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Ali Hossaini works at the cutting edge of art, technology and science. His artwork Ouroboros was acclaimed by the New York Times, which calls him “a biochemist turned philosopher turned television producer turned visual poet.” He collaborates with a wide range of talent, and his video installations and performances have been presented worldwide. He is a senior research fellow in the Department of Engineering at King's College London and co-director of National Gallery X.
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Maria Almena is a Spanish London-based creative director, art curator and a multimedia artist. Co-founder of the creative studio, Kimatica www.kimatica.net, as well as co-founder of the charitable organisation Art in Flux.
Maria's practice is exploring concepts of human consciousness and perception, making those transcendental ideas accessible to a modern audience, to inspire reconnection with magical thinking and the ethereal world. Fascinated by the juxtaposition of the physical and spiritual, the virtual and real spaces, and the scientific and artistic concepts. She enjoys playing with perception aiming to transport the viewer into new worlds, using experimental technologies as magical tools that help to dramatise the transition between different states of being and highlighting the importance of the journey in itself. With Kimatica she has been commissioned by British council, Tate Museum, Instagram, Barbican centre, Veuve Clicquot and many Light and Art festivals like Lightwaves, Wilderness and Jerusalem festivals. With Flux she has participated in projects supported by Arts Council England and Computers Arts Society, as well as exhibiting at V&A Museum, Royal College of Art amongst many others. |
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Transcendence design research launch
Kimatica studio is using this opportunity to launch a research project on how to create a methodology for transcendence design. Drawing on decades worth of expertise, Kimatica seeks to design the next generation of transformational and transcendent experiences that elevate the human experience. Metaverse Divinations NFTs Drop Kimatica’s first NFTs have been created after a period of research supported by Arts Council of England, exploring how to translate their multimedia performance into mixed reality experiences that can bridge the limitations that virtual or physical shows have alone. They have continued with their research on creating relevant contemporary rituals that enhance interconnectedness and inspire introspection, as a response to the increased global isolation. Multiverse divination is a series of augmented reality ritualistic performances. |
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Maja Petric works with light and cutting-edge technologies such as artificial intelligence to create immersive installations and dynamic sculptures that evoke the sublime in nature. Eliciting nature allows her to engage people with their innate connection with the environment and other fellow humans to the degree that one can recognize unity with something greater than oneself in a vast and interconnected universe. She has exhibited globally from New York to Hong Kong, London to Seattle, Madrid to Sao Paulo, and her artwork has been included in exhibitions at Santander Foundation, Henry Art Gallery, Google Permanent Art Collection, MadArt Studio, Winston Wächter Fine Art Gallery, etc. Maja has received multiple prizes, including the Lumen Prize for Art and Technology for the best interactive art, Microsoft Research Residency Award, Richard Kelly Light Art Award, Doctoral Fellowship from National Science Foundation, and was nominated for International Light Art Award, Arts Innovator Award, FastCo. Innovation by Design Awards, etc. Her work has been featured in New York Times, BBC, Fast Co., FRAME, etc. Maja holds a Ph.D. from the University of Washington and a Master from New York University on the topic of transforming the poetic experience of space through the experimental use of technology.
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Kinda Studios is a female-led creative science studio that translates neuroscience from the labs into creative experiences which are designed to enhance human connection, to ourselves, others and the world around us. Through their Science-Informed Design process and curating interdisciplinary teams of artists and scientists, they design experiences which help to enhance the transformative ability of art and culture. At the intersection of science and the lived experience, they have worked with award-winning creatives to produce and test pioneering work across the visual arts, sound, and immersive media.
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Carl Hayden Smith is the Director of the Learning Technology Research Centre (LTRC) and Principal Research Fellow at the Institute for Creativity & Technology, Ravensbourne University London. His research focuses on the relationship between technology and the human condition. He is developing a new form of Posthumanism called Hyperhumanism which uses technology as a catalyst for developing our own innate human abilities. Carl has 20 years' experience conducting R+D into the application of hybrid technologies for perceptual, cognitive and creative transformation. Raising over £10 million in research funding Carl has worked on numerous large-scale Leonardo LifeLong Learning, Erasmus+, FP7, XPRIZE and Horizon European projects including: Wearable Experience (WEKIT-ECS), REAP, AR4EU (Code Reality), Hobs Academy (LLDC), Hyperhumanism, Contextology (Context Engineering), Double Consciousness, Holotechnica.Academy, Technomancy.Club, Seventh Ray and the Museum of Consciousness. LTRC specialise in generating new forms of media including: Neuroadaptive Mixed Reality Training, Natural Media and Wearable experience (WE). Carl has given over 300 invited public lectures, conference presentations and keynotes in 40 countries and published more than 100 academic papers. His research interests include Embodied Cognition, Spatial Literacy, Umwelt Hacking, Sensory Augmentation and Artificial Senses.
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