Saturday July 24th 2021
As part of the exhibition program for Hyper Real by Cornelia Van Rijswijk, KEPK is hosting a panel discussion with guests from Queensland AI Hub and Xandra Media to discuss connections between creativity, technology, and artificial intelligence. The panel will be moderated by Dr. Thom Ryan.
Panelist
Dr. Sue Keay
Sue heads up the first technology hub of its kind in Australia, backed by $5 million seed funding under the Queensland Government’s $755 million Advance Queensland Initiative. Prior to stepping into the role of Queensland AI Hub’s inaugural CEO (August 2020), she worked as Research Director for Cyber-Physical Systems at CSIRO’s Data61. Sue led the set-up of the world’s first robotic vision research centre, and developed Australia’s first Robotics roadmap, outlining how robotics and automation positively impacts every sector of the national economy. She chairs the Board of Robotics Australia Group; serves on the Board of Women in Robotics; and is a founding director of the Australia AI Collective.
Find out more about Sue: https://www.qldaihub.com/meet-the-team-sue-keay/
Zach Johnson
Zach launched award-winning interactive production studio, Xandra, in 2016. At the forefront of design-led conversational interfaces, Xandra creates AI-powered experiences – bringing together a diverse team of writers, actors, visual and sound designers, and cutting-edge technologists to conceive of and produce some of the most compelling and engaging interactive experiences in the market today. For Zach, art and entertainment exist as an expression of humanity. Something reflected in Xandra’s development of some of the highest profile conversational co-productions, with partners including Amazon, Google, HBO, Nickelodeon, Sesame Street, and AMC Networks. Zach also moonlights as Queensland AI Hub’s Designer in Residence and has recently taken on a role as Head of Narrative at Josephmark, a global venture studio with offices in Brisbane, the Sunshine Coast, and Los Angeles.
Artist
Cornelia Van Rijswijk
Cornelia is A Dutch / Welsh Artist & Designer based in Queensland, Australia. She studied Graphic & Media Design at University of the Arts London, United Kingdom. With a background in Graphic Design, her practice has primarily moved into the realm of fine art, using mostly digital mediums in her process and ending with the creation of physical prints. Her work explores the world of online technology, digital landscapes and hyper realities. She imagines what these abstract concepts might look like and how they are best expressed. With the use of vibrant and saturated colour palettes, she pushes and pulls pixels into chaotic repetitive entanglements to conjure synthetic worlds. https://www.corneliavanrijswijk.com/
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