StoryLab Symposium - Storytelling in the Fourth Industrial Revolution

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StoryLab is hosting a one-day symposium and exhibition with practitioners, technologists and academics using the intersection between creativity and technology to explore ‘creativity, empathy and stewardship ’ in the Fourth Industrial Revolution.  Digital technologies have made possible new forms of storytelling, which are even more urgent in this rapidly changing social, economic and political landscape.

The symposium consists of three panel workshops exploring themes of Movement, Memory and Climate Change. The Reconnecting by Tangible Memories panel discusses creating digital replicas of our material world, demonstrating how digitally reproduced objects, built environments and living spaces can favour the recollection of lost memories and identity. The Movement and Memory panel explores the use of visualisation technologies and narrative to tell stories that allow people to reconnect with places that are distant in time and space, as well as understand and engage with complicated concepts and key societal issues. And Climate Change and Culture highlights the human-environment relationship, reconnecting people with cultural and natural landscapes, as well as showcasing our planet’s ecological fragility relative to the effects of man-made climate change.  

Alongside the symposium will be an exhibition showcasing a range of creative practice projects from film gaming, Interactive VR, 360, 3D data visualization, photography and soundscape, with dedicated screenings and VR experiences during a networking lunch.

Confirmed speakers include: Mike Faulkner (DFuse), Felix Gaedtke (NowHere Media), Dr Catherine Elliot (ARU), Fiona Cunningham-Reid, Dr Paola Di Giuseppantonio Di Franco (University of Essex), Sophie Jackson (ARU), Dr Jeanette Baxter (ARU), Professor Rob Toulson, Flora Fyfe-Graham (Senior Editor, Nature Journal)