*** [Tues, July 22nd]:
Curation x Curation: New Rules of Creativity in the Age of AI
Interactive artist talk showcasing the intersection of creativity and technology.
FREE entry with registration
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Doors Open = 5:00pm
Artist Talk = 5:30pm – 7:00pm
Networking = 7:00pm – 7:45pm
Close = 8:00pm
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Who is Craig Swann?
Craig Swann is an award-winning creative technologist and experience architect whose work lives at the intersection of art, technology, and human connection. With over three decades of experience pushing the boundaries of both online and offline interaction, Craig has been empowering creators long before the “creator economy” had a name.
As the visionary behind Looplabs—the Internet’s first interactive music platform, demo’d personally by Steve Jobs—Craig helped democratize music creation and redefined collaborative creativity. Today, he’s a central force behind _SOUTHSTART, a festival-meets-convergence that unites visionary founders, curious minds, and creative technologists to explore what’s next.
Craig’s career spans collaborations with major brands, startups, and global tech platforms. He continually explores how emerging technologies—from the early days of Flash to today’s AI and immersive media—can unlock deeper layers of human creativity. A frequent speaker and provocateur at global gatherings, Craig’s presence is equal parts inspiring and disarming, challenging audiences to rethink how we create, connect, and evolve in the digital age.
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What is Lab Rats?
Lab Rats is ILA’s public program focused on creative tech, shared learning, and interdisciplinary collaboration as a series of workshops, artist presentations, networking sessions, and discussion panels.
With an emphasis on developing creative communities, Lab Rats fosters a network of emerging and established artists, providing opportunities for participants to upskill, reskill and learn new skills, build portfolios and make connections that expand creative and career prospects within the creative industry.
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The Lab acknowledges that we are meeting, creating and working on the traditional land of the Kaurna People. We recognise and respect their cultural heritage beliefs and relationship with the land. We pay our respects to the Elders past, present and future.