CAKE 43: Deep Fake CAKE
Event Summary
Date: Thursday 28th October
Time: 10am – 11:30am
Platform: Zoom
This event will explore fake content and the role that it can play in our worlds.
About the event
CAKE 43 – Deep Fake CAKE – will explore fake content and the role that it can play in our worlds as we consume an ever-greater volume of media content across a broad range of channels and platforms.
What does fake content mean as we try to understand these worlds?
We will also look at how we interact and engage with one another, and how such content is increasingly creative and persuasive.
Further details announced shortly.
Speakers
This event will be hosted by Richard Clay – currently a Professor of Digital Cultures at Newcastle University and Co-Head of School X.
We are delighted to be joined by two fantastic speakers:
- Rachel Maclean – Rachel is a multi-media artist who has shown widely in the UK and internationally. Using film and photography, she creates outlandish characters and fantasy worlds which she uses to delve into politics, society and identity. Wearing colourful costumes and make-up, she takes on every role in her films herself, and uses computer technology to generate her locations, borrowing audio from television and cinema to construct narratives with a comedic touch
- Cassian Harrison – Cassian is currently SVP Content & Commissioning for BBC Studios, taking a leadership role in developing and launching new BBC services for international audiences in partnership with companies such as Apple and Amazon. Before this, Cassian was Channel Editor of BBC4. He was responsible for maintaining and building the channel’s singular and innovative voice, capitalising on its successes across Arts, Music, History, Documentary and International Drama. Under his leadership the channel saw consistent audience growth and won many awards including Broadcast Digital Channel of the Year and Edinburgh TV Festival Specialist Channel of the Year.
Registering
Whatever your professional background, this event is designed to support potential by inspiring new conversations and allowing introductions to take place that will enable collaboration. The event will take place on Zoom, the video conferencing platform. You don’t need to have an account but we recommend that you sign up for a free account and use the desktop app.
About CAKE
CAKE (Collaboration and Knowledge Exchange) is Creative Fuse North East’s monthly networking event, bringing together businesses, freelancers, academics, charities and creative practitioners from across the Creative, Digital and IT sectors and wider economy. Each themed CAKE event has expert speakers delivering short presentations that explore opportunities and innovation challenges. The events generate debate, explorative discussion and stimulate new innovative ideas by looking at each event’s theme from a variety of different perspectives – in keeping with the event name, attendees enjoy a slice of delicious cake while they network.*
“Not only was the event interesting and enjoyable but, for my company, it was an opportunity to make new connections. It has created new opportunities for Living Archive Limited, at a time in the company’s development where such opportunities are crucial for survival… The CAKE event was a chance to step back for a moment and focus on the bigger picture, and this has been very valuable to me.”
[Dr. Nick Williams Founder, Living Archive Limited]
*[when we return safely to in-person events]
Photo by Markus Winkler on Unsplash
