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Future Sessions: Atmospheric Memory Symposium – The Air of Turbulence

Johnny James, Managing Editor
Photo: Richard Tymon / Design: Supanaught

Future Sessions: Atmospheric Memory Symposium - The Air of Turbulence at Science and Industry Museum, Manchester 8 July 2019 Tickets from £25 — Book now

Taking Rafael Lozano-Hemmer’s Atmospheric Memory as a starting point, The Air of Turbulence is a symposium which brings together field-leading artists, researchers, technologists and scientists to debate technological advances of the past, present and future against the context of ownership, power and control.

Speakers include Rafael Lozano-Hemmer, curator José Luis de Vicente, artists Katriona Beales, Anna Ridler and Joana Moll, researchers Dr Sarah Mander, Dr David Jackson and Prof Vladan Joler, industry leaders Sam Burton (Mozilla Foundation) and Marcus Hadfield (Apadmi), and William Tunstall-Pedoe, the AI Entrepreneur who founded Evi (predecessor to Amazon Alexa).

Future Sessions: Atmospheric Memory Symposium - The Air of Turbulence at Science and Industry Museum, Manchester 8 July 2019 Tickets from £25 Book now

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