Expanding Models of Creative Production–Creative Producers in Conversation

This session—the first in a three-part program taking place over the duration of the festival—welcomes participants from the inaugural Ars Electronica Creative Producers Program to reconvene and reflect on The Manifesto for Creative Producing two years after they co-authored it. Reflecting on how The Manifesto has manifested in the roles they have occupied as well as the skills and approaches they have used; the cohort will extend The Manifesto to further define the impact that creative producing has on knowledge and truth.

Festival visitors are invited to drop-in and join the conversation at their leisure.

Nicholas Medvescek (US)

Nicholas Medvescek (US) is a creative producer crafting resilient practices to meet the future of art, technology and society. He has led projects for MIT Hacking Arts, A R E A Gallery and the Harvard ArtLab. A co-creator of the Creative Producers Program for Ars Electronica, he continues to advance creative production research and practice through the Partnership for Creative Producing. He currently enables impossible creations as part of Masary Studios and teaches at Emerson College in Boston.

Lizzie Crouch (GB)

Lizzie Crouch (she/her) (GB) is a creative producer working at the intersection of arts, sciences and technology. She has produced seasons for the Science Gallery network, was the Senior Coordinator of Engagement for SensiLab, Monash University, and has worked for diverse organizations from Superflux to the Francis Crick Institute. Her current focus is research into creative production through the Partnership for Creative Producing and her PhD at UNSW Sydney’s School of Art and Design.