Talks on creative industry

By TDT | August 25, 2020

As part of the Virtual Design Week 2020: Reflections on a New Digital Earth, a roundtable discussion, entitled “Philippine Talks Academe: Equality, Community and Sustainability,” will be held, with industry experts and academic leaders speaking on how the Philippine creative industry and leading art educational institutions are adapting to the new normal despite the digital divides.

Hosted by A Contemporary of Inspirational, Influential, & Interdisciplinary Design(er)s, more commonly known as ACIIID, a digital platform dedicated for news, inspirations and trends on design, fashion and the arts, the event aims to tackle the most pressing social issues today that affect design through the lenses of sustainability, equality and community. It will delve on the people’s reflexive response towards the virtual landscape and how this radical shift shapes the lives, the engagement and future practices.

The panel will be comprised of De La Salle-College of Saint Benilde School of Design and Arts Center for Campus Art director and curator, architect Gerry Torres, who will explain art and design in the academic scene and how the pandemic transformed physical exhibits to online installations and exhibitions and animator and former Toon City Animation mentor Ian Tamara, who will tap on the technological innovations and methodologies of design in the Philippines.

They will be joined by iAcademy School of Design and Arts dean Jon Cuyson, who will identify the differences of virtuality and reality and the strategic improvement for industry partners; and University of Santo Tomas assistant professor Gemma Mendoza, who will explore the design cultures across South East Asia.

Benilde School of Design and Arts educator Nandi dela Paz will be the moderator.

“Philippine Talks Academe: Equality, Community and Sustainability” is scheduled for 27 August at 7 p.m. and will be facilitated via Zoom. Interested participants may register through this link: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_gsae5n_lRiOSNqXHCyzbWw.