A Headful of Bees

A Headful of Bees artist collective is very please to release our first movie trailer, “I Saw A Light”, which was filmed, directed and edited by our very own Darja Könnig with music by another Beehead Eric Eckhart.

The film stars Sandra Plaha, Eric Eckhart and Louis Widmann and was filmed in Berlin.

Most scenes were filmed with a Canon EOS 600D and the Canon EF 50mm 1:1.8 II lens.

There was no budget for the film, with everyone donating their time and talent and pulling together to produce a true collaborative project. Huge thanks and congrats to all who took help in so many ways.

DIY OR DO-IT-TOGETHER?
Moderation: Ela Kagel |  freie Kuratorin  | Free Culture Incubator |  Supermarkt

15:30 – 17:00
__Pt. 1: Künstlerkollektive
und -netzwerke //Q+A [english]//

A Headful of Bees | Singer Songwriter Collective, Berlin
**Eric Eckhart (Musician)

Fora do Eixo |
Festival Network Brasil

http://www.all2gethernow.de/collaboration-cooperation-workshop-for-diydit-artists-at-a2n_werkstatt/

Part of #a2n_werkstatt, the #a2n_connect series’ workshop focuses on the approach of “doing it together” as the basis of an efficient business as well as surviving strategy for creatives.

Collaboration and cooperation in previous workshops have proven to be the most important means in organisation. It’s a crucial part for the artist to work with a small team (DIT/Do-it-together), or to cooperate with fellow artists to overcome the most difficult phase in an artist’s career – to get it started. To succeed here means: lowest financial effort to achieve highest attention and largest reach.

Issues will be:

• Alternative touring ideas – ‘Reducing costs and building a grassroots fanbase’ – including using “Mitfahrgelegenheit”, coach surfing, house concerts and other alternative venues, performing together
• Bookings and contact sharing – Ways to build and share a database of venues and contacts
• PR – Using DIT to promote each other’s work, focusing on alternative PR opportunities such as smaller blogs, regional newspapers and smaller regional radio
• Embrace your freedom – make the most of your DIY/DIT position by experimenting with different and adventurous marketing, promotion and performance ideas. Also, collaborating with different art forms such as film, art, drama and dance.
• Making the most of new media – integrating free live streaming with social networks, demystifying the writing, recording and rehearsing processes, easy and low cost digital distribution options
• Sustainably living as an artist – ‘Alternative funding ideas – looking beyond crowdfunding’ – public, private and corporate funding opportunities

Our guests like Eric Eckhart (singer/songwriter), co-founder of the collaboration project “A Headful Of Bees”, provide full insight into their approach and talk about experiences & challenges. In detail we will introduce and explain the evolution right from the start to developing the concept of collaboration & cooperation – and how its been realised.

The workshop in its entirety takes the approach of an open discussion. At any point, the audience is able to participate by giving feedback, posing questions or asking for advice.