PHOTO 2024 Ideas Summit

Join a day of inspiring keynotes and in conversations with artists and thought leaders from around the world, hosted by Shantel Wetherall.

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8.30am Doors open

8.50am Welcome

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SESSION 1: THE AGE OF AI
9am–10.30am

Boris Eldagsen
Outsourcing the muse? AI Creativity vs. Human Creativity

Mark Andrejevic
Deep Fake it until you make it

Jo Duck
Razzle Dazzle ’em: An exploration of disguises to evade facial recognition

filip custic
real vs. virtual = balance

Katrina Sluis
Will the machine like my image? On the aesthetics of AI

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Break

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SESSION 2: PHOTOGRAPHY AS ACTIVISM
11am–12.30pm

Carmen Winant
The last safe abortion

Kirsten Lyttle
Transforming the photograph as a site for making Indigenous Customary Art

Janet Laurence
An Alchemical Life: New ways of living on our fragile planet

Michael Najjar
cool earth: Our planetary future in times of climate change

Isadora Romero
Fume, Root, Seed: safeguarding Agro biodiversity in Latin América

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Break

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SESSION 3: TOWARDS UTOPIA
1.30pm–3pm

Daniel Jack Lyons
Like a River: Queer futures in the Amazon

Sophia the Robot
In conversation

Sunil Gupta
In conversation

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Break

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SESSION 4: INTO THE METAVERSE
3.30pm–4.30pm

Serwah Attafuah
Polygons with a Purpose: Discussing how and why 3D/AR/VR are vital for building brighter futures

Jahkarli Romanis
(Dis)connected to Country: Mapping back to Pitta Pitta

Lauren Dunn
A Portrait of a Cyborg: A meditation on images, technology and pop culture

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SESSION 5: THE KIDS ARE ALRIGHT
4.30pm–5.15pm

Ryan McGinley
In conversation

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