What constitutes a trend? Can they be predicted and quantified? And how do trends in the broader culture influence the creation of new artworks? In this conversation, artists Jordan Prosser and David Finnigan – creators of the Melbourne Knowledge Week event, CrimeForce: LoveTeam – will discuss themes of futurism in art and beyond. With cultural strategist and insights specialist Stephanie Winkler, they’ll discuss how predictions and insights from wider culture can be conveyed through artistic practice.
Prosser and Finnigan’s interactive performance work explores the future of pop music, DNA databases and genetic surveillance. Winkler uses stories and data from her surroundings to uncover unique insights about trends in media and culture. Together, they’ll interrogate the intersections of trend forecasting, scenario building and artistic practice
Presented in partnership with Melbourne Knowledge Week
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Featuring
Featuring
David Finnigan is a playwright and theatre-maker from Canberra. He was 2006 writer-in-residence for Tanghalang Pilipino, the key government-funded theatre company in the Philippines. He has since worked in Manila as a writer, curator and producer, including collaborating with Sipat Lawin on Gobyerno... Read more
Jordan Prosser is an award-winning screenwriter and filmmaker from Victoria. His short story ‘Eleuterio Cabrera’s Beautiful Game’ won the Peter Carey Short Story Award in 2022 and was published in Meanjin. Big Time is his first novel.
Stephanie is a cultural strategist and insights specialist from Melbourne. She currently works as a Director for Crowd DNA, following five years as Head of Insight at VICE Media Group APAC. Steph uses data to tell stories and uncover the unique human truths that help brands make a genuine connection... Read more
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