The Future of Creativity
How can we cultivate the conditions conducive for creativity to flourish?
Creativity is innate in every human being - part of our essential human toolkit. We find clever solutions to complex challenges, see possibility in the face of uncertainty, and imagine worlds that have never before existed.
Understandably, creative skills are in ever-growing demand, and the rise of intelligent machines is set to expand the possibilities of human creative practice. And yet access to creative subjects is unevenly distributed, and the number of children taking creative courses is in decline. In a time when new ideas and creative thinking are needed most, we face a growing, paradoxical divide.
How is the creativity landscape changing, and what creative skills will we need in the future? How will artificial intelligence challenge our preconceptions around human creativity? And how can it be used as a a tool for enhancing and expanding our creative capacity? How can move beyond the creative dive to cultivate the conditions conducive for creativity to truly flourish?
The Future of Creativity is part of a bespoke futuring dinner series - FutureFeast - curated and produced by Glider & Hard Things To Talk About for innovation foundation Nesta in London. FutureFeast brings together 25 influential leaders, pioneering thinkers and creative disruptors to tackle the big questions of our time. A means of radically disrupting preconceptions, challenging old thinking, and inspiring those in positions of power to lead change.
04.0 CREATIVITY
Cultivating Creative Potential.
TUES 9 JUL 2019, 6.30PM - LATE IMMERSIVE DINNER
CURATED FOOD
SPEAKERS +
PERFORMANCE
An invitation to explore - and be an integral part of - turning the tide on the creative divide and unleashing our creative potential.
This intimate conversation dinner experience gives participants a chance to engage with other leading thinkers and makers to challenge current understandings and open up new conversations that are critical to our collective, creative future. With the open expanse of the Wapping Hydraulic Power Station as its canvas, guests feast on a thematically curated menu designed in collaboration with Chef Ben Marks and an immersive programme of spoken, spatial and performative provocations from spoken word performer George The Poet, mathematician and author Marcus du Sautoy, experimental producer and composer Hector Plimmer, installation artist Parker Heyl, and filmmaker Giada Ghiringhelli.
Interested in collaborating on a bespoke experience or series? Let’s explore what’s possible together.
SERIES PARTNER: NESTA
NESTA Nesta is the UK’s innovation foundation, working with partners around the globe to bring bold ideas to life to change the world for good.
FutureFest is a one-day celebration of future possibilities. Created by Nesta, the festival brings together thousands of curious minds from any walk of life and invites them to occupy the future through a range of multi-sensory experiences – including keynotes and debates, comedy and music, artistic installations and interactive experiences. Past festivals have welcomed thinkers and performers such as Edward Snowden, Vivienne Westwood, Nicola Sturgeon, Annie Mac, Akala, Ruby Wax OBE, Brian Eno and Paul Mason. Designed to provide a taste of the FutureFest experience on the big questions of our time, FutureFeasts are experiential evenings of curated talks, performances, food and meaningful conversation.