Tim McHenry Marcia Annenberg
Tim McHenry is a Swiss-born veteran of the Edinburgh, Armistice, and New Yorker Festivals.
Marcia Annenberg is a painter and installation artist. Her artwork, exhibited nationally and internationally, deconstructs press and broadcast news.
I love creating friction. The friction that comes from putting two people together to approach a common subject from disparate experiences. Usually a great glow is generated, and from time to time, that glow turns into light of a sort that illuminates the whole room. It’s a form of improv theater, and you get to be witness to two experts in their field learn from each other in real time.
I am a seeker after truthiness, as coined by Colbert. I investigate the absence of the presence of critically important news that has disappeared from the public domain. As the news industry has come to reflect partisan politics, we are all at risk for misinformation and the rise of opinion as news. We have become victims of subinformation. What don’t we know, and why don’t we know it?
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Philippa P. B. Hughes
Philippa P. B. Hughes is an ex-lawyer turned writer, speaker, podcaster, flaneur, provocateur, and advocate for the arts and the temporary, creative use of vacant space. My passion is to incite creative thinking in everyone around me, to build community and connectivity, and to open portals to art and culture for the culturally curious by living an examined life inspired by art and passion. I create inventive and collaborative environments in which people who would not normally have the opportunity to interact with each other can gather to experience art and culture in alternative and stimulating ways. PHILIPPAHUGHES.COM | ARTISFEAR.COM PHOTO: KAREN YANKOSKY
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Drew Gerkey
Drew Gerkey has been conducting fieldwork with indigenous communities on the Kamchatka Peninsula (Russia) since 2005, supported by the U.S. National Science Foundation and The Fulbright Program. For too long, scientists and policy makers failed to appreciate the interdependence between people and nature. We can no longer ignore the fact that social and environmental issues are intertwined. If we are to overcome environmental challenges of sustainability and climate change, we must confront social inequalities, environmental injustice, cultural values, and historical legacies. I am passionate about collaboration and synthesis across intellectual boundaries to identify solutions to pressing global problems. DREWGERKEY.COM | SESYNC.ORG PHOTO: ILDAR AZIUKOV
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