NATIVE Minds with Gabo Arora

JOIN THE WORLD’S LEADING VIRTUAL REALITY MAKER FOR A ONE-OFF KŌRERO

NATIVE Minds is a series of interactive discussions that examine how Indigenous thinking shapes our existence, and our view of the world. In this NATIVE Minds session, Tainui Stephens will host Gabo Arora (New York), an award-winning immersive artist, filmmaker and Founder/Creative Director of LightShed, a pioneering storytelling, technology and research studio focused exclusively on VR, AR and AI.

Heralded by the LA times as “game-changing” and “transcending all the typical barriers of rectangular cinema”, Gabo Arora’s widely acclaimed virtual reality documentaries have all premiered as official selections at major film festivals around the world. He is a professor at Johns Hopkins University, where he designed, leads and is the Founding Director of the new Immersive Storytelling and Emerging Technologies (ISET) program and lab. Formerly, he was a Senior Economic Policy Advisor for Secretary General Ban Ki-moon; a UN diplomat with extensive field experience in disaster and conflict zones; and the United Nations’ first-ever Creative Director where he founded UNVR – a division of the UN focused on virtual reality initiatives and campaigns.

His work is in the permanent collection of the Museum of Modern Art, nominated for an Emmy, awarded a Cannes Lions, a Sheffield Doc/Fest award for best documentary, a Lumière Award, two Webbys, and has been featured in the New Yorker and the BBC world service.

This event is presented by M.A.T.C.H as part of Techweek activating the next generation of tech sector creatives. 

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