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REMIX Summit London 2025

Futures for the Fearless

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Here East

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Royal Academy of Arts

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Bloomberg

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Google Arts & Culture

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Plexal

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Jason Bruges Studio

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Somerset House

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Innovate UK

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Kiosk World

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THE FUTURES WE CREATEMore...

WELCOME & INTRODUCTION
– Charlotte Appleyard – Director of Development & Business Innovation, Royal Academy of Arts
LIGHTING UP OUR SENSES: NEUROAESTHETICS & WELLBEING
– Robyn Landau – Neuroaesthetics Designer & Co-founder, Kinda
How can art, culture, tech and environments impact our brains and bodies to affect our feelings, relations and behaviours? Kinda transforms science into sensory, embodied and emotional experiences: pioneering a new approach to the creative process, and redefining the impact of art, culture and tech for our modern worlds.
AN INCLUSIVE, IMAGINATIVE & CARING MUSEUM
– Esme Ward – Director, Manchester Museum
Lessons from Manchester Museum, which is on a mission to create the world’s most inclusive, imaginative and caring museum. It aims to build stronger emotional connections with visitors; allow them to lose themselves in stories of what it means to be human; rethink our relationship with the natural world; and find joy and connection as a museum at the heart of its community.
REIMAGINING ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE: SHARING THE WORLD WITH OTHER MINDS
– Jo Lansdowne – Executive Producer, Pervasive Media Studio, Watershed
AI is very useful and a little bit magic; dripping with real and imagined power. What if we try to meet AI as one of many forms of intelligence whose qualities might balance our own? Might it become our partner in revealing the world, rather than another tool with which to control it? What would we make then? Jo shares Pervasive Media Studio’s attempts to explore these questions in practice.

THE GENEOLOGY OF IMMERSIVE ART & HOW THIS IMPACTS ITS FUTURE
– Ana Brzezińska – Immersive Curator, Former Tribeca Festival
Mapping the genealogy of virtual and spatial creation is a task that has yet to be successfully tackled. Digital art historians rarely agree on how to even approach it — if they even attempt to do so. Virtual, spatial, and immersive creation are fed by multiple streams of parallel art histories, which, when combined, do not form a consistent chronology or a set of fixed creative principles; giving a fairly accurate representation of the kind of multilayered, omnipresent yet standardised, audiovisual plane we live in today. Its complexity is shaped by bloodlines that trace back to Wagner, Duchamp, the Lumière Brothers, and the 1989 launch of the World Wide Web. So as immersive matures, how can we celebrate its history, and develop unique approaches to audience, formats and language?
FROM STORYTELLING TO STORYLIVING: HOW AUGMENTED REALITY IS RESHAPING ARTS & CULTURE
– Julien Fleury – Creative Lead, Snapchat AR Studio
Over 300 million Snapchatters engage with Augmented Reality every day – 375,000 creators have built over 4 million Lenses, which Snapchatters engaged with more than 4.5 trillion times in just the last year. Snapchat’s AR Studio drives greater awareness of AR and its impact across the culture, entertainment and education sectors.
THE NEXT CHAPTER: R&D AT THE HEART OF STORYTELLING, STORYTELLING AT THE HEART OF R&D
– Professor Will Saunders MBE – Chief Creative Officer, CoSTAR, the UK’s first National R&D Lab for the Creative Industries
Will was BBC Creative Director and architect of its digital transformation, and co-authored the landmark 2018 DCMS report ‘Culture is Digital’. As Creative Head of StoryFutures, he pioneered new forms of award-winning creative experiences and ground-breaking R&D projects. StoryFutures is Lead Partner in the CoSTAR National Lab, a £51.1m investment to ensure the UK’s screen and performance industries have the infrastructure and skills to compete globally. In this talk, Will shares his personal journey through the creative R&D landscape, and explores how organisations might best capitalise on the opportunities it provides.

FIRESIDE CHATSMore...

NURTURING 24-HOUR PLACESMore...

CREATING A SCENE: PLACEMAKING & DIY CURATORS
– Dr Will Dutta – CEO, Sound and Music
– Provhat Rahman – Co-founder, Daytimers & Dialled In
– Emma Warren – Journalist
Grassroots scenes are the unsung powerhouse of culture across the UK. New music scenes often come about through the work of a handful of individuals or collectives of individuals, investing time and their own money into building like-minded communities. In an increasingly fragile ecosystem, this session explores the vital role of the DIY ecology, including the techniques and strategies deployed by these scene makers and creative entrepreneurs, often against all the odds.
“CARPE NOCTEM… SEIZE THE NIGHT!” – TRANSFORMING SYDNEY AFTER DARK
– Michael Rodrigues – 24-Hour Economy Commissioner, New South Wales (Sydney, Australia)
A passionate and vocal advocate for Sydney and NSW’s 24-hour economy for many years, Mike launched Time Out in Sydney in 2007 and served as MD until 2021. Motivated by the challenges facing Sydney’s night-time economy, he also founded the Night Time Industries Association, playing a critical role in overturning Sydney’s lockout laws. In 2021, he was appointed the NSW Government’s first 24-Hour Economy Commissioner, heading up an incredible department at the global forefront of nurturing towns and cities after dark.

SHAPING THE FUTURE OF THE UK’S NIGHT-TIME ECONOMY: LOCAL, NATIONAL & COMMUNITY POWER
– Michael Kill – CEO, Night Time Industries Association
With more power set to be devolved to mayors and local authorities, the UK is on the brink of a major shift: an opportunity to work closer than ever with local councils and communities, crafting nightlife policies to reflect their unique cultures and needs – in order to drive job creation, tourism, and vibrant social spaces.

CREATIVE PLACEMAKERS: ARTS-LED CHANGEMore...

A PLACE TO REGENERATE
– Jason Bruges – Multidisciplinary Artist & Designer
Jason Bruges’ artworks are moments of theatre that transform in response to their surroundings and connect people with their environments. How can we use light, kinetic art and mixed media to offer solace and escape?
MEASURING THE IMPACT OF PLACEMAKING
– James Bowthorpe – Founder, Applied Research Creative Studio (a-r-c-s)
Insights on the transformative power of placemaking with a focus on social impact. At the heart of the agency’s work is Lower Stable Street, a dynamic, mixed-use space in King’s Cross, which has successfully integrated culture, community, and commerce. By prioritizing social value—empowering independent businesses, fostering cultural inclusion, and creating vibrant public spaces—this initiative has not only enhanced footfall and commercial sustainability but has also demonstrated measurable social impact, valued at £3 million. Through its innovative approach, which includes initiatives like the Kiosk N1C platform and B Corp certification, the agency shows how investment in social impact can create lasting value, cultivate diverse audiences, and foster resilient, thriving communities. Looking ahead, the studio plans to expand this model, connecting independent businesses to new spaces via Kiosk.World, and aims to make social impact valuation as integral to investment decisions as traditional metrics like turnover and footfall.

BUILDING COMMUNITY & SCALING IMPACT
– Paloma Strelitz – Creative Director, Patch & Co-founder, Assemble
How can design drive civic, cultural, and economic development? Discover how Patch is developing a network of centres for work, culture and community across the UK. From co-founding Turner Prize-winning Assemble to leading Patch’s creative vision, hear lessons on building community and scaling impact.
FIRESIDE CHAT: THE CITY AS A CANVAS
– Yinka Ilori MBE – Artist & Designer
– Charlotte Appleyard – Director of Development & Business Innovation, Royal Academy of Arts
Yinka Ilori’s work is underpinned by the belief that art and design should be accessible to all. Humorous, provocative and playful, his projects demonstrate how design can bring together communities and have a positive impact on society, evoking a sense of joy and optimism. Often using the city as his canvas, he reimagines spaces to encourage a sense of community and invites audiences to engage and participate in his work and its surroundings.

INNOVATION STORIES: ART/TECH & CREATIVE INSPIRATIONMore...

STORY AS THE NORTH STAR
– Harmeet Chagger-Khan – Head of Digital & Innovation, The Space & Creative Director, Surfing Light Beams
Behind most successful innovation projects sits a strong story. How are immersive technologies changing our understanding of storytelling, and how can we respond to changing audience expectations?
BREAKING THE MOULD: THE WILDCARD APPROACH TO FEARLESS STORYTELLING
– Ollie Jones – Co-Founder & CEO, SWAMP
SWAMP is an award-winning brand experience agency founded by immersive theatre makers. Rooted in theatrical craftsmanship, they create critically acclaimed experiential work for some of the world’s biggest global brands, alongside their own original productions. Join us to discover how SWAMP’s bold and daring approach to brand experience continues to empower clients to take risks and achieve groundbreaking results.
PANEL: FUTURE ART AND CULTURE – NEW VISIONS, FRESH VOICES
– Dr Dan Ford – Senior Associate Producer, British Underground
– Marc Boothe – Founder & Creative Director, B3 Media
– Gary Riley – Multidisciplinary creative practitioner
– Hannah Oliver – Lens-based storyteller
– Jay Oliver Yip – Artist in film and immersive storytelling
International showcase producer British Underground and multicultural creative champion B3 Media annually support a cohort of emerging artists to attend SXSW in Austin as part of the Future Art and Culture (FAC) Connect programme. This panel follows three creative pioneers at the start of their journey. FAC is a major UK showcasing initiative at the intersection of art and tech produced by British Underground and Arts Council England with support from the British Council.

ART WHERE YOU LEAST EXPECT IT
– May Abdalla – CEO, Anagram & Emmy-nominated XR Creator
Digital gives us the ultimate opportunity to make arts and culture accessible for all. In this talk, explore how expectations can be turned upside down: creating art experiences in environments where they are least expected; and adding layers of reimagination and reinterpretation to spaces where culture is traditionally found.
PANEL: AI IN THE GALLERY
– Laura Herman – Senior Research Lead, Adobe & Researcher, Oxford Internet Institute
– Dr Oonagh Murphy – Responsible AI Fellow (Arts Council England), Turing Fellow (Alan Turing Institute), Senior Lecturer (Goldsmiths)
– Rachel Walker – Head of Digital Product & Infrastructure, Royal Academy of Arts
What impact is AI having on how art is both created and consumed? How can we prepare future generations of creatives for the new realities of the art world?
MAKING A HOME FOR CULTURAL INNOVATORS: SOMERSET HOUSE
– Jonathan Reekie – Director, Somerset House Trust
Somerset House has built a new model of a creative space, enabling connection, driving artistic and social innovation at once. Hear more about how this has been born out of the changes to the ways that artist think and work, audience needs and the funding environment.
MUSIC FOR ALL: MUSIC, DISABILITY & TECH INNOVATION
– John Kelly – Musician
– Sally Currie – Interim CEO, Drake Music
– Tim Yates – Research & Innovation Executive, Drake Music
Everyone has the right to express themselves creatively. In this session, hear how new tech, models and ideas are opening access to music for all, as equals.

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