Thu June 06 - 5:00 PM
The Art of Designing Large-Scale Digital and Spatial Experiences (Immersive)
Free Talks
| 60 MINUTESSpeculative architecture, software development, sculpture, and audio design are just a few ways to get to groundbreaking media installations that capture the essence of modern day human condition. Nobody is born a digital innovator — so how does this journey look like?
Hear from Tribeca Immersive artists whose work has been featured from Venice Biennale to the Getty Museum, and discover how coming from radically different practices and backgrounds they found themselves designing critically acclaimed artworks that explore new ways in which art and technology help us tell stories that matter.
Panelists: Memo Akten, Liam Young, Robertina Šebjanič
Moderator: Ana Brzezinska, Tribeca Immersive Curator
Panelists
Liam Young
Liam Young is a designer, director and BAFTA nominated producer who is described by the BBC as ‘the man designing our futures’. His visionary films and speculative world designs for the entertainment industry are both extraordinary images of tomorrow and urgent examinations of the environmental questions facing us today
Memo Akten
Memo Akten, is a multi-disciplinary artist, musician, and researcher investigating the intricacies of human-machine entanglements. His work explores perception and states of consciousness, and the tensions between ecology, technology, science and spirituality. He writes code and uses algorithmic / data-driven design and aesthetics to create moving images, sounds, large-scale responsive installations and performances. He holds a PhD from Goldsmiths University of London, specializing in artistic and creative applications of Artificial Intelligence, and he is currently Assistant Professor at UC San Diego. Akten has received numerous awards including the Prix Ars Electronica Golden Nica.
Robertina Šebjanič
Robertina Šebjanič, is an artist/researcher whose work explores the biological, (geo)political, cultural realities of aquatic environments and the impact of human activity on other organisms. She exhibited and performed at festivals and galleries worldwide including Ars Electronica, ZKM, KIKK Festival, Matadero, La Gaîté Lyrique, Le Cube, and was awarded at Prix Ars Electronica, Starts Prize, Falling Walls, Re: Humanism a.o.
Katie Hofstadter
Katie Peyton Hofstadter is a Los Angeles-based writer, artist and curator. She has co-founded international art campaigns, including ARORA, a network of over 70 artists creating new AR monuments to female and gender-expansive voices in public spaces; the Climate Clock monument NYC; and Future Art Models, an experiment in prefigurative imagination commissioned by apexart. She is a contributor to Flash Art, The Believer, BOMB, The Bulletin of Atomic Scientists, and Right Click Save. Her writing has been curated into exhibitions at EPOCH.GALLERY, Vellum/LA and Cal Poly / The Center for Expressive Technologies.
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The Rush system functions as a standby line that will form at the venue approximately one hour prior to scheduled start time. Admittance is based on availability and will begin roughly 10 minutes prior to program start time. Rush Tickets are the same price as advance tickets and are payable upon entry.
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