Black Optics @ Calling the Conjurers
This ROUNDTABLE + MEDIA SHOWCASE dives into the vibrant tapestry of Black visual cultures and fugitive, maternal, and other situated lenses and modes for survival. Featuring media studies scholars, culture workers, photographers, filmmakers, will unravel the rich narratives shaping Black life and artistic expression to explore the profound impact of visual storytelling on culture and society, and the joys and challenges that come with visual technologies with special attention to the Black gaze.
Speaker(s):
Roya Del Sol, independent artist & creative director, It’sOk* Studios
Nataleah Hunter-Young, assistant professor, Faculty of Information and Media Studies, Western University; programmer, Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF: Africa & Arab West Asia)
Ephraim Asili, filmmaker
Maurice Jones, curator, producer, MUTEK programmer, and PhD student at Concordia University
Future Festivals: Forging new horizons @ MUTEK Forum 2023
MUTEK together with four Canadian and two international partners launched the Future Festivals think tank in March 2023. Following Frankie Decaiza Hutchinson’s opening provocation, the panel invites Future Festivals partners Naomi Johnson, Executive Director of imagineNative, FTA’s David Lavoie, New Now Festival’s Jasmin Grimm, and MUTEK's Maurice Jones, for a call to action on not only how to rethink the future of festivals but more importantly how to build it together.
AI and Curating @ KI CAMP 2023
In an age of sensory overload, oversupply, and performance pressure, artificial intelligence promises instant creativity. GPT models such as OpenAI's DALL-E generate impressive works of art in a wide variety of styles from descriptions in natural language. AI thus connects to the idea of an artistic universal genius. In addition, AI systems act as curators, for example in the music industry. This raises new questions about creative work, copyrights, and ownership, which take on further dimensions with hypes such as NFTs and Metaverse.
The music industry is changing : AI enhancing music @ E-AI 2022
Tech like AI is completely changing the industry. Together with journalist, artist manager, and founder of Wicked Artists Dennis Kastrup this talk explores the transforming nature of the music industry through the arrival of Artificial Intelligence.
Light, sound and digital. How do new media festivals change a city? @ Gamma_PRO 2021
In this panel discussion Maurice joined cultural leaders and industry professionals Sergey Korneev (Tourism St.Petersburg), Anna Yalova (The Manege / Museum Line), Alexei Sherbina (Art&Science), and Nikita Sevostianov (FC Zenit) in exploring how new media arts festivals transform the urban environment.
Wiring Asia's Digital Art Scene @ This is Quebec 2019
The panel discussion explored initiatives on how to foster old and generate new regional connections in Asia’s emerging digital art scene.
Mind the Location: Interdisciplinary Art Collaborations through an Intersectional Lens @ The New Media Caucus 2019
The panel discussion on the application of intersectional methodology towards different forms of international collaborative art practices and interdisciplinary collaborations in particular is part of the on-going research on how interdisciplinarity in art, science and technology constitutes an essential element of cultural and social liberation.
Curating Machines @ Japan Media Arts Festival 2019
The symposium & live showcase “Art & The Intelligent Machine” seeks to explore the impacts that AI has on various artistic practices. The symposium seeks to go beyond common stereotypes of artificial intelligence and explore practical real-world approaches to this new and often misunderstood technology. The live Algorithmic AV Showcase seeks to present the most futuristic performances emerging out of the algorithmification of art.
Neural Music meets Urban Space: New Art Forms @ Strelka Institute
Olof van Winden, director and founder of the TodaysArt festival in The Hague, Maurice Jones, Artistic Director of the MUTEK.JP festival of electronic music and digital creativity in Tokyo, and Natalia Fuchs, co-producer of Gamma festival, share their views on how new art practices are reshaping society.