for the last seven years, we are handing the moniker back and taking complete ownership of New Zealand's only globally-focused creative communications festival. We Can Create will showcase top international and local speakers across all creative arenas - from design, technology, marketing, art and pop-culture," says The Church's newly appointed CEO, Simon Kozak.
Speakers who will be sharing their passion, perspectives and practices at We Can Create include: Taika Waititi, NZ film director, screen writer and actor; KesselsKramer, the leftfield Amsterdam advertising and publishing agency behind campaigns for Nike, Parool and Levi's; Morag Myerscough, Britain's multiple award-winning, integrated graphic design powerhouse; and London based The Rumpus Room, whose innovation and creativity has seen them combine real world, interactive and social platforms for Coca Cola, Xbox and MAC.
"The calibre of speakers is mind-blowing. We want to give New Zealanders a highly charged creative arena, where insights and perspectives can collide to produce new and exciting ideas that will both educate and inspire," says Kozak.
For more information on We Can Create visit http://wecancreate.co.nz where you can join the mailing list to keep up-to-date with the festival's progress.
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