You are warmly invited to join MGC and SODA staff and students for the STORYTELLERS + MACHINES symposium, where we will be discussing storytelling in the age of AI, here in SODA on 29th June. 

Storytellers + Machines at the School of Digital Arts, Manchester, considers the unstable relationships between AI generative media and the storytellers and artists that adopt them. Importantly the series links the growing storytelling cultures related to generative AI to critical and philosophical concerns and traditions by bringing together a diverse set of voices from the arts, industry and academia. The event is led by members of the Speculative Technologies Research Group in SODA, a group that seeks to engage through creative practice and theory with emerging media technologies.

We have a fantastic group of expert speakers from the arts, academia and industry joining our own SODA staff at the symposium.

• Eva Jager, Serpentine Gallery, 

• Lance Weiler, Digital Storytelling Labs, Columbia University

• Irini Papadimitriou, Creative Director, Future Everything

• Lorem aka Franceso D'abbraccio, Artist

• Graeme Phillipson, Machine Learning and Production, BBC R&D

• Hell Raymond-Hayling, Machine Learning and Production, BBC R&D

• Alex Estorick, Editor-in-Chief, Right-Click Save

• Lois McDonald (SODA)

• David Jackson (SODA)

• Alasdair Swenson (SODA)

• Chair: Adam Cooke (SODA)

• Chair: Debbie Bandara (SODA)

• Chair: Valentino Catricala (SODA)

We will also be featuring a selection of AI narrative media works and demos on the day provided by our speakers for attendees to experience. 

The event is open to students, staff and the public and includes refreshments and lunch.