For various reasons, I read a fair amount about AI – both the techno-utopian and the techno-doom versions. I’ve gone through courses about how to use it as a creative professional. I did research on it for An AI of Our Own, an initiative by Living Arts International around AI and cultural heritage in the…
I can’t tell you how often I got an opportunity – or even the hint of an opportunity – and thought, this (could be) is my big break! It was meeting a director in Cambodia, or shooting a TV series in Pakistan (that never saw the light of day). It was a Creative Director job…
A performing arts career is not typically advised by your local high school guidance counsellor. They’re the sort of careers you expect parents to frown at, long dinners with extended family asking when you’ll get a real job. Of course, that is all normative bull**** if you ask me. The truth is that a performing…