See Things Differently REMIX Summits

Welcome to this special edition of See Things Differently.

After a bit of radio silence, we wanted to share a talk from our recent REMIX London Summit which took place at Here East in London’s former Olympic Park and the Royal Academy of Arts 

Our closing keynote was delivered by Thangam Debbonaire MP, Shadow Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport

Now without getting political, this felt like a bit of a moment as Thangam outlined the Labour Party’s blueprint for putting the creative industries as a central pillar of the UK's economic and social strategy should they win the next election. 

Many thanks to REMIX partners Bloomberg, Art Fund, Google Arts & Culture and our media partner Blooloop for their support of the summit.

You can stream more talks from REMIX Summits

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This episode looks at how the future of Culture, how createch, AI, the metaverse and other tools are changing the game for storytellers and creatives and asks how Australia can lead the way.

It features a keynote from TechnoFuturist, Galit Ariel, addressing unlocking creativity at scale. This is followed by a conversation with Galit and panellists including James Boyce of Grumpy Sailor, Peter Tullin of REMIX Summits and Professor Bem Le Hunte, Founding Director, Creative Intelligence at University of Technology. They will explore the myriad of tools, opportunities and new forms emerging. They will delve into how technology is changing creativity, heading into artistic efficiency and whether it's for the better or worse.

The event that this talk is a part of was produced by REMIX Summits, Grumpy Sailor and UTS as part of the Visiting Entrepreneur Program.

The Visiting Entrepreneur Program is produced by the City of Sydney with partner organisations from the local startup ecosystem. The 2023 edition is kindly supported by ⁠⁠Tech Central⁠⁠ and the ⁠⁠Greater Cities Commission⁠⁠.

About Galit Ariel - City of Sydney Visiting Entrepreneur (Canada)

Galit Ariel is a TechnoFuturist, author and an award-winning creative, exploring the wild and imaginative side of bleeding-edge technologies through her practice. She is a sought-after speaker, curator and innovation facilitator for global conferences, organizations and think tanks (such as TED, SXSW, Slush, The European Union, Bell Labs, Microsoft and many more). Galit had been featured as one of ‘Nine Women that are building the Metaverse’ by Unity (2022), and as one of 40 influential futurists by Forbes (2022). Galit authored numerous articles and white papers, as well as the book Augmenting Alice - The Future of Identity, Experience and Reality, which depicts the way Augmented Reality will shift core paradigms and interactions related to culture, body, space and agency. She is currently conducting her research-creation PhD at York University, exploring emerging paradigms of presence and embodiment within immersive spaces.




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This week we are exploring the rise of immersive art, and I could think of no better person to speak with on this subject than Dorothy Di Stefano who joined me in the fabulous setting of the Pullman Hyde Park Hotel in Sydney for a conversation about where this space is heading.

Dorothy is one of Australia’s leading voices in the global phenomenon of immersive and interactive art

As the founder of Molten Immersive Art, she leads a collective of international experiential artists and researchers.

Together they work at the cutting edge of new technology and art as creators, cultural strategists and site-specific, digital immersive experience designers.

Dorothy has a seemingly never ending roll call of achievements but current and most recent projects include:

Curator, Noor Riyadh Festival a new citywide annual festival of light and art in Saudi Arabia and a Founding Circle Member of the World Experience Organization

She was recently names as a Top Voice on LinkedIn and she has nearly 50,000 followers that tune into the incredible content she shares from around the world on immersive art.

If you enjoy our conversation, Dorothy also features on a live panel exploring the future of Immersive Art in Australia which is featured in another episode of See Things Differently


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In this episode I delve into the future of hotels, travel and tourism. Successful Creative entrepreneurs are highly attuned into the trends that are driving (and reshaping) industries

To get the latest download of trends in this space I found myself sitting in the luxurious surroundings of the 5 Star Pullman Sydney Hyde Park Hotel where I met with Grant Alchin Head of Asset Management Australia for Capitaland Australia

Grant is a respected travel expert with ver 25 years experience in the hotel industry working for international operators and hotel investors. He is currently heading up the lodging asset management division for Singaporean property giant Capitaland in Australia with properties operated by Accor, Marriott, The Ascott and Quest Apartments.

I hope you enjoy our wide ranging conversation


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Episode 11 of See Things Differently is a special live show and features a panel session with the deliberately provocative title “Is Australia missing out on the Immersive Experience revolution?”

The session features myself, leading global immersive curator Dorothy Di Stefano and James Boyce the Founder of experience design agency Grumpy Sailor who organised the event as part of the It was part of the Visiting Entrepreneur Program organised by the City of Sydney.

It was designed to bring together a wide range of practitioners in the immersive and experience economy space to consider the best ways to grow this sector in Australia.

If you want to experience REMIX in the flesh then our next live event in London has just been announced - https://www.remixsummits.com/ldn-2022/


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Episode 10 of See Things Differently features an interview with Mary McGillivray a TikTok Superstar who also goes by _theiconoclass and is helping make the arts accessible to a new gwen

TikTok might only be 5-years old, but the short form video-focused social networking service is a big deal these days with over 1 billion active users each month. That’s pretty significant in itself but in July 2021 it became the first App other than Facebook to reach 3 billion downloads. It’s also growing much faster; with users up 45% on a year ago compared to just 7% growth by Facebook in the same period  (Techcrunch).

TikTok is often associated with a younger demographic with Gen Z making up the biggest group of users (16-24) although the app is used by more and more millennials (25-44) who make up the next largest user group.

It’s best known for viral memes and lip-synched songs but the range of content these days is incredibly broad. There is an increasing amount of educational content, and this is where Mary McGillivray aka _theiconoclass fits in.

She is what you might call an Art TikTok Superstar. An Australian currently based in the UK, Mary describes herself as a Video Essayist making visual culture analysis accessible for the next generation. It turns out she is pretty good at it. Despite only starting on TikTok at the start of the pandemic she has already amassed close to 400,000 followers, over 8 million Likes and her content was viewed over 3 million times in the last 60 days. In her videos she explores everything from individual works of art to different art movements. Her style is light-hearted, extremely witty and engaging but crucially she knows here stuff and has an academic background in the subject matter.

Her success at engaging a new generation in art and art history has seen her courted by multiple cultural institutions from the big guys such as the NGV (Australia’s most visited cultural institution) to smaller players such as Coffs Harbour Regional Art Gallery. I’ve also had the pleasure of working with Mary and her partner in crime Julian O’Shea (also a popular TikToker and YouTuber) as she is part of the Alchemy initiative, a project REMIX has co-developed with State Library Victoria to develop a series of innovative new in-person and digital experiences at one of the most visited libraries in the world.

Her work with cultural institutions has also brought them exposure beyond the engagement on TikTok with Mary being featured in everything from The Australian to the ABC.

In this interview she demystifies TikTok, talks about how cultural institutions can engage new audiences through the platform by exploring the work of a range of different creators on the platform. She also delves into the entrepreneurial side of the being a content creator.

Find out more about REMIX Summits and the other Episodes of 'See Things Differently' on our website - https://www.remixsummits.com/podcasts/


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