Digital Revolution in the arts – INTERNATIONAL YOUTH ARTS FESTIVAL KINGSTON

Digital Revolution in The Arts

Entering A New Arts World

the webinar

17:00-18:00 BST, SUNDAY 5 JULY

The arts are heading into a digital revolution and this panel discussion will focus on what we can expect in the future and things you can start to prepare for the digital age in the arts.

MEET THE PANELLISTS

Haydn Corrodus
Haydn Corrodus is a Tech Champion for Social Media at Digital Culture Network /Arts Council England.

Haydn has previously worked with brands such as Coca Cola and Unilever on award-winning experiential, social and digital marketing campaigns.

He is also a founding partner of We Are Stripes, which works to increase opportunities in the creative industries for people from diverse ethnic backgrounds.

(Photo by Emma Roberts)

Gudrun Soley Sigurdardottir

Gudrun is an Icelandic performance maker and director based in Glasgow. Gudrun creates autobiographical work, questioning authenticity, the rehearsed live moment and ideas around theatrical deconstruction. She makes performances that use humour and seriousness in equal measure to interrogate and investigate complex human experiences; often working with bodies and spaces in unexpected ways. Gudrun has a particular interest in the social value of art and through her practice devises and creates live performances with young people across many different contexts, where she makes work to a professional standard with non- professional performers – often challenging the expectations of theatre by young people. She has a passion for work that engages and benefits young people as well as communities and delivers projects that encourage collaborative environments. She received Artsadmin’s BANNER Award in 16/17 and has performed her work at multiple venues and festivals across the UK and internationally.

Gudrun reimagined her solo work Elision from her living room in lockdown for Gateshead International Festival of Theatre. She is currently developing new solo-work, working on new collaborations with young people and directing Polmont Youth Theatre, the first youth theatre in a prison in Scotland.

Age

12+

Duration

60 minutes

Language

English

Link to register

how to join

These live webinar sessions will take place on Zoom at the time listed at the top of this page. Please register using the link above and keep an eye on your emails as you will receive a confirmation link with the login details.

Please note, these events have a limited capacity and we ask that if you do register to attend that you let us know if you can no longer use your place so we can reallocate it to someone else.

ABOUT THE WEBINARS

This webinar is part of Creative Youth’s So You Wanna Work In The Arts? programme, a series of free sessions aimed at helping young people gain an insight into the professional creative industries. The workshops will be bring together experienced arts practitioners and inspiring young creatives to explore the future of the arts.

Supported by Arts Council England, Kingston Council and Kingston University.

Please note these sessions will be recorded so we can make the resources available to other young artists in the future.

Due to Covid-19 this year’s festival has been created as an online experience. We hope you enjoy the festival and are inspired by the talented artists who are adapting to these challenging times. If you would like to see more of the international collaborations that have been demonstrated during Digifest, please consider making a donation to the charity here.

Any contribution, however big or small, is hugely appreciated.