Last Saturday, #ArtsTech founder and Director of the New Museum’s Incubator for Art, Technology and Design, Julia Kaganskiy, spearheaded an exploratory discussion about the unique terrain of LA’s Art + Technology communities and culture. A diverse group of LA-based artists, makers, technophiles, museums, creative professionals turned out to mix, mingle and hear from a distinguished panel of experts that included: Kaganskiy, Bret Nicely (Associate Director of Digital Media at MOCA), Amy Heibel (VP Technology, Web and Digital Media at LACMA), Mileece (Sonic and environmental installation artist - and Maker Cit LA Artist in Residence), Mark Allen (Founder of Machine Project), Sharon Ann Lee (Culture Analyst, Co-Creator Maker City LA) and George Bloom (Executive Producer at CBS Digital/Visual Effects).
Here's a smattering of twitter highlights and take-aways from the conversation:
We're live tweeting from the 1st @ArtsTechLA meet-up at @MakerCityLA! http://t.co/aXTWqGDtdu #ArtsTech
— LACMA (@LACMA) March 22, 2014
If you know the answer before you start, you probably won't discover anything new-embrace serendipity@ArtsTechLA #makercityla #culturebrain
— Maker City LA (@MakerCityLA) March 22, 2014
Exciting to hear about @lacma new arts & technology lab at @artstechla @makercityla
— NationBuilder (@NationBuilder) March 22, 2014
@VIApublication @ArtsTechLA @LACMA @MakerCityLA Julie, can find PDF catalog of o.g. Art & Tech program on LACMA website. Think you'll dig.
— east of borneo (@eastofborneo) March 23, 2014
.@ArtsTechLA at @MakerCityLA is a great new way to activate the city's artistic and tech communities. http://t.co/ZwyOsOGpkw
— LA, I'm Yours (@LAImYours) March 24, 2014
First ever @ArtsTechLA this weekend was a hit! Great presentations & a packed house @MakerCityLA: pic.twitter.com/BZZ3qgW9QF. Thx @CultureBrain!
— Julia Kaganskiy (@juliaxgulia) March 24, 2014
All in all it was an illuminating afternoon and we can't wait until the next event!