Festivals with conferences and experience-driven culture as "consequences" of digital environment

Abstract

Accent in this presentation will be on festivals with conferences as specific new type of music festivals (such as Reeperbahn Festival in Hamburg, Most Wanted: Music in Berlin, Indirekt Showcase Festival and Kontakt konferencija in Belgrade) primarily designed as a meeting point for actors of various profiles shaping contemporary music scenes, who otherwise mostly communicate in digital environment. On the other hand, difference between conferences in Germany and those in Serbia is noticeable in terms of importance given to new media as opposed to the role of radio television broadcasting system. Thus, festivals with conferences are taken here as a point of intersection for broader discussion on new media and digital environment.