Lecture Hall (Meeting ID: 892 361 9478)

Design Possibilities, Recycle Experiences & Identify Opportunities / Paula Saul

Monday, Oct 26th, 13:00 - 14:30 CET Here we look forward to connecting ideas of design, sustainability and identity through the timeline of my life. Born in a small town in the south of Brazil, I’ve come a long way finding my own voice. Fashion is a powerful tool and it incorporates more than just taste but can be used as a way of expression and exploration of the self. In order to recognise ourselves as plural individuals we have to tell our stories based on the complex combinations of our life experiences and abilities as you would by sewing meticulously cut pieces of fabric together. My most recent work with recruitment and community building has made me realize we should be more willing to adapt and re-signify than to ignore or even diminish someone’s personal trajectory.

Lecture Keynote:

#identity #sustainability #community #transgenderism

Power & Media : An Inspection into Historical Art & Modern Media / Mahan Charmshir

Tuesday, Oct 27th, 09:00 - 10:30 CET What do we talk about when we talk about power? What is power? How do we interpret it? How do we perceive it? Do we know if we talk about the same concept when we talk about power? Is power real or an illusion? Why are we attracted to/ by power? An explorative interactive talk to explore all our own understanding of “power” together.

#anthropology #collectivebias #perceptivemedia #humanitarianrights #historicalart

Images for Change Making / Alice Nell

Tuesday, Oct 27th, 10:30 - 12:00 CET How is it that Uyghurs in camps aren’t massive news and haven’t been. How would society’s perspective be different if we would have photos of thousands of women and men being kept hostage, abused, and raped? Why don’t we see them? Bushfires in California and Australia. What happens when we are immunized to these recurring images? The content of our news cycle is reliant on the images made available to us. The way our world works often seems and feels obscure, complex, too hard to change. Too hard to fix. But although we can’t change the entire world at once -- all of us together as a civilisation, are without a doubt changing it. Every day, every year, every decade. Think about your parents, and your grandparents. Which freedoms do you have that they didn't? What opportunities? Which rights? Big corporations, industries, and politicians, can hire lobbyists and expensive business, marketing, and advertising firms to represent them and fight for their freedoms and rights.

Who fights for the freedoms and rights of normal people like you and me? Activists. Campaigners. Non-for-Profits. Foundations. Charities… There’s a whole spectrum of organisations and individuals out there that work tirelessly, day in day out, to make change in the world.

I want to open a conversation with you about activism, and how each single one of us has the power, the freedom, and the right -- to be an activist in their own way. You don’t need to work at an NGO like Greenpeace, or Doctors without Borders, or WWF to make change in the world. If every business, every advertisement agency, design studio, financial institution -- would have just one, single person working for them who dares to speak up bravely, and honestly. Just one person, who takes it upon them to go the extra mile and come up with new, alternative ideas to represent who we are -- who we can be. Who feels the urge to tell a different story -- we can change even more rapidly than we already are. A few things I’d love to talk about with you:

• Activism 101 -- a quick download

• Creating change from the inside out: employee rebellions

• How media & news influences how we think -- and who we are (and become)

• Photography, Video, Art, and Design -- to influence the news cycle.

• Photography, Video, Art, and Design -- to create and sustain movements What do the images of the world say about us? How do YOU curate the right imagery for your story?

#humanrights #digitalcampaign #imagery&media #collectivebias

Complexity Rules Everything Around Me / Eleanor Saitta

Tuesday, Oct 27th, 13:00 - 15:00 CET In this talk, we'll look at what immersive design and immersion mean, and how you can use embodied experiences to interrogate and co-design sociotechnical systems and processes. We'll do so from a whole-systems perspective, drawing on three threads — resilience engineering, speculative design, and the theories and praxis of the Nordic live-action role-playing community.

Lecture Keynote:

#systemdesign #bigdata #sociotechnical #processdesign #engineering #speculativedesign

Ethical Algorithm: Art & Data as Political Tool / Tom Laurenzo

Wednesday, Oct 28th, 09:00 - 10:30 CET In this talk Tomas will give a brief introduction to AI / machine learning. He will then discuss the socio-political impact of this technology as well as present some of his interactive artworks that incorporate machine learning.

Lecture Keynote:

#AI #Machinelearning #EthicalData #DataPolitics #InteractiveArts

The Professional Paradox of Self Knowledge: Coming out for Creatives / Daniel Montano

Wednesday, Oct 28th, 10.30 - 12:00 CET We are all walking paradoxes, we are taught from an early age to fit in, to dress for success, but what happens when we own the paradox, the contradictions, the complexity that is the self?

Using the lived queer experience as our jumping off point we will explore the power of self reflection and self knowledge in a professional context.

#identity #queer #socialanthropology #genderequality

Eco-communities and shared living: autonomy through egalitarianism / Penny Clark

Wednesday, Oct 28th, 13.00 - 14:00 CET Springing from utopian ideologies, yet domestic in nature, eco-communities and shared living, in their myriad of forms, offer hopeful visions of the future which are not only physically different, but are underpinned by alternative value systems.

This talk will explore how power hierarchies are flattened within eco-communities and shared living, and how this enables a collective level of autonomy which would not be possible on an individual level. In this talk, Penny will first define eco-communities and shared living, touching upon some of her research. She will explore the egalitarian power structures employed by some of these communities, looking at the benefits and challenges of power distribution and communications techniques. She will then make the case that shared living engenders personal fulfilment and empowerment through ‘inner work’ and sense of place, whilst also encouraging ‘larger-than-self’ thinking. Finally, she will demonstrate how shared living can to some extent enable autonomy from our dominant economic systems.

Lecture Keynote:

#communitybuilding #strategicspatialdesign #socialanthropology #genderequality

Cyber Security & The Gender Gap / Hila Meller

Wednesday, Oct 28th, 14:00 - 15:00 CET What does a Cybersecurity mean? In her talk, Hila will cover her personal journey to becoming a leader in this space and some of the career decisions she took. Key item in her session will be the development of the Cyber Security industry originating in more traditional Physical Security operations moving to the cyber and technological space, thus removing boundaries that are linked to gender, physical appearance or disabilities. She will explain the shortage of skills in the Cyber employment market which as a driver for diversity and inclusion and will touch on the remaining gaps.

Lecture Keynote:

#humanetechnology #dataprivacy #socialinclusion

The Internet Alchemy / Pepe Borrás

Wednesday, Oct 28th, 15:30 - 17:00 CET There’s a global movement of technologists, hackers, policy makers, activists and philanthropists fighting to keep the Internet free, open and accessible for everyone. The Internet Freedom community is one of the most interesting stories of multidisciplinary collaboration ever told – but nobody has ever told it… Yet. The internet isn’t Facebook, or Google – it isn’t search engines, or social media, either. The Internet is a shared global resource, and we need storytellers, creatives and dreamers to build powerful, hopeful visions for the future we want for the web.

I’d like to invite you to join me in a journey through uncharted narrative-building territory: Can positive, inspiring narratives be more impactful and engaging than catastrophism and dystopian techno-futurism? In the darkness, the faintest light source becomes a beacon.

Lecture Keynote:

#dataprivacy #humanetechnology #digitalrights #technofuturism

Design Fiction & World-Building / Pebbles Lin

Thursday, Oct 29th, 09:45 - 10:30 CET The world is a story, and you are the stage. How do you design a narrative that is visual compelling and emotionally alluring? How do you grapple with the power of truth, and how can you direct that narrative as in a fictional world? What is the space between reality and fiction, where you invite your audience to exist?

#speculativedesign #creativenarratives #alternaterealitygaming #scriptwriting #neurothinking

Identity & Intersectionality / Cecilia Gentili

Thursday, Oct 29th, 13:00 - 15:00 CET How identities get intertwined with each other forming not only specific nuances with the groups we are part of because of those identities but also how the create specifics realities.

#identity #personalnarrative #selfdiscovery

Story Living on a Scaffold of Data / Nandi Nobell

Thursday, Oct 29th, 15:30 - 17:00 CET Arguably we all live in our own individual fictional bubble - made real through our semi-joined fictional bubbles of friends, families and societies. You will likely have heard the term story-living. I first came across it at a lecture by the iMLxLAB of LucasArts - the company behind the Star Wars franchise, now owned by Disney and part of all that means. When we project the idea of story living further into human life and society by the tools of extended reality, what once was limited to the theme park is everywhere internet and cloud computing can reach - this already include, some jungles, Mount Everest as well as outer space. Story living is of course also tainted by the advertisement industry, that does all it can to pull us into their customized vocabularies making some use of story living too, fueled by algorithms feeding off our data, but what happens when instant customization of product reaches a level of sophistication that makes advertisement of standardized goods and services obsolete? The sole role of advertisement is to standardize you so that your mind aligns with standard product. Converging technologies point towards possibilities of inhabiting a semi-virtual world in a seamless fashion. Virtual goods is a rapidly growing market, and the way we can alter things in 3D software will increasingly be the way we can alter our own immediate experiences of reality. Everything harnessing our data is often pitched as dystopian, but there is also an immense potential therein as everything advanced in the digital realms depend on customization per individual, which in turn requires data. In order to design fiction we don’t want to leave - and to create services within this inhabitable fiction that generate real economy, gives rise to real jobs and evolves into a customizable reality on our own individual terms beyond most imaginations. Join for a mixed presentation and conversation on concepts focusing on extended reality and the possibilities thereof, growing on a scaffolding of data resulting in endless narratives.

Lecture Keynote:

#designfiction #narrativebuilding #futurism

How the world of design has changed, from physical to digital - Case study: Isola Design District / Elif Reşitoğlu

Monday, Nov 9th, 10:00 - 12:00 CET The world of design was, like many other creative sectors, twisted by the pandemic both due to the cancellation of the main trade fairs, and due to a significant drop in sales in the first quarters of 2020. Young and independent studios have been overwhelmed by this situation. This is how Blank's idea was born to launch a digital platform of Isola Design District, a design event that was taking place exclusively during design weeks. The curated platform has a focus on innovation, sustainability and experimental materials and it was realized in very short time, where you can find a design community, magazine, events calendar and a digital design district with virtual exhibitions developed by involving over 300 designers , design studios, important international partners and contributors from all over the world. With two events already underway in 2020, the platform immediately had a great media success and aims to revolutionize and democratize the market. Elif will share her experience on how the world of design has changed, from physical to digital.

#phygitaldesign #immersiveenvirnoments #creativestrategy

Looking Outside the Box / Amaka Onyioha-Nkele

Tuesday, Nov 10th, 16:00 - 17:30 CET Searching for the homeland of many has been a fundamental quest in science and culture, particularly because we all carry genetic echoes from our original fathers and mothers. Going back in time poring over fossils and peering at genetic ancestry and the intense signs say all modern humans roaming the Earth came from Africa. Africa is an enormous continent featuring an overwhelming scope of geographical and cultural diversity. Today, anywhere between 1,000 to 2,000 languages stretch from the Saharan desert across the mountain rainforests to the savannah grasslands. It is then noted the migration to other parts of the earth played a role in the change in the physical appearance to the ability to adjust to the new environment. The exploration of what lies beneath, where our differences lie, where our similarities collide in traditions, cultures and how we see ourselves in each other via the stories, concepts, fashion and more from a place of non-judgement, bore the idea of AfroStyle Magazine.

#identity #contentcreation #africanstyle

CREATIVE Workshops (Meeting ID: 892 361 9478)

Recommended for students to explore creative narratives, performative storytelling techniques and mind-mining experiences.

TECH Workshops (Meeting ID: 892 361 9478)

Skill-based technical workshops that requires pre-requisites of *basic understanding and skills.

Exploring Identity through Drag / Ceviche de Chocho

Monday, Oct 26th, 14:30-17:00 CET This workshop aims to analyze different notions of gender and sexuality through the art of drag. Particular emphasis will be placed on the aspect of drag make-up and the transformation from male to female. During this process, topics such as gender, sexuality, culture and ethnicity will be discussed while participants follow along and try to transform themselves and explore their own perceptions of gender as well as how this relates to identity and relationships of power connected to it.

#selfexploration #identity #genderbias #rupaul

Fear, Change & Predictive Processing / Shay Benish

Thursday, Oct 29th, 09:00 - 09:45 CET How much of your fear is only in your head? How many of your perceptions about yourself are mind made and has nothing to do with who you really are? This workshop will explore Predictive Processing, arguably known as one of the most basic functions of neural computations with prediction errors driving brain processes and behavior. We will go through a journey to observe, explore and optimize our self being, looking at personal development from a holistic and regenerative point of view

Workshop Keynote:

#speculativedesign #creativenarratives #timetravel #personaldevelopment #neurothinking

Performative Workshop: PowerPlay & The Status Game (Part 1) & Devised Theatre (Part 2) / Andrew Hefler & Casper Grey

Part 1: Friday, Oct 30th, 15:00-18:00 CET How do we recognize true leadership in a world of pretend politics? Bounded by existing power structures and constantly flooded by a televised display of transactional arrogance, how do we avoid mistaking weakness for strength? Can leaders be openly vulnerable? Do they exercise their Power based on fear, or charm? How do we relate to people close to us, and what can we do to navigate the trappings of Relative Status? Can we use it for a Greater Good? In this performative workshop, we delve into notions related to Power and Strength. We will be looking at the effects of your attitude and behaviour, and the effects that it has on others and your relating to one another. The mentor, Andrew Hefler, is a brilliant beast with thirty years of experience as a theatre director, actor, performer, trainer, you name it. This will be useful to everyone eager to try improvisation and exploratory, performative tools.

Part 2: Monday 2nd November 09:00-12:00 PowerPlay with improvisational theatre, and means of translating PURPOSE into ACTION - useful in life ;) - as well as in projects involving podcasts, script writing, radio dramas, video performances, interviews, or live-streamed videos.

#improv #selfexpolration #breakingconceptions

Power & Privilege / Semayat Oliveira & Charô Nunes

Part 1: Monday, Nov 2nd, 13:00-14:15 CET

Part 2: Wednesday, Nov 4th, 13:00-14:15 CET

#inclusivedesign #racialbias #selfexploration

Inclusive Design / Charlotte Fereday & Charlie Wileman from IdeanUK

Monday, Nov 2nd, 14:30-17:30 CET Inclusive design seeks to involve underrepresented voices in the design process with the aim of designing better solutions for everyone. In this session, you’ll confront your own biases and experiment with some of our inclusive design tools to welcome more perspectives into your design process. You’ll go home with a new mindset about the value of designing inclusively, and some tools to embed inclusive design into your projects.

What will be covered: 1. A brief intro into inclusive design and why we think it’s important

2. Two interactive sessions using Idean’s Inclusive Design tools

• Using Cards for Humanity to embed a more inclusive approach into your project work and strengthen your concepts

• Using Universal Score to evaluate your emerging ideas and help you to level up how inclusive your concepts are.

3. Reflections and wrapping up

#DesignThinking #Strategy #UX #inclusiveDesign #CardsforHumanity

Photogrammetry & Rapid Prototyping / Cristina Tarquini of studiocrtq.com

Tuesday, Nov 3rd, 09:00-12:00 CET & Wednesday, Nov 4th, 09:00-12:00 CET Deep dive into creating short form video content thru mixed-media synesthesia! Sharing industry insights in how to make "cool shit” for clients! And exploring a variety of animation/ footage treatment techniques using some of our analog & digital workflows!

​Antoine Bertin & Cristina Tarquini // Soundscapes Workshop - Kikk Festival​

​Mikaela Steby Stenfalk // Collective Collection​ ​Marshmallow Laser Feast // Memex - Duologue​ ​Marshmallow Laser Feast // Chameleon​ ​Liam Young // Where the city can’t see​

Part 1: Photogrammetry We will learn how to create 3D models of existing real objects we will find around us. By taking pictures of these objects with a phone and thanks to the software Agisoft, we will be able to teleport objects from the real world straight into the virtual one.

Part 2: Rapid Prototyping Rapid prototyping and iterative design is key to nail the message we’re trying to communicate. By quickly putting ideas out there we’ll be able to test and improve ideas/projects on the fly.

Software Used: Agisoft, Miro

#3Dscanning #photogrammetry #virtualworldbuilding #prototyping

Visual Jamming, StoryShowing & Whimsical Activism / Raymo Ventura of Deuxwave studio

Tuesday, Nov 12th, 14:00-17:00 CET Deep dive into creating short form video content thru mixed-media synesthesia! Sharing industry insights in how to make "cool shit” for clients! And exploring a variety of animation/ footage treatment techniques using some of our analog & digital workflows!

The Workshop: We will take a piecemeal approach to visual activism! A movement begins with an individual walk and then a protest occurs when a group of people meet up and walk together!

With that in mind, each student will create and experiment with their own interpretation of a walk! Can be an animation of any style or any sort of filmed footage treatment! After everyone submits, we will then take all the individual walks and have them all come together as parts of a larger group movement video!

Software Used: Adobe AfterEffects, Premiere, Photoshop

Bonus Tools: Access to printer, scanner, paper & doodle instruments (i.e. markers, colored pencils, watercolors, acrylic paints, choose your own adventure)

#Animation #MovingImages #PlayfulActivism #FunExploration #DigitalProtest

Creating Participative Virtual Environments / Stefano D'Alessio

Thursday, Nov 5th, 09:00-12:00 CET & Friday, Nov 6th, 09:00-12:00 CET We’ll dive into Mozilla Hubs, a platform that gives users the possibility to create and share three-dimensional participative virtual environments that can be visited and changed by anybody with a browser, an internet connection and a link to a space. We’ll specifically focus on experimenting with the creation of spaces to develop immersive narratives

*Software Used: Blender, Firefox *Please register on https://hubs.mozilla.com/spoke

References:

Some Hubs

Lecture Notes:

#3Denvironment #immersivespace #virtualreality #ethicalnarratives

Tales, Territories and Strategies / Paulina Greta

Thursday, Nov 5th, 14:30-17:30 CET & Wednesday, Nov 11th, 13:00-16:00 CET The workshop aims to guide through Augmented Reality realm showing augmented narratives and the potential held in this medium. The building of storytelling is going towards an evocative direction distancing from the classical plot-oriented narrative. The switch, from a timeline based content structure to real-time environments, require a deconstruction of our content tools (written information, image, sound etc.). Practical ways of application will be examined and discussed. The lecture is a theoretical part that encourages to think and /design AR narratives and experiences.

Softwares used: AFrame, Meshmixer / MeshLab, Cinema 4D & Photoshop

Part 1: Spark AR On Instagram Filters building. Focus on the key steps of the workflow Student Instructions. Learning Outcomes: The workshops aim to provide the basic methodology and the technical instruments needed for the creation and production of an Augmented experience.

Part 2: AFrame On AR web-based building framework. Focus on the key steps of the workflow ⁃ 3D preparation for AR ⁃ Basic animation ⁃ Web repositories ⁃ Coding structure Student Instructions.

Softwares used: Spark AR

#MixedReality #VR #AugmentedReality #DesignFiction, #InstaFaceFilter #ARNarratives

Sound On! Sound Design Workshop / Francesco Torelli

Monday, Nov 9th, 14:00-17:00 CET & Tuesday, Nov 10th, 14:00-17:00 CET How do we design the sound?

Analyzing and understanding the meaning of sounds through their nature. Removing meanings from sounds hiding their source. Giving sounds new meanings. Organizing them and understand how to express a narrative potential through a structure. Designing what we want the audience to hear. Catching sounds and digitally manipulate them in order to create what has been designed.

Starting from digital audio’s basics, a journey through recording and manipulation of sound using the computer.

Software used: Ableton Live 10

Hardware used: *Portable recorders equipped with microphone(s) (like the Zoom h2n), laptops, headphones (the better the quality, the better the result!)

*If a portable recorder is not available per each group of students, there will be no problem, we can record sounds with smartphones (for which some free apps - like Voice Record Pro - will be required)

#SoundDesign #SoundScaping #ASMR

Timing | Monday - Friday, *09:00 - 17:00 (CET) Daily

*Occasional extra lectures after school hours might occur

WHY | Week 1 (W44) : Inspiration (Oct 26 - *30th 2020)

Get inspired and generate insights about immersive storytelling, and the meaning of “power” in the intersections between humanity, technology, sustainability and society

*TDS on Friday, Oct 30th, 10:00 - 15:00

HOW | Week 2 (W45) : Exploration (Nov 2nd - 6th 2020)

Actively explore the possibilities of different technologies for designing immersive environments

WHAT | Week 3 (W46) : Creation (Nov 9 - *13th 2020)

Build up your concept, define the right technologies, and prototype ideas for delivering purpose-oriented narratives

*TDS on Friday, Oct 13th, 09:30 - 12:00

WHAT | Week 4 (W47) : Integration (Nov 16 - 20th 2020)

Package your concept and prepare it for final presentation in the opening ceremony of BETA HUMAN Museum & Archive

Software to Download X Sound Design Workshop

Please download the software Ableton Live 10 before the Sound Design Workshop on Mon, Nov 9th, 14:00 CET

Workshop Description:

How do we design the sound?

Analyzing and understanding the meaning of sounds through their nature. Removing meanings from sounds hiding their source. Giving sounds new meanings. Organizing them and understand how to express a narrative potential through a structure. Designing what we want the audience to hear. Catching sounds and digitally manipulate them in order to create what has been designed.

Starting from digital audio’s basics, a journey through recording and manipulation of sound using the computer.

Performative Workshop Sign-up

Please complete this form to join the *performative workshop about "PowerPlay & Status" on Friday, Oct 30th.

*Limited spots available

Workshop Description:

How do we recognize true leadership in a world of pretend politics? Bounded by existing power structures and constantly flooded by a televised display of transactional arrogance, how do we avoid mistaking weakness for strength? Can our leaders be openly vulnerable? Do they exercise their Power based on fear, or charm? Is charisma a good personality trait?

In this performative workshop, we delve into notions of Relative Status and Strength. We will be looking at the effects of your attitude and behaviour, and the effects that it has on others and your relating to one another.

Important Events

😍 Monday, Oct 26th 2020, 09:00 - Module Kick-off Please sign in to the Zoom classroom 10 mins before! You will be introduced to your Industry Leaders, Module's outline and your fellow team members.

🥰 Friday, Oct 30th 2020, 10:00 - 15:00 - TDS 10:00 - 12:00 | Groups 1-8 13:00 – 15:00 | Groups 9-16

🥰 Friday, Nov 13th 2020, 09:30 - 12:00 - Non Violent Communication TDS All groups at the same time

🥳 Friday, Nov 20th 2020, 17:00 - Final Delivery

👋🏾 Monday, Nov 23rd 2020 - Wrap Up

CP TEAM WILL WORK ON 3 ASPECTS:

1. Museum

2. “Power” exhibition

3. Opening Ceremony: 2 Days celebration with Guided Exhibition

PLEASE REMEMBER that the exhibition is hosted by the museum and the opening ceremony is a tool to promote and celebrate the opening of the museum and its first exhibition’s vernissage.

SCOPE OF WORK FOR CP TEAM ON ALL 3 ASPECTS:

1. Defining the values the museum, exhibition and opening ceremony promotes

2. Developing the overall visual concept of the museum, exhibition and opening ceremony

3. Developing the UX and how it is being handled for the museum, exhibition and opening ceremony

4. Developing all marketing materials for the museum, exhibition and opening ceremony, from visuals, to communicates (press releases), digital strategy and strategic partnerships

SCOPE OF WORK FOR EACH CP TEAM SUBGROUP:

PRODUCTION:

1. Responsible for developing the overall creative direction & visual identity, and building the brand book / visual guide for the Marketing and Creative Teams to follow

2. Responsible for defining the UX and how it is being handled on all 3 aspects

3. Responsible for making sure that all the technicalities are in place and the museum is able to host the exhibition

4. Responsible for making sure that all the technicalities are in place for the opening ceremony

MANAGEMENT:

1. Responsible for aligning between the Creative Teams and CP Team, and between the different CP Team subgroups, making sure that all needs of all sides are being met

2. Responsible for planning, facilitating and moderating all JOINT(!) CP Team meetings

3. Setting all the rules on how information is flowing from the CP Team to the Creative Teams and vice versa, and between the CP Team subgroups

4. Responsible for collating and managing the Inspirational Library material in the museum

5. Supporting Industry Leaders, Speakers & Mentors whenever necessary (Eg. Managing learning materials: Recording and Uploading recorded lectures onto a registered Youtube/Vimeo channel, and posting them to the course’s Workbook)

MARKETING:

1. Responsible for making sure the museum, the exhibition and the opening ceremony are known and well communicated from all fronts; digital, written, *visual, and partnerships (*the marketing team isn't responsible for the visual identity, but they definitely have the right to influence it in case they think that it is not communicating the purpose, and the same for the partnerships!)

2. Responsible for building up all the communication strategies and writing all press releases

3. Responsible for collecting all marketing material from the Creative Teams about their individual installations (in collaboration with the management team), and deciding how to integrate it the overall marketing strategy

PARTNERSHIPS:

1. Responsible for building up strategic relationships with individuals, brands, companies and any partner that can help in promoting the museum, exhibition and opening ceremony / support the cause and communicate the purpose for the museum, exhibition and opening ceremony

2. Responsible for finding solutions in the form of partnerships for answering needs coming from the marketing, production and creative teams

Here is your repository IXD workbook and learning guide with essential information and all supplementing course materials you need for sailing through your learning journey. Behold, we come. 👾

Open Panel Discussion Stage (Meeting ID: 892 361 9478)

Systemic Change & Power Distribution with Nadine Bruder, Mahan Charmshir, Shany Hadad, Yeliz Ueney & Basadi Dibeela (Hosted by Shay Benish & Pebbles Lin)

Tuesday, Oct 27th, 15:30 - 17:00 CET Systemic Change & Power Distribution - The discussion will explore the discourse of power structures across the world, and how thought-leaders build up systems that are resilient, promote diversity and foster the wellbeing of humanity. Also, how by rethinking our current structures, we are able to built up long term positive and sustainable change.

Scripting & Designing Fiction for Our Reality with Andrew Hefler, Marian Kaiser, Paulina Greta & Denisse Ariana Pérez (Hosted by Casper Grey)

Thursday, Oct 29th, 10:30 - 12:00 CET How can fiction describe reality? Can we script the world we live in? How do we construct narratives that evoke emotional responses, rather than simply providing audiences with facts and information? Is there an indispensable component that allows us to engage the viewer?

In this Open Panel, we delve into how fictional storytelling / story showing can become an insightful reflection of reality, and how to use Visual, Experiential, Bodily, and Technological tools to produce transformative experiences.

This year’s Immersive Experience Design module will explore the different meanings of “Power”.

You will be encouraged to:

1. Explore the discourse of “Power” in its different intersections between humanity, technology, science and sustainability

2. Understand your meaning of “Identity” and its role for developing society

3. Learn how immersive narratives and technology can shape society and build resilience, diversity and inclusion

4. Create with purpose and experiment different storytelling techniques to art and journalism

5. Design with Intention through defining the right technology and apply the appropriate digital tools to activate a chosen cause

The final delivery of this 4 weeks module will be a “BETA HUMAN Museum & Archive” - A digital museum that takes visitors through an explorative journey to uncover the different meanings of humanity via digital & performative art, investigative journalism and interactive design.

The first exhibition the museum will host will explore the meaning of “Power” in the intersection between humanity, technology and sustainability.

The exhibition will be divided across 3 rooms:

1. Art Collection - A room that explores the different meanings of “power” and “identity” through artistic expression

2. Journalistic Archive - A room with Interactive stories / journals that investigate “power” and “identity” from diverse perspectives and take visitors through an immersive storyline

3. *Inspirational Library - A room with a collection of all noteworthy books, podcasts and articles from mentors & students (*the material in this room is not generated / created by the students)

In order to celebrate the opening of the museum and its first exhibition, we will throw an Opening Ceremony that will draw attention to the museum’s purpose and its respected exhibition.

In addition to building up the museum, curating the exhibition, and creating the opening ceremony, the CP Team will need to find creative solutions for guiding visitors through the museum and the different “installations”.

⭐️ 👉🏽 The museum will open on Friday, Nov 20th, 17:00 CET, and its opening will follow with an Opening Ceremony throughout the weekend 0f Nov 21st - 22nd 👈🏼 ⭐️

Can I become who I want to be?

That's a tough question but thankfully, our team is on it. Please bear with us while we're investigating.

How can we get in touch further with the guest speakers & mentors?

There will be scheduled time for creative team review with selected speakers/ mentors. However, if you have further questions or need feedback for your project or personal career advice, you may email the guest speakers/ mentors directly, while response is upon their availability.

Can I change my team / choose whom I want to work?

Sadly, nope. We strongly encourage students to enter the module with open minds and hearts and allow yourself to be surprised. In the real world, you are often presented with context that you will be put into teams or assigned to work with clients or partners that might not be to your wishes, the idea here is to train your team-agility, creative tolerance and spontaneity.

Rhythm 0 (1974) / Marina Abramovic

In 1974, Marina Abramovic performed in which she said to visitors she wouldn't move for six hours, no matter what they did to her. She made available on a table on her side 72 objects that could be used to please or destroy, including from flowers to a knife and a loaded gun. She invited visitors to use the objects in her any way they wished. Initially said Abramović, visitors were peaceful and shy, but quickly turned violent: ′′ The experience I learned was that... if you leave the decision to the public, you might be killed... I felt very violated. They cut my clothes, they put rose thorns in my belly, one person pulled the gun at my head, and another pulled the gun close. This created an aggressive atmosphere. After exactly 6 hours, as planned, I got up and started walking towards the public. Everyone ran away, escaping from a real confrontation." This performance revealed something terrible about humanity, similar to Philip Zimbardo's Stanford Prison Experiment and Stanley Milgram's Obedience Experiment, also showed how fast people are they take off depending on the circumstances. This performance showed how easy it is to dehumanize a person who cannot defend themselves, and is particularly powerful because it challenges what we think we know about ourselves.

The Lucifer Effect And Humanity's Evil In 10 Works Of Art

Walrus / Tom Laurenzo

Mirrors, in Borges words, trouble the depths. They exist in the reflection of light, outside of the image, simultaneously expanding a scene and constituting its border, its limit. Mirrors are interactive, yet blind; however, Walrus’s manipulation of the image proposes a mirror that partially sees us, understands us, and explicitly constructs a representation of us. An idea of us.

The installation also inserts the dynamics of computational ubiquity and surveillance in which our identity is partially defined by the objectification of being "the surveilled".

Extraordinary Accident / Tom Laurenzo

“The day when virtual reality becomes more powerful than reality will be the day of the big accident. ankind never experienced such an extraordinary accident.” – Paul Virilio

Extraordinary Accident is a virtual reality artwork that reflects on Hong Kong’s urban experience, focusing on the differences and similarities that different perceptual scales may offer.

VR researchers and artists often focus on either somewhat futile quest for hyper-realism, or in a sometimes infantile assumption of a post–historicity that tends to ignore centuries of visual research and development.

This dichotomy does resonate strongly with Hong Kong’s contemporary and historical duality. Hong Kong is a city that has long been defined by successful navigations of explicitly opposing forces that simultaneously negate and reinforce themselves. Forces that have propelled a city unique in its ability of defining its own historicity.Extraordinary Accident consists of a VR experience aiming to explore this fractal coexistence of different realities in Hong Kong.

She's Gone (2019) / Keren Yehezkeli Goldstein

She’s gone is an art installation protesting against the global phenomenon of gender-based murder performed by spouses and other family members. The installation sends a cry of silence on behalf of all innocent victims who were murdered because they were women. Between 2010 and 2019, no less than 189 women and girls have been murdered in Israel alone. Some cases have never been solved.

A well rounded Experience Designer with a history of working with Strategic Innovation, Environments Design and Business Development. Passionate about creating holistic experiences by strengthening the interrelations between space, technology and wellbeing. Interested in bringing the methodologies of UX, Design Thinking and Regenerative Design to the design and development of built environments, services and businesses. Curious about AI, FoodTech, Fashion & Luxury Retail, RealEstate, Healthcare, Art and Culture. Shay designs and leads processes in the fields of Digital & Organizational Transformation, Creative Strategy, Human Centred Design & Concept Development, Immersive Environments Design, Strategic Learning, and Corporate Mindfulness. Shay works with teams and leaders that wish to come up with entirely new ideas, build capacity for change and emerging technologies, and capitalize their co-creative abilities for innovation. Some of Shay's previous clients includes Hyper Island, Toyota, Schenker DB, XPRIZE Foundation, NYC Department of Cultural Affairs, Nike, Coty, MSF.org, Comune di Milano, and Chiara Ferragni Collection. As a believer in the power of regeneration for growth, Shay is the Founder of DACE.life, a Culture Design consultancy that offers a 3-Levels holistic framework for regenerative development.

Content Developer 2021 Mirjam Külm mirjam.kulm@hyperisland.com

Motion Creative 2021 Sumbu Temo sumbu.temo@hyperisland.com

Ethical Data / CyberPolitics

Race

Feminism, Gender & Sexuality

Social Justice & Equality

On History & Culture

On Identity & Humanity

On Philosophy & Psychology

On Immersive Content & Storytelling

On Humour / Games & General Fun Stuff

Comics / Illustrations / Fantasy

Improv & Theatre

Podcast

Written Materials / Sources

Softwares & Tools you will need during your workshops.

*NOTE: Please download and INSTALL the trial versions of the softwares BEFORE attending the workshop. You are advised to go self-learn the basics with the available online tutorials usually given on software's sites. It will accelerate your learning if you have gone through the foundation of the softwares tutorial and acquire basic understanding to the relevant uses. Have fun exploring! 🤓

Gravity Sketch

Gravity Sketch is an intuitive 3D design platform for cross-disciplinary teams to create, collaborate, and review in an entirely new way.

Occulus - Medium

Cards For Humanity

Blender

Blender is the free and open source 3D creation suite. It supports the entirety of the 3D pipeline—modeling, rigging, animation, simulation, rendering, compositing and motion tracking, even video editing and game creation.

5 top Blender video tutorials for beginners

1. Blender Basics by CG Cookie

2. Blender Fundamentals by the Blender Foundation

3. Blender Inside Out on the Blender Cloud

4. Blender Beginner Series by CG Masters

5. Blender Beginner by Blender Guru

HUBS

Hubs is a VR chat room designed for every headset and browser, but it is also an open source project that explores how communication in mixed reality can come to life. Step inside one of our virtual rooms or build one from the ground up. With Hubs, you can create a room with a single click.

Adobe After Effects

Adobe After Effects is the industry standard tool for motion graphics and visual effects. Artists and post production professionals rely on After Effects to generate visually stunning work for film, TV, video, and web.

Sparks AR

Spark AR Studio is an augmented reality platform for Mac & Windows that allows you to somewhat easily create AR effects for mobile cameras. Think of it like Photoshop or Sketch, but for AR.

Spark AR: Lightning effect face filter

AFrame

AFrame is a digital data transmission unit in computer networking and telecommunication. In packet switched systems, a frame is a simple container for a single network packet. In other telecommunications systems, a frame is a repeating structure supporting time-division multiplexing.

AFrame Inspector

Photogammetry

Photogrammetry is the use of photography in surveying and mapping. It's used to measure distances between objects, and photogrammetry software can utilize images to create 3D renderings. While in its early days it was used mostly for topographic mapping, it's recently been used in a number of unexpected ways.

Ableton Live 10

Ableton Live lets you easily create, produce and perform music within one intuitive interface. Live keeps everything in sync and works in real-time, so you can play and modify your musical ideas without interrupting the creative flow.

Artivive

Paula Saul

Creative Director of @PHSD Team

Creator, curator and multidisciplinary communicator. Passionate about generating experiences and exchanging knowledge with other people. Moving between fashion, education, advertising and production. During the academic period, at fashion university, she got involved with the academic directory, scientific initiation and won awards such as the 9th Young Designer Salon at Feevale University and had her brand, PHSD, chosen for the Brand Accelerator and participating in DEMO project in 2016. Already in São Paulo, she worked in fashion production with major brands such as Nike, RedBull, Uber and Rolling Stone. Today, as a recruitment and community analyst, she builds dialogues with talents and professionals in the areas of communication and advertising through THE GRID for the FLAGCX ecosystem - the largest independent publicity group in Latin America, with more than twenty operations between São Paulo, Rio de Janeiro and New York. Together with the House of Blyndex, she has works and initiatives that include and support black and transgender bodies immersed in the Brazilian Ballroom culture.

Email: contactphsd@gmail.com

Social: @saulblyndex

Mahan Charmshir

President & Co-Founder of Gandom Foundation (A World without Borders) & Researcher at Grotius Centre for International Legal Studies (Humanitarian Law)

Born in 1991 in Tehran, Iran, Mahan Charmshir is a graduate of the University of Warsaw in (BA) International Relations. He has a MA degree in International Humanitarian Action from the University of Warsaw & the Ruhr University Bochum, Germany, with a specialization in International Humanitarian Law . Mahan worked with the Center for International Relations (CIR) as a Middle East analyst. He established “Gandom Foundation” in Poland, a NGO which focuses on the promotion of human rights and humanitarian principles through education. He is currently a research fellow at the Kalshoven-Gieskes Forum on International Humanitarian Law (IHL) at Leiden University. Now based in The Hague.

Email: m.charmshir@gandom.ngo

Alice Nell

Global Campaigner at Avaaz

After 10 years in marketing and communications in the Dutch music industry and the Berlin startup scene, Alice decided she wanted to do something different with her skills —and chose a new career path. Without any experience in activism or politics, she applied for a job at global campaigns group Avaaz. 3 years in, she’s worked on campaigns fighting issues ranging from disinformation to human rights to climate change. She can’t imagine ever going back to marketing. Alice holds a Bachelors in Art & Economics and an Masters in Media Studies, with a specialisation in New Media & Digital Culture. She’s Dutch and has been based in Berlin for almost 8 years. .

About Avaaz: Avaaz is, a global citizens movement with over 64 million members worldwide, campaigning on a wide range of pressing global, regional, and national issues; from corruption and poverty to conflict and climate change. Avaaz takes action with petitions, media campaigns, direct actions, lobbying, offline protests, and events. It is "the globe's largest and most powerful online activist network" according to The Guardian. Recent Campaigns:

1. Green Corona Recovery

2. Total's Disastrous East African Crude Oil Pipeline

3. Facebook: Correct the Record!

4. JP Morgan Chase: Green your trillions

5. Free the Uyghurs

Email: alicevalerienell@gmail.com

Eleanor Saitta

Principal at System Structure Ltd

Eleanor Saitta is a hacker, designer, artist, writer, and barbarian. She makes a living and a vocation of understanding how complex transdisciplinary systems and stories fail and redesigning them to fail better.

Saitta leads Systems Structure Ltd. (https://structures.systems), a boutique security architecture and strategy consultancy that works with firms seeking to build or grow security practices or specific high-exposure products, advises news organizations and NGOs targeted by nation states, and researches and builds immersive transmedia participation events. She has been active in the Nordic Larp scene since 2011, and has edited two books for the community, The Foundation Stone of Nordic Larp and What We Do When We Play, and has written and co-written numerous essays on the subject, including the one which coined the term "steering". She lives at and co-runs The Attic (https://theattic.fi), a private performance venue for queer art, culture, fashion, and politics in Helsinki, Finland. She is also a member of the advisory boards of the Freedom of the Press Foundation, the IFTF Governance Futures Lab, and the Calyx Institute, and works on the Trike security ecosystem modeling project and the Briar/Bramble distributed messaging system.

Saitta is a regular speaker at conferences, universities, and other institutions including the O'Reilly Velocity, KiwiCon, the CCC Congress, Hack in The Box, Transmediale, ToorCon, Knutepunk, HOPE, Arse Electronika, Harvard, Yale, and the London ICA. Her writing, painting and talks can be found at https://dymaxion.org, and she's on Twitter as @Dymaxion.

Email: ella@dymaxion.org

Denisse Ariana Pérez

Creative Copywriter Content Creator & Photographer

A Caribbean-born, Copenhagen-based author, copywriter and photographer. Denisse is obsessed with words, people and imagery and finding ways to make them speak to one another.

As a copywriter, she thinks and write for brands. As a photographer, she gives a face to culture.

She is an Interactive Art Direction graduate from Hyper Island, Stockholm. Currently working as a Senior Creative at Belong Agency in Copenhagen, Denmark.

Email: denisse.prez@gmail.com

URL: http://www.denisseariana.com/

Social: @denisseaps

Basadi Dibeela

Cultural Connector

Basadi Dibeela is a Cultural Connector based in Kanye, Botswana.

She explores the concept of creative placemaking for village and rural re-imagaining, and how data can be used to build better communities.

In her work she incorporates and thinks about how arts, innovation, creative spaces, arts festivals and social entrepreneurship can be leveraged for community and transformation.

Email: elangbasadi@gmail.com

Nadine Bruder

Founder of She For Social Impact / Just Damn Right

German-born, international citizen. Award-winning strategist, executive advisor, system thinker, #GlobalGoals advocate and renaissance woman with a “tech, business, design & science mindset”.

13+ years of international experience in business strategy, technology innovation, sustainability, ESG/SDG, investing and strategic partnerships. Advisor to senior managers of internationally operating organizations. Industry advisor to investment companies. Advisory Board Member at technology startups. Founder of JUST DAMN RIGHT, a platform for sustainability-led ventures and an international strategy consultancy. Founder of the independent She For Social Impact Awards. Member of the Federal German Association for Artificial Intelligence. Her industry insights: Commerce, design, Fintech and Finance, Digital technologies, Sustainability Innovations.

Email: hello@nadinebruder.com

URL: nadinebruder.com

Shany Hadad

Owner & CEO of BrainnU

Shany Hadad is the owner and CEO of Brainnu house of creative & strategy, based in Tel Aviv and working with local and global unicorn brands and organizations, to create sustainable user-brand interactions. As the only all-women creative house in Israel, promoting women in various ways is part of Brainnu's DNA, as well as taking on and actively supporting projects that create a true positive impact on people’s lives.

Shany has an MBA in interactive communications, strategy & entrepreneurship, with an HCI major. An academic lecturer in digital interface user experience, the development of sophisticated digital marketing strategies and growth hacking of Tech companies, which are an integral part of the Startup nation’s ecosystem.

Email: shany@brainnu.com

Yeliz Üney

Managing Partner at btveen.

With her background in systemic thinking, Yeliz’s expertise is to build viable and sustainable organisations that put peoples needs, potential and power in the center of the teams. During her career in the creative industry, Yeliz has worked in various renown digital agencies in leading positions, where she built up new teams and established a culture of creativity and innovation.

Yeliz would call herself a world citizen - she was born in Izmir, grown up in Germany and is now living in Vienna with her partner and one year old son. Experiencing this blend of different cultures in her life, Yeliz leads by example and is consequently establishing diverse business environments to create value by fostering an open culture.

Currently Yeliz is working on building an innovation ecosystem that connects people and companies who want to have a positive impact on corporate culture and development.

Email: yeliz.ueney@btveen.com

Tom Laurenzo

Associate Professor of Critical Media Practices, University of Colorado at Boulder (starting on Jan 2021)

Artist, engineer, academic, and designer, working with physical and digital media, interested in data representation, music, interaction, and politics. With a background in both computer science and art, his research spans across different practices and interests, including artificial intelligence (machine learning), human-computer interaction, physical computing, and extended reality. He has several publications, mainly in the areas of New Media Art, and HCI.His artistic production is also diverse and includes installations, music, live cinema, and digital lutherie. His artworks and performances have been shown globally. Since 2014, he has been Assistant Professor at the School of Creative Media of the City University of Hong Kong.

Email: tomas@laurenzo.net

URL: laurenzo.net

Daniel Montano

Creative Strategist & Design Lead at More Digital Studios

Daniel is originally from London but has lived and worked in Stockholm since 2007.

Previously a dancer & choreographer he now works as a Creative Strategist and Design Lead at More Digital Studios, for clients such as Adidas Originals, Y-3, Michelin, Supercell, SAS and many more.

Email: daniel.montano@hyperisland.se

Social: @unicorn.deluxe

URL: daniel-montano.com (Portfolio)

Penny Clark

Co-founder and Head of Research & Sustainability at Conscious Coliving

Penny Clark is Co-founder and Head of Research & Sustainability at Conscious Coliving, an impact-driven spatial and experience design consultancy. Penny is a strong advocate for the positive social and environmental potential of shared living, and as part of her role conducts R&D in order to help shared living communities thrive. Penny also has an expertise in environmentally sustainable practices within communities, as she is currently undertaking doctoral research which explores this topic.

Email: penny@consciouscoliving.com

Hila Meller

Vice President Security Europe & Global Vertical Security Lead - Resources, Manufacturing & Logistics at BT Global

Hila is tasked with protecting BT and some of the world's leading organisations against ever-changing cyber threats. She has more than 20 years of experience in the security world. During her career, she’s worked with some of the world’s best known brands and international organisations to protect their IT estate and business assets, while taking them through digital transformation initiatives.

She is experienced in leading diverse international security teams and has done so for several large Fortune 500 companies. Hila has a bachelor degree in computer science and mathematics, and an executive MBA. She is a passionate public speaker and an enthusiastic advocate of diversity in technical fields. Recently she was chosen as one of the top 100 STEM female experts by the “100 esperte” initiative, supported by the EU commission.

Email: hila.meller@bt.com

URL: BT Official profile

Pepe Borrás

Co-Founder of Internet Freedom Festival

Digital Media Expert, Creative Strategist and two-time founder at the intersection of advertising, technology and society (2009→present). The Internet Freedom Festival is unlike any other conference focusing on the fight against censorship and surveillance due to its spotlight on diversity of ethnicity, region, gender, and thought that’s represented” – Matt Mitchell, WIRED 25 2020, Ford Foundation Fellow, CryptoHarlem Founder. Pepe has built his career by combining the creative force of advertising with social impact and activism, focusing on issues involving technology and human rights. In 2015 he co-founded the Internet Freedom Festival, a renowned community development nonprofit, funded by the U.S. Department of State, Ford Foundation, Mozilla, Twitter, Facebook and Google. In 2013, he launched Listen to Help, a pioneer Cannes Lions-selected advertising campaign that turned Spotify into a fundraising platform, later replicated by UNICEF Sweden and ABBA. Since 2014, he’s been providing pro bono services to nonprofits supporting underrepresented groups, and he serve as a board member of the leading Washington, D.C. nonprofit Open Tech Fund.

Constantly exploring emerging trends in digital culture and global affairs, capturing thoughts as a frequent media contributor and conference speaker. Recently spoke at Internetdagarna in Sweden (Keynote: The Future Needs New Privacy Narratives), Oslo Freedom Forum (Panel: Creating Online Communities), and at the Open Tech Fund Summit in Taiwan (Session: Internet Freedom Community Building). Email: hola@pepeborras.com

Publications: Is the internet headed for an apocalyptic future? (Spanish)

Social: Twitter

Marian Kaiser

Writer, Media Theorist, Curator, Concept & Project Developer

Marian Kaiser is a writer, media theorist, curator, concept and project developer, who lives in Berlin and Kinshasa. He studied Theory and History of Media, Literature, Philosophy, and South East Asian Studies at the Humboldt University of Berlin, and has been a lecturer and researcher at universities in Berlin, Dresden, Yogyakarta and Giessen. He received a PhD grant from the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft between 2019 and 2013 and was assistant professor from 2013 to 2014 at "FAST-Framing Art, Science, Technology", a collaboration project between the Academy of Arts, the Technical University and the University for Applied Sciences in Dresden. As part of the Mobile Academy Berlin, Marian Kaiser develops dialog-based performances and installations with Hannah Hurtzig, e.g. at Silent Green in Berlin, Kampnagel in Hamburg, for the Goethe-Institute in Novosibirsk, the House of the World’s Cultures (HKW) in Berlin or as part of the Wiener Festwochen. The Mobile Academy Berlin is currently developing a show on a non-object-based ars memoria and the coming abolition of the museum archive for the House of the World’s Cultures (HKW) in Berlin for April 2021. Marian Kaiser often collaborates with artists and designers in a variety of media and formats, among others with James Hoff, Bernd Hopfengärtner, TheGreenEyl, NAND, Gerald Nestler, Sylvia Eckermann and Olaf Nicolai. He is co-founder of MEHL, an art group and dinner service specialized in concrete fabulation and synthetic theory (MEHL.group). In 2017 he developed, curated and staged the performance, installation, and live stream format Naurutica for the Viennese media art festival The Future of Demonstration in cooperation with various artists and theorists. With Dimitri Kaufmann he runs The Category (https://thecategory.com), a 21st century scriptorium and writing company as well as being part of the affiliated literature magazine The Decadent Review. He also works as an author for film and series and won the Bavarian Documentary Competition for the film treatment Horizonte Perdido with Robert Bohrer and Emma Rosa Simon. His latest book James Hoff in Conversation with Marian Kaiser hast recently been published as part of the book series “by NERO. It prints extracts of an ongoing 20 year conversation about art, media, theory, and technology between Hoff and Kaiser.

Cecilia Gentili

Principal & Owner at Transgender Equity Consulting

Cecilia Gentili started Transgender Equity Consulting in the beginning of 2019 after serving as the Director of Policy at GMHC, the world’s first and leading provider of HIV/AIDS prevention, care and advocacy from 2016 to 2019.

Originally from Argentina, Cecilia came to the United States for a safer life as a

transgender woman and lived, in the country undocumented for 10 years. During this time Cecilia gained her living through sex work, which came with drug use - for which she was continually targeted for policing. After multiple arrests and an immigration detention, she accessed recovery services and with more control over her life fought and won asylum.

Her experience surviving this time in her life impassions her desire to ensure that all people living on the margins are provided with access to the dignity and respect deserved in all spaces.

Cecilia’s first role within community services was when she started working as an intern at The Center in New York City. From 2012 to 2016 she was brought into Apicha Community Health Center to develop the transgender health services into a stand alone program where she managed a team of of 3 Patients Navigators and 6 Health Home Outreach Workers. Cecilia’s

involvement was instrumental in expanding the program from 27 patients in 2012 to over 500 in 2016.

Seeing so many clients affected by institutional discrimination and widespread lack of access, Cecilia decided to move from direct services into policy work at GMHC from 2016 to 2019. There she became the Managing Director of Policy and was one of the hardest fighters for the passage of GENDA (Gender NonDiscrimination Act).

Her successes in policy inspired her to found Decrim NY, a coalition working towards the decriminalization, decarceration and destigmatization of people in the sex trade. Cecilia was instrumental in the development of two statewide bills to provide survivors of trafficking with record relief, and to end the criminalization of ‘loitering’ - a charge overwhelmingly leveled against transgender women, regardless of their involvement in the sex trade.

Cecilia started working independently with Trans Equity Consulting in 2019, and has already collaborated extensively with organizations including the AIDS Institute, the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, Funders for LGBTQ Issues, Borealis

Foundation and Cicatelli Associates Inc. Her reputation amongst these organizations, and many more, is reflective of the deep personal commitment she brings to the work, and her unique insight which enables a deeper connection with queer and trans communities.

Email: cecilia@transequityconsulting.com

Social: @ceciliagentili72

Nandi Nobell

Senior Associate at CallisonRTKL

Nandi Nobell is a futurist artist and designer. His work centers around digital and physical experiences, with an ever-increasing focus on extended reality: VR & AR. As an inter-disciplinarian with a futurist mindset, Nandi strives to see beyond the horizons of human technology and creativity in order to envision new lifestyles in a time that is yet to manifest itself. Nandi has a background in fashion design with a BA from Central Saint Martin’s. He worked for Jean-Paul Gaultier in Paris and then proceeded with studies of mental practices in Yoga and Buddhist meditation across India. He shifted gears towards an MFA in experience design completed in 2012 at Konstfack, concluding in the artwork Entrance Not For Everybody, combining mnemonic theory, narrative, immersive theatre, large scale sculpture, character design, a mind machine creating fractals in your mind, hypnosis, a “mixtape” of yogic mental practices, as well as the offering of a physical artwork for each participant selected to be offered the experience, by an actress on her own whim for the persons she chose to commence individual journeys with beginnings but no end. Beyond fashion, Nandi has worked with design and development of optical experiments for future banknote technology, interface design for future forecasting software and immersive art using a combination of story telling, hypnosis and virtual reality. Nandi lives in London where his work with extended reality strategies and implementations form part of the digital technology group at CallisonRTKL - one of the worlds biggest architecture firms.

Email: nandi.nobell@gmail.com

Social: @nandinobell

URL: nandinobell.com

Elif Reşitoğlu

Creative Director and Architect at Blank

Elif Resitoglu was born in 1991 and has graduated in Architecture at Politecnico di Milano here she also completed her master in Sustainable Environments and Architecture in 2015. After making some experiences in the architecture industry in different countries like Finland, Italy, and Turkey, she opens her own creative agency, Blank, a communication and design firm that inspires companies and startups helping them to communicate their values and stories through design. She currently works at Blank as an architect and creative director. With Blank, she curated many events and exhibitions that took place during Milan Design Week and Dutch Design Week for the in-house projects Isola Design District and Milan Design Market. In addition to this, she also directed fashion events and organized unconventional fashion shows.

After the launch of the Isola Design District in 2016, the event reached more than 150.000 visitors in 3 years. During the lockdown due to Covid19 and the cancellation of all the physical events, it became a digital platform with over 300 designers and design studios from all over the world, virtual exhibitions, and important international partners and contributors.

Email: elif@blankhub.com

Social: @elif_resitoglu

Amaka Onyioha-Nkele

Founder and Editor-In-Chief of AfroStyle Magazine

Amaka Onyioha-Nkele is the Founder and Editor-In-Chief of AfroStyle Magazine. The idea of the magazine started out as a fun project; however, as the magazine gained recognition, she became focused on creating room for the magazine amongst others out there. Her love and appreciation for fashion, diverse cultures, stories, ideas and concepts within Africa, the Diaspora and other continents, inspired her to create the magazine. "I created a multicultural, multi-racial African and African inspired magazine because I believe there are fashion statements, ideas and stories that highlight our differences and similarities. Hence, it is important to highlight stories of the African Continent and Diaspora so that people get a better understanding about us. In turn, our African brothers and sisters within and outside Africa, open their minds to the stories, cultures and traditions outside of their own. In doing so, a respectful dialogue can be had, which enables the break in stereotyping each other. It also allows us to have a voice and be the voice of the voiceless; as well as help in amplifying the voices of those who need to be heard despite our diverse skin tones, and despite where we call home in Africa, North America, Europe, or Asia. At the end of the day, we are global citizens, making our way through life."

Email: info@afrostylemag.com

URL: www.AfroStyleMag.com

Social: @afrostylemagz

Ceviche de Chocho

Drag Queen & co-host of Tuck O'Hej

My name is Ceviche de Chocho and I'm a drag queen based in Stockholm, Sweden. I've been doing drag for around three years and I have previously worked as a hostess for a club named King Kong here in Stockholm. Right now I'm the co-host of a monthly digital drag show, called Tuck O'Hej. Drag for me is an extension of my personality and a chance to explore my identity, whether it is about gender or ethnicity. It is also my biggest creative outlet as during these years I have learnt about make-up, sewing clothes and styling wigs: everything that I need to transform myself into my ideal latina woman.

Casper Grey

Production Director, Curator & Performative Artist

Co-Founder and Production Director at NUNC, Casper Grey, an all-round Curator and Creative Producer across multitude of cultural and arts projects, namely in a selection of reputed festivals internationally such as TIFF festival, annual photography festival in Wroclaw Poland; Unseen Amsterdam festival of photography; FIBER Weekends (audiovisual/electronic music), Guitar Masters, and most recently TOBACCO Playground in Amsterdam, Netherlands. He also lectures at InHolland University of Applied Sciences, Guest Mentor at Hyper Island, and Berghs School of Communication.

Andrew Hefler

Actor, Director & Theatre Trainer

Andrew is an actor at the National Theatre of Hungary, who has performed in more than one-hundred episodes of television, over 60 commercials, more than 20 films and sold the rights of 3 TV series. He provided the voices of dozens of cartoon characters and spent thousands of hours in the sound booth. He’s also the founder of Grund Theatre, as well as a professional MC/host of events. Chief trainer and training designer, providing skillbuilding for over 100 companies and thousands of people in communication, improv and acting, including media professionals and politicians in 15 countries, as well as NGOs and charitable organisation. Frequent collaborator with ad agencies (Ogilvy/Geometry/BBD). He has also taught courses at Bauhaus University, Hungarian University for Performing Arts (SzFE) and Central European U.

Email: hello@andrewhefler.com

Semayat Oliveira

Journalist & Specialist in Culture, Education and Ethnic-Racial Relations

Semayat Oliveira is a journalist trained in São Paulo and a specialist in Culture, Education and Ethnic-Racial Relations. She is co-founder of Nós, women from the periphery, active since 2014, and between 2018 and 2019, she served as communication coordinator at the Vladimir Herzog Institute of human rights. As a documentary filmmaker, she worked as a screenwriter and director in two productions.

Email: semayat@gmail.com

URL: http://nosmulheresdaperiferia.com.br/

Charô Nunes

Writer & Activist

My name is Charô Nunes. I exist, think, write and draw. I am the daughter of migrants from Maranhão who came to try a better life in São Paulo in the 1970s. I have both black and indigenous ancestors. I belong to the world of Tambor de Mina, an Afro-Brazilian religion from São Luís. In São Paulo, my reference is Capão Redondo, I grew up in an outskirt housing complex, the result of struggles for housing in Parque Regina. I am an architect and urban planner, working as a communicator in the black women's movement for the defense of human rights.I am currently part of the team that coordinates Blogueiras Negras (Black Women Bloggers), a platform built by black women with approximately 400 authors and more than 1300 texts, mostly unpublished.

Email: acharolastra@live.com

Social: @charonunes & @blogueirasnegras

Charlotte Fereday

Business Design Director at Idean UK

Charlotte’s career started in children's TV before moving into data driven marketing and then digital product strategy. She has worked with brands including Barclays, Pearson, O2, The Design Museum, Santander and Public Health England. As a business design director at Idean, Charlotte's focus is on designing inclusive products, services and businesses that will thrive in the real world. She's also passionate about improving team performance, both internally and within client organisations.

Email: charlotte.fereday@idean.com

Charlie Wileman

Senior Product Manager at IdeanUK

Charlie is passionate about delivering positive transformational change, across products, services and teams. Her experience includes working with both the UK and Australia’s largest organisations, supporting decision-makers with rapid prototyping and validation, so that they can build confidence in ideas, from discovery through to delivery. At Idean Charlie has been building out tools and frameworks to help product teams prioritise inclusive design and embed it into every part of the product process. Charlotte and Charlie are both committed to getting inclusive design front of mind for product people everywhere.

Email: charlie.wileman@idean.com

Stefano D'Alessio

New Media Artist, Composer and Educator

His focus mainly revolves around interactive performances and installations. His works push disciplinary boundaries, merging different media through technology and paying special attention to time-based composition. His research addresses the digitisation of the human in new technologies and the virtual representations of the “real”, with a special focus on the multiple influences that the internet and derivatives have on the human body and human behaviour. Stefano is a musician and composer, he played in different bands (Criminal Café [IT], Running Fetus [AT]) as drummer, vocalist and guitarist, and now composes and produces electronic and electro-acoustic music, often collaborating with dance, theatre and video directors. Stefano regularly exhibits and performs in international music and new-media art festivals.

Email: ste.dalessio@gmail.com

Raymo Ventura

Animation Director at Deuxwave

Deux Wave is the mixed-media animation studio of tag-team directors Tamara Hahn and Raymo Ventura (ex-Hyper) based in Philadelphia, USA. They specialize in merging analog & digital workflows...hitting on those nostalgic feels for visual storytelling and exhibition.

Notable projects include the Artist Spotlight docu-series on Billie Eilish & Bad Bunny for YouTube Music.. Live stage visuals for Ms. Lauryn Hill, The Eric Andre Show, and Coachella Music Festival.. Titles for Hannibal Buress’ “Miami Nights” Comedy Special and Illana Glazer’s “Cheat Sheet for the Voting Booth” IGTV series. Music videos for Tierra Whack, Awkwafina, and Moon Bounce. Ads/Social Content for global brands such as Adult Swim, Adidas, & Uniqlo.

Prior to Deux Wave, Raymo Ventura graduated from Hyper Island Stockholm’s 2011 Motion class. Former staff animator at Superheroes Amsterdam and Punga Visual Consorcio in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Freelancer at studios/agencies such as Slanted Studios, King Boss, Block & Tackle, Not to Scale, Wieden & Kennedy NYC & Sid Lee Montreal.

Email: foshoandtell@gmail.com

Social: @foshoandtell / @deuxwave

URL: https://foshoandtell.com/ / https://deuxwave.com/

Cristina Tarquini

Art Director & Creative Technologist at Studio CRTQ

Cristina Tarquini is an Art Director & Creative Technologist currently based in Paris. She is a creative working in communication, designing visual storytelling and immersive digital experiences. She works for commercial brands, artistic institutions and private clients, as well as teaching at Kingston University London and as guest lecturer at Hyper Island.

Cristina studied Art Direction for Advertising at European Institute of Design in Milan (IT) and Barcelona (ES) and received a Master of Arts in Communication Design at Central Saint Martins in London (UK). Her work has been shown internationally, in galleries like Somerset House and Ars Electronica. Notable Project: Acidifying Ocean” - Google Arts & Culture

Email: ciao@studiocrtq.com

Paulina Greta

Artist, Creative Director & Lecturer at Catalyst Institute for Creative Arts and Technology

Paulina Greta is a Berlin-based artist and creative director focused on immersive and virtual narratives. Her practice spans installation, performance, film direction, augmented and virtual reality. Her works have been featured at international venues and multimedia festivals such as Atonal Berlin, Macro (Museum of Contemporary Art of Rome), Milan Design and Fashion Weeks, festivals in Netherlands, Cile, Spain.

Email: paulinagreta@surogaat.com

URL: www.aevafutura.com / www.imaginaria.space

Francesco Torelli

Sound designer, Electronic music composer & Guitar player

Attracted from the guitar since a young age, he continues to play it, mostly on the bed, sometimes on the couch. Interested in recording his band, he approached mics and mixers, ending up to the Conservatory with a graduation in electronic composition and a master in sound design. An internship at EMS (Elektronmusikstudion) brought him to Stockholm, where he is now based.

In his practice he uses recorded sounds as well as synths, both treated as sound material to be organized, mostly through rhythm. His project Concat his dedicated to IDM and techno, while electroacoustic works have been published and performed under his name. With Amargine, he designs sound for images and composes music that is performed live.

Email: fnctorelli@gmail.com

Social: @torelli.francesco