Talks

Emmy-winning director Tamara Shogaolu blends film, animation, and immersive tech to tell powerful stories on identity and memory. Shown at MoMA, Tribeca, and IDFA, her work—like Anouschka at SXSW 2025—challenges narratives and reimagines history through play and innovation.

Designer and Pentagram partner Eddie Opara shapes bold identities and immersive digital worlds for brands like Samsung and Rivian. A MoMA-exhibited artist, RCA Fellow, and Yale critic, he bridges design and innovation.

Barcelona-based artist Mónica Rikić crafts interactive works that blend creative coding, handmade electronics, and critical thinking. For over a decade, her poetic robots and philosophical devices have been exhibited and awarded worldwide.

From circus stages to robot labs, Dutch artist Daniel Simu blends performance and tech. A juggler, clown, and Dutch champion, he now builds whimsical robots after launching his first Acrobot in 2022.

Designer, director, and BAFTA-nominated producer, Liam Young creates visionary films that blend fiction and future-thinking. Called “the man designing our futures” by the BBC, his work explores environmental futures and is featured from Tribeca to the MoMA and Venice Biennale.

Ioana Vreme Moser generates sound through raw circuits and natural elements, exploring personal narratives and the toxic impact of electronics.

As founder of Revelium Studio, Niccolò Miranda creates AI-powered, immersive experiences at the edge of web and mixed reality. His award-winning work for clients like Prada, Meta, and Bill Gates is redefining how we interact with the digital world.

Artist and technologist Robert Hodgin co-founded Rare Volume and helped create Cinder. From data art to animal simulations, his work—now centered on Houdini—blends code, physics, and poetic visuals.

Internationally recognized digital artist, Ines Alpha turns makeup into 3D art. A former beauty art director, she crafts futuristic, ethereal visions that merge tech and aesthetics into speculative beauty worlds.

For 7 years, Aurélia de Azambuja has brought clarity, structure, and spark to Base Brussels. As a senior designer, she leads bold, thoughtful work with a strong conceptual vision—driven by her belief in design as a tool for change.

hérétique is a Parisian organization that operates at the crossroads between a think-tank, a development studio and a publishing house to imagine, craft and share digital alternatives.