What's Technology Got to Do with It?

Barbara London

USA

Presented by Hyphen Hub

Video and media have attracted artists for decades. At first, painters, sculptors, musicians, and dancers saw the new and constantly updated electronic tools as both relevant and open ground to reclaim. During its relatively short life, media art has progressed from a defiant fringe to being considered museum-worthy and remarkably mainstream.

Acceptance of the field has coincided with market-driven technological advances. Today's ubiquitous and easy-to-use devices are indispensable and at the heart of everyday life. Speaker Barbara London describes the transformation.

Strategic design: scenarios for innovation

Carlo Franzato / Unisinos University

Brazil

The conference deals with design as a process that stimulates creative ecosystems. The strategic possibilities of design make it possible to promote an innovation derived, not only from the appropriation of technologies, but also from the ethical and aesthetic questions that the projectual action proposes for society. In this area, the development of scenarios to imagine alternative futures that challenge the current trajectories of organizational, social and cultural development becomes central.

Image: Jorinde Voigt, Scenes of Lovemaking (mid 1680's),"Japanese Erotic Art, 17th - 19th Century"

THE AGING OF DESIGN

Claudia Rebola / University of Cincinnati

Argentina–USA

Presented by Icetex - Fellows Colombia

Coordinator of Graduate Studies and Associate Professor of Industrial Design at the University of Cincinnati. His work brings together design, science and technology to experiment, design and prototype innovative interactive products in the field of health and inclusion. His specific interests lie in application areas designed for aging, with an emphasis on humanizing technology, empowering users, engaging communities, and celebrating the value of simplicity and tangibility in user-product interactions.

The image is nothing. Your thirst is everything. Image, fetish and merchandise.

Jose Alejandro Restrepo

Colombia

Presented by Banco de la República

Approach to the old and always persistent concept of fetishism. Image fetishism and commodity fetishism share and exchange strategies and values in contemporary society, including the world of art. Study of cases where images, image-producing devices and image corporations update their ideological projects.

The Creative Process on Broadway

Marc Routh/Broadway Asia

USA

Presented by Hyphen Hub

Award-winning international Broadway producer Marc Routh will take audiences through the steps of creating commercial entertainment from the first spark of an idea to opening night and beyond, explaining the different development steps and refinement of each. element to the extent that the creative process develops. It will also explain the international distribution of post-opening productions and the integration of new technological advances in theater production, as well as their implementation both in the development process and in actual productions.

The Collisions Between

Mike Stubbs/FACT

USA

Presented by Hyphen Hub

An exploration of contexts for experimentation in the media arts, breaking down the barriers between art, people and technology through recent case studies and the work of FACT, Liverpool.

Topics covered How can we create collisions between art and science, social commitment and creative industries? What contexts can we create to make relevant and politicized programs that address issues such as climate change or the future of the world of work through art and artists?

What does a Think Can Do lab look like? How can we reinvent art centers through social relationships to create deeper affection?

Anatomy of Film Festivals: LA_NY_Beijing

Rose Kuo/Festworks

USA

Presented by Hyphen Hub

From Los Angeles to New York to Beijing and many cities in between, a rare behind-the-scenes look at the evolution of some of the world's biggest international film festivals. A former Artistic Director based in the US and China, who has led festivals including AFI FEST, the New York Film Festival, and the Qingdao International Film Festivals, talks about film curating, emerging regions, discovering and developing talent And where is the cinema headed?

Film festivals around the world aspire to be essential and contribute to film culture. Many festivals, old and new, are struggling to be relevant in an ever-changing landscape. Why and how is this happening? As content platforms multiply and become more accessible from anywhere in the world, and the tools for creation evolve, how are film festivals navigating the changes with filmmakers and audiences? How is China's development in technology, film and video changing and where could it go next? What are the challenges for foreigners who want to work in film and other media in China? What are the secrets of success at work in the culture industry in China? What are the intricacies of film festival curation? What do film curators look for when looking for talent to show? Why was that movie or the filmmaker rejected?

Join us for a journey through creativity, technology, imagination, inspiration, and travel from the perspective of a movie seat.

FROM MUSIC–VISUAL TO FULLDOME

Ricardo Dal Farra / Concordia University

Argentina - Canada

The presentation “From MUSIC-VISUAL to FULLDOME. (Processes of experimentation, research and creation, between art, science and new technologies)” includes examples from both the history and current production of visual-music. It covers the work of artists, and the development of technologies, carried out by creators-researchers from Russia, Canada, Argentina, Colombia, the United States, Australia, Brazil, and Mexico, among others.

Special attention is given to the work that has been carried out in the FULLDOME format, and that intertwines art, science and technology, whose expansion is notable through Planetariums in America and Europe.