About this Event
Hosted by Hurry Up, We’re Dreaming
At Reference Point
Doors open at 7pm
Panel starts at 7.30pm
Drinks and DJ until 11pm
New technologies widen our access to knowledge but not necessarily our access to wisdom. Where does wisdom live? What do our bodies teach us about wisdom? What can new technologies learn from these wisdoms?
Today, it seems like nothing is more precious than human intuition and creativity. Shaped by the nonverbal sensing mechanisms of our bodies, intuition may be what truly sets us apart from machines. And yet, machines are expanding our sensory perception and reshaping how we experience the world around us, our bodies and ourselves.
Join us for our HUWD Conversation, where we’ll explore the diptych of body and machine, and how we can become more perceptive—and receptive—to the wisdom that lies within both.
An informal conversation, facilitated by HUWD founder Anna Gerber, between:
Ben Cullen Williams, Artist
Ben Cullen Williams is a London based artist, whose practice moves between mediums and modes of presentation. In his work, Williams explores the spectacle of human made alterations of our natural landscapes and corporeal world through various lenses and technological devices. He has collaborated with Wayne McGregor, Polar Explorer Robert Swan and Google Arts and Culture and MIT Media Lab amongst others. His work has been shown internationally in a range of spaces, galleries and environments. Exhibitions, performances and screenings include Musée d’arts de Nantes, CAFA Art Museum Beijing, Dorothy Chandler Pavilion Los Angeles, Somerset House London, Shinjuku Vision Tokyo and the Venice Biennale.
Leonora Oppenheim, Somatic Practitioner
Leonora Oppenheim is an artist and educator who’s been working in movement and somatics since 2017. She offers embodied practice training to professional creatives, and design students in higher education. As a Lecturer in Design at Bath Spa University (UK), her research is focused on how we use our bodies as sites of enquiry for increased creativity and resilience. Alongside her group courses, Leonora teaches in the modalities of Compassionate Self Healing and The Feldenkrais Method. These practices underpin her practice as highly effective tools for getting unstuck.
Georgia Tegou, Choreographer and Dancer
Choreographer, dancer and stage director, Georgia Tegou’s work approaches ‘Dance-as-design’, intertwining choreography with design to create immersive visual environments. Drawing inspiration from architecture, sculpture, visual arts, science and philosophy, she explores the symbiotic relationship between dance and spatial arts, seeking to encapsulate nuances of the human condition. Her work has been presented by Dance Umbrella, Sadler’s Wells, Royal Opera House, Venice Biennale of Architecture among others.
She is a Higher Education Academy Fellow, previously a Senior Lecturer at the University of Roehampton, and continues to guest lecture globally including Central Saint Martins College of Art and others. She is an artist in residence at Somerset House Exchange, a programme supporting extraordinary interdisciplinary practitioners, and one of RESIDENT 6 artists at Studio Wayne McGregor pushing boundaries of dance, movement and physical intelligence.
Anne-Laure Le Cunff, Neuroscientist
Dr Anne-Laure Le Cunff is the founder of Ness Labs, author of Tiny Experiments, and a UKRI-funded neuroscientist at King’s College London where she studies the neuroscience of curiosity and its applications to ADHD, AI, mental health, and lifelong learning. Her research focuses on applying neuroscience insights to support people across neurotypes throughout their education, career, and personal development. She previously worked as an executive on Google’s digital health team. She holds a PhD in Psychology & Neuroscience and an MSc in Applied Neuroscience.
With Visuals by Gentle Systems
And Music by DJ Luke Radcliffe-Moore
Hurry Up, We’re Dreaming is a Studio and Lab that lives at the intersection of wisdom, culture and technology. We exist to inspire a new generation of leaders, designers and builders to create technology with spirit. We believe tech with spirit is about building technology with ethical depth and inner wisdom – not just speed and scale. www.hurryupweredreaming.com
Event Venue & Nearby Stays
Reference Point, 2 Arundel Street, London, United Kingdom
GBP 11.55
