Maurice Jones is a curator, producer and researcher based in Tiohtià:ke/Montréal.
Biography
Maurice Jones (he/him) is a curator, producer and researcher based in Tiohtià:ke/Montréal, Canada. He's a PhD student at Concordia University, Montréal, with Dr. Fenwick McKelvey, where he investigates cross-cultural perceptions of AI, public participation in technology governance and festivals as sites of meaning-making.
In 2021, Maurice joined MUTEK’s Montréal headquarters in developing the program of the professional MUTEK Forum and leading the transnational Future Festivals research project. He was the Artistic Director of MUTEK.JP festival of electronic music and digital arts in Tokyo from 2016 to 2022.
Maurice produces audiovisual works including the Iwakura full-dome performance together with visual artist Ali M. Demirel and ambient musician Kazuya Nagaya and the AI-driven multichannel sound installation Soundscapes of an Earthly Community.