Digital Culture Talks 3

Digital Culture Talks 3 brings together artists, cultural leaders and technologists to explore how creativity can thrive in both physical and digital spaces. Across two days of discussion, case studies and debate, we’ll explore how new technologies are shaping audience experiences, opening up opportunities for collaboration, and reimagining the role of arts and culture in a digital-first world.

Day Two: Innovation, Performance & the Future of Digital Culture

Day 2 of this 2-day conference will be taking place in-person. Join us for a day packed with lively debate and networking opportunities with inspiring colleagues from across the cultural and creative sector.

Place-based partnerships

Time: 10:30 – 11:45

Place-based collaborations have enormous potential to strengthen creative and cultural ecosystems, bringing long term differences to the cultural life of a region. This session will explore how organisations across the East Midlands can work together to increase cultural engagement, improve wellbeing and grow the local creative economy. We will examine how developing long– term working partnerships can make a difference and create impact for local communities and ask what opportunities exist for collaboration, innovation and growth. Panellists will propose ideas around developing a strategic action plan for a Place Partnership proposal that both super charges the region’s ambitions and recognises its many strengths.

Facilitator: Sarah Vallance, Co-CEO, Phoenix

Speakers and panellists:

• Paul Steele, CEO and Creative Director, Art Reach
• Jiten Anand, Co-Founder and Executive Director, Inspirate
• Paul Long, Creative Director, MBD

11:45 - 12:30 - Networking lunch (provided)

Screen culture: how artists are using technology to transform how audiences experience performance

Time: 12:30 – 13:45

What is ‘performance capture’? A multi-camera recording of a live show shot in a theatre or concert hall and distributed through TV or an on-demand digital service? That’s certainly one version and done well it can give viewers a ‘best seat in the house’ experience.

But artists are being increasingly innovative about how they use technology to distil a performance for viewers. They no longer necessarily want to try and reconstruct the experience of being in a venue but rather are choosing and using technology to enhance the creative ambition and audience impact of their work.

Our panel discusses how technology shapes audience experience and how the choice of digital format - whether that’s mobile-first, big screen, VR or others - moulds viewers’ engagement with and impressions of performance work.

Facilitator: Natalie Woolman, Executive Producer, Broadcast and Special Projects, The Space

Speakers and panellists:

• Terry O’Donovan, Co-Artistic Director, Dante or Die
• Kelman Greig-Kicks, Creative Director, Neon8
• Kerryn Wise, Digital Dance Artist, Studio Displace
• Ravi Deepres, Artist, Filmmaker, Photographer

Session 3: Combining Digital and Analogue – Should You? And how best to do it!

Time: 14:00 – 15:15

Lockdown saw the arts sector experiment with digital replacements for in-person experiences, before hybrid events offered a chance to reach at-home audiences while also offering exciting creative opportunities. But with the sector having spent so much time and energy exploring exciting ways of combining digital and analogue, what have we learned – and what do we risk now forgetting?

Facilitator: Rob Lindsay, Head of Programmes, The Space

Speakers and panellists:

• John Whall, Digital Participation Artist, Curator and Producer
• Sile Sebanda, Creative Producer, Presenter and Poet

Please rsvp by Friday 28th November.

Please note session themes are subject to change.

Additional information

* Event will be hosted at Phoenix Cinema and Arts Centre in Leicester, which has disabled access. Please let us know of any accessibility issues you wish us to be aware of.

* Recorded highlights will be made available after the event, on The Space's YouTube channel.

In association with:

University of Leicester

Phoenix Cinema and Arts Centre, Leicester

Day 1 will be taking place online on Wed 3rd Dec. Register for Day 1 here.