The Construction of Reality
Luc Courchesne
Canada
The “Reality Race” is picking up speed with the growing user base of VR platforms, the commitment of the tech giants behind XR authoring and delivery workflows, and the expansion of the network across the globe. . They are accelerating with progress in sensory expansion, deep machine learning, immersive computing, and ubiquitous cloud technologies that are rapidly transforming the world as we know it. "Reality" in all senses of the word, is to gain depth, grow in complexity and expand space-time horizons. In this context, what kind of digital humanism can we expect when identity, relationships and the world we live in are increasingly mediated by algorithms?
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- June 12, 2019
Creative Industries Conversation
Adriana Padilla
Colombia
Director of Creative and Cultural Industries of the Bogota Chamber of Commerce, and leader of the Cluster of Creative and Content Industries initiative, a scenario where business leaders, Government, support entities and academia work collaboratively to increase the productivity and competitiveness of the sector creative. The Cluster is made up of companies related to cinema, advertising, the media, videogames and digital animation.
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- June 12, 2019
Creative Industries Conversation
Juliana Restrepo
Colombia
She is the Director of the District Institute of the Arts of the Mayor's Office of Bogotá dedicated to the promotion of the arts in the Capital District. Previously, he directed the cultural unit of Publicaciones Semana. She was director of the Museum of Modern Art of Medellín (2008-2012), she was in charge of the 43rd National Salon of Artists (2013), and also in the executive direction of the Misol Foundation for the Arts. He has been a member of the boards of directors of different cultural and artistic institutions in Bogotá and Medellín, as well as a jury of design, art and new media contests and scholarships at a national and international level. Juliana is a publicist from the Universidad Pontificia Bolivariana in Medellín, a teacher in philosophy from the Pontificia Universidad Javeriana in Bogotá and has master's studies in media at EGS (European Graduate School) in Switzerland.
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- June 12, 2019
Creative Industries Conversation
Julian David Correa
Colombia
Director of Cinematography of the Ministry of Culture. He is a writer, audiovisual producer and cultural manager. For several years he worked on development programs in conflict zones in Colombia and since the early 1990s he has written for different periodicals such as Kinetoscopio and Cinémas d'Amérique Latine, among others. As a cultural manager, Julián David has focused on working to strengthen the state's sense of responsibility with respect to an industry and an art that, in addition to representing the country's identity and heritage, is a source of wealth and employment. He is convinced of the need for the different Colombians to express themselves audiovisually.
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