RADICAL STRATEGIES

For our final investigation of all things Sim Racing, we decided to speak to Belma Nadarevic, Head of Marketing at Fanatec, one of the world's top manufacturers of gaming steering wheels, pedals and accessories, and a key sponsor across the racing eSports sector. Belma gives us a great overview across the various segments of Sim racing.

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Belma Nadarevic: https://www.instagram.com/its_belma_xoxo/

Rod Chong: https://www.instagram.com/rev_sect/

Race Service: https://www.instagram.com/race.service/

Produced & Edited By - Andrew Cramb: https://www.instagram.com/andrew_ftw/

For episode three of our season of Sim Racing themes discussions, we decided to talk to a long time friend, professional racing driver, Tommy Milner. Tommy bridges the gap between virtual and real life motorsports, as he completes in eSports events, is a multiple sport car racing champion, has worked on game development and even co-owns an eSports racing team. This conversation gives great insight into the racer side of pro eSports competition and how it bridges into the motorsports industry.

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Tommy Milner: @tommymilner

Rod Chong: @rev_sect

Race Service: @race.service

Produced & Edited By - Andrew Cramb: @andrew_ftw

Meet Dom Duhan, the founder of Team Redline, one of the world's foremost eSports sim racing teams. This conversation gives an excellent perspective onto the day to day operations of a professional video game racing team, as well as insights across all aspects of the sim racing industry. Watch this video if you want to learn more about how to forge a career racing games for a living.

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Dom Duhan: @dominoduhan

Team Redline: @teamredlinesim

Rod Chong: @rev_sect

Race Service: @race.service

Produced & Edited By - Andrew Cramb: @andrew_ftw

Meet Stefano Casillo, the technical director who spearheaded the creation of the Assetto Corsa sim racing video game franchise. In this conversation, we deep dive into the backstory behind the platform that’s given rise to the world’s most active racing based mod community.

This is an exciting and insightful interview that gives insights into the technical challenges behind game development and looks into the future of racing games and user generated content.

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Stefano Casillo: @kunosstefano

Rod Chong: @rev_sect

Race Service: @race.service

Produced & Edited By - Andrew Cramb: @andrew_ftw

C24 is an independent platform, exploring collaboration as a creative practice. For this episode, the Berlin based founders of Collide24 - Lena Manger and Kevin Moll look in detail at Artist-to Artist collabs, with a glimpse into the NFT world and how it intersects with solo and group works.

The cofounder of Youtube Channel Wong Fu Productions, Influencer and Brand Collaborator, Wesley Chan talks through the all aspects of collaboration programs and lays out solid advice for both brands and artists alike.

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Wesley Chan: @thewesleychan

Rod Chong: @rev_sect

Race Service: @race.service

Produced & Edited By - Andrew Cramb: @andrew_ftw

Toronto based Graphic Design + Creative Director + Live Streamer, Mike Sunday's discourses on the history, present and future of the collaboration universe.

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Mike Sunday: @mike_sunday

Rod Chong: @rev_sect

Race Service: @race.service

Produced & Edited By - Andrew Cramb: @andrew_ftw

Artist and electronic music producer, Reuben Wu talks through his multi-facetted creative career while talking through the ins and outs of collab practices and artist commissions.

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Reuben Wu: @itsreuben

Rod Chong: @rev_sect

Race Service: @race.service

Produced & Edited By - Andrew Cramb: @andrew_ftw

Ahh the mysterious Paulus. A shadow from outside of the data mined world of the interwebs. Is he a spy? An agent? I am not sure. That I know is that he's someone who moves between continents and cultures with seemingly great ease. A man of unknown origin and purpose. But listen to his insights. He has a viewpoint that needs to be taken in.

Most of the people I talk to in Radical Strategies can be categorized one of two ways. 1: My friends: people I consider to be insightful and inspirational; who are guaranteed to give a fantastic conversation. 2: People I wish I was friends with, who are also rather insightful and inspirational; and are guaranteed to give a fantastic conversation. Hollis falls into this second category, and although many people know her as a recording artist, it's her deep understanding of cultural + societal structures and movements that I wanted to tap into with this conversation. Have a listen.

Timestamps:

0:00 - Intro

0:58 - Who you are and what you do

4:00 - When we were younger how did we imagine the future?

7:30 - Her experience as an artist during the pandemic

14:50 - Coming back to her artist project with a new perspective

16:00 - Observations of a triple pandemic

20:30 - New ways of thinking emerging

22:08 - Echo chambers

23:26 - How social media Platforms profit off of continued conflict & polarization

27:53 - Beneficiaries of social progress

31:10 - You have to think beyond what you see

33:50 - What is your radical strategy?

Mentioned on the Show: 

Emergent Strategy: https://www.amazon.com/Emergent-Strategy-Shaping-Change-Changing/dp/1849352607

Grace Lee Boggs: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grace_Lee_Boggs

Parable of the Sower: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/52397.Parable_of_the_Sower

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Hollis Wong-Wear: @holliswongwear

Hollis Wong-Wear's Website: https://holliswongwear.com

Rod Chong: @rev_sect

Race Service: @race.service

Produced & Edited By - Andrew Cramb: @andrew_ftw