Never Permanent 2023

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24 — 24 August 2023
9am — 4pm, Royal Exhibition Building

Technology is evolving at a pace never seen before, but its most successful applications remain powered by human innovation. Never Permanent is a one-of-a-kind talks program that celebrates and explores the rich intersection of creativity and technology now – a timely reminder to embrace and leverage new technologies as a means of advancing our artistic vision rather than usurping it.

Highlights

  • The Cyberfeminism Index, Mindy Seu — Never Permanent 2023
  • Taku
  • 2022-10-21 REB The Pormenade DSC 1255 pic EugeneHyland

Speakers & Artists

Ta-ku — Never Permanent 2023
Ta-ku — Never Permanent 2023

Schedule (Local Times)

  • 8:30 AM

    Doors Open
  • 9:00 AM

    Welcome to Country
  • 9:15 AM

    Ta-ku — Never Permanent 2023

    Talk ∙ 30 minutes

    Ta-ku

    Creative polymath Ta-ku on how technology has aided his emotional response as a human, as told through his new album, Songs to Come Home to.

  • 9:45 AM

    Serwah Attafuah — Never Permanent 2023

    Talk ∙ 30 minutes

    Serwah Attafuah

    More than just NFTs, the Metaverse is the future of creativity, commerce, and identity as we know it.

  • 10:15 AM

    Hector Ouilet headshot

    Talk ∙ 45 minutes

    Hector Ouilhet

    Breaking Old Moulds in the Age of AI - Lessons from Hector’s journey of creative disruption and self-reinvention.

  • 11:00 AM

    Break
  • 11:30 AM

    Justin Ridler — Never Permanent 2023

    Talk ∙ 30 minutes

    Justin Rider

    Melbourne-based photographer and filmmaker Justin Ridler on merging the physical and virtual worlds through art and identity.

  • 12:00 PM

    Angie Abdilla — Never Permanent 2023

    Talk ∙ 30 minutes

    Angie Abdilla – Old Ways, New

    Exploring new methodologies of utilising Indigenous knowledges in the design of places, experiences, and critical technologies.

  • 12:30 PM

    Jesse Woolston — Never Permanent 2023

    Talk ∙ 30 minutes

    Jesse Woolston

    Stimulating our universal laws with machine through the work of multimedia artist and composer Jesse Woolston.

  • 1:00 PM

    Break
  • 2:45 PM

    Roman Coppola — Semi Permanent 2023

    Talk ∙ 1 hour 15 minutes

    Roman Coppola

    Director, screenwriter, producer, inventor – Roman Coppola, of Hollywood’s greatest family dynasty, will discuss doing it all.

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