Robertina Šebjanič - Aquatocene by MTF Labs | MTF Podcast https://musictechfest.s3.eu-west-3.amazonaws.com/podcast/118-robertina-sebjanic.mp3 Robertina Šebjanič is an internationally awarded artist, whose work revolves around the biological, chemical, political and cultural realities of aquatic environments, and explores humankind’s impact on other species and on the rights of non-human entities.    Based in Ljubljana, her research into the sound worlds and everyday realities of aquatic environments serves as a starting point to investigate and tackle the philosophical questions o ..read more

Robertina Šebjanič - Aquatocene by MTF Labs | MTF Podcast https://musictechfest.s3.eu-west-3.amazonaws.com/podcast/118-robertina-sebjanic.mp3 Robertina Šebjanič is an internationally awarded artist, whose work revolves around the biological, chemical, political and cultural realities of aquatic environments, and explores humankind’s impact on other species and on the rights of non-human entities.    Based in Ljubljana, her research into the sound worlds and everyday realities of aquatic environments serves as a starting point to investigate and tackle the philosophical questions ..read more

Caspar Melville - It's A London Thing by MTF Labs | MTF Podcast https://musictechfest.s3.eu-west-3.amazonaws.com/podcast/117-caspar-melville.mp3 Dr Caspar Melville is a Senior Lecturer in Global Creative & Cultural Industries at SOAS. He’s an educator, journalist, editor and author of the book It’s A London Thing: How rare groove, acid house and jungle remapped the city.   Caspar believes that dance culture has been ignored in academic treatment of history and cultural theory and that it should be thought of as a powerful and internationally significant form of popular art. His wo ..read more

Sofia Crespo - Artificial Life by MTF Labs | MTF Podcast https://musictechfest.s3.eu-west-3.amazonaws.com/podcast/116-sofia-crespo.mp3 Sofia Crespo is a Berlin-based visual artist who uses artificial intelligence to create speculative living organisms that exist in the gap between real biological species and our perception and understanding of what ‘life’ is.   Her work is collaborative and connects with scientists, other visual artists, AI experts, musicians and sound designers. She is interested not just in how technologies can create biological forms, but also how organic life can ..read more

Gary Pisano - Creative Construction by MTF Labs | MTF Podcast https://musictechfest.s3.eu-west-3.amazonaws.com/podcast/115-gary-pisano.mp3 Gary Pisano is a Professor at Harvard Business School. He’s an author, lecturer, researcher and innovation and strategy consultant to many of the world’s largest corporations. His book Creative Construction focuses on how large organisations can create a culture that will allow them to innovate so that they can grow and thrive.   He has strong roots in the biotech sector, but works across industries as diverse as automotive and fashion, restaurants ..read more

Anna Grichting - Urbanism and Jazz by MTF Labs | MTF Podcast https://musictechfest.s3.eu-west-3.amazonaws.com/podcast/114-anna-grichting.mp3 Dr Anna Grichting is a Swiss architect, urbanist and musician who’s spent her career using arts and design to create a more beautiful, biodiverse and sustainable world, through co-creative, interdisciplinary and holistic approaches to design projects - especially at the city level.   She’s also an accomplished jazz singer and recording artist who has worked with musicians all over the world, incorporating different spiritual traditions.   @a ..read more

Yaniv Balmas - Cyber Crime and Digital Espionage by MTF Labs | MTF Podcast https://musictechfest.s3.eu-west-3.amazonaws.com/podcast/113-yaniv-balmas.mp3 Yaniv Balmas is head of Cyber Research at Check Point Software in Tel Aviv. He’s a security researcher, software developer, and a technology enthusiast with over a decade in the industry. His approach to keeping yourself and your computer free from attack is as much philosophical as it is technical.  Cyber security may well be one of the most challenging domains in our day and age. With infinite complexity, ever changing technological ..read more

Julia Coney - Wine is Science by MTF Labs | MTF Podcast https://musictechfest.s3.eu-west-3.amazonaws.com/podcast/112-julia-coney.mp3 Julia Coney is a wine writer, wine educator, speaker, and consultant. Her wine writing includes stories on wine, winemakers, and the intersection of race, wine, and language. She was the recipient of Wine Enthusiast’s 2020 Social Visionary Award Winner for her work in writing and speaking on diversity, equity, and inclusion in the wine industry. Julia is the Founder of Black Wine Professionals, a resource for wine industry employers and ga ..read more

Nelly Ben Hayoun - Designer of Experiences by MTF Labs | MTF Podcast https://musictechfest.s3.eu-west-3.amazonaws.com/podcast/111-nelly-ben-hayoun.mp3 Dr. Nelly Ben Hayoun-Stepanian is a designer of experiences. She makes it possible to become an astronaut in your living room while dark energy is being created in your kitchen sink and a volcano erupts on your couch. She runs a leading interdisciplinary design agency which devises subversive events, experiences, and feature-length films, working with everyone from NASA to Lego, MOMA to Mattel. Nelly is the founder of the Underground Univers ..read more

Aram Sinnreich - Strange Historical Reverberations by MTF Labs | MTF Podcast https://musictechfest.s3.eu-west-3.amazonaws.com/podcast/110-aram-sinnreich.mp3 Dr. Aram Sinnreich is a media professor, author, and musician. He’s currently chair of Communication Studies at American University’s School of Communication in Washington DC, where his work focuses on the intersection of culture, law and technology, with an emphasis on subjects such as emerging media and music. Aram’s the author of three books, Mashed Up (2010), The Piracy Crusade (2013), and The Essential Guide to ..read more