Zero Parameters
Introducing the WRG Conversation Series
It’s easy to look down on popular culture. Social networks and gossip zines, Fashion Week and Drake songs: we think we know them well because we think there isn’t much to know. But it only seems that way.
Art and culture are crucial components of both our economy and our identity. Accepting them at face value and viewing them as disposable not only threatens our industry’s creativity and commitment but also causes a dangerous misunderstanding of urban economies and society. It is time to do more: the Social Model requires us to both supply and demand.
To think about our culture, to talk about our culture. To question instead of observe and create instead of absorb passively. It is time to contribute.
Salon, n. “A salon is a gathering of people held partly to amuse one another and partly to refine the taste and increase the knowledge of the participants through conversation.”
In 2014, What’s Really Good will host a series of salons to initiate conversations around topics related to the magazine’s areas of expertise, namely style, food, online media and music. The salons aim to bring together enthusiasts and experts alike to strengthen industry community and instigate thought and debate in a way that is educational, inspiring, entertaining and provocative in its reminder that art and culture are more than just fun.
The salons will consist of informal panels led by four to five industry insiders and influencers, conducted in a way that allows social interactions and interventions. Each panel will touch upon both the business and human implications of current events and bring together creative individuals in a cooperative and social setting to form new ideas, collaborations and discoveries. The WRG Conversations Series aims to shed new light on these topics and create insights that could not be achieved individually.
It’s easy to look down on popular culture. Social networks and gossip zines, Fashion Week and Drake songs: we think we know them well because we think there isn’t much to know. But it only seems that way.
“Much of our understanding of art and culture is taken for granted at best, superficial and inconsequential at worst.”Art and culture are crucial components of both our economy and our identity. Accepting them at face value and viewing them as disposable not only threatens our industry’s creativity and commitment but also causes a dangerous misunderstanding of urban economies and society. It is time to do more: the Social Model requires us to both supply and demand.
To think about our culture, to talk about our culture. To question instead of observe and create instead of absorb passively. It is time to contribute.
Salon, n. “A salon is a gathering of people held partly to amuse one another and partly to refine the taste and increase the knowledge of the participants through conversation.”
In 2014, What’s Really Good will host a series of salons to initiate conversations around topics related to the magazine’s areas of expertise, namely style, food, online media and music. The salons aim to bring together enthusiasts and experts alike to strengthen industry community and instigate thought and debate in a way that is educational, inspiring, entertaining and provocative in its reminder that art and culture are more than just fun.
The salons will consist of informal panels led by four to five industry insiders and influencers, conducted in a way that allows social interactions and interventions. Each panel will touch upon both the business and human implications of current events and bring together creative individuals in a cooperative and social setting to form new ideas, collaborations and discoveries. The WRG Conversations Series aims to shed new light on these topics and create insights that could not be achieved individually.