X|| Story Talks
We give local and international talks about all aspects of telling
stories with digital technologies.
As invited keynote speakers globally, we have spoken about new approaches to the use of emerging technologies in digital storytelling, the design of inclusive frameworks and creating with ai (to name a few). We are experienced at giving talks in person or virtually or you could invite us to be provocateurs for your Away Day.
As invited keynote speakers globally, we have spoken about new approaches to the use of emerging technologies in digital storytelling, the design of inclusive frameworks and creating with ai (to name a few). We are experienced at giving talks in person or virtually or you could invite us to be provocateurs for your Away Day.
Selected Talks
Accidents, games and jokes : engaging [critically] with emerging and older technologies for entangled storytelling/playing
Entangled Futures, University of Cambridge, St John's College, 7th June 2024
This talk was about accidents, Generative AI, games and jokes and the importance of drawing, comics, walking and creating/repurposing toys in the process of developing ourwork. The session involved hands-on engagement with contingent storytelling and a critical grasp of the socio-technical structures in which our work emerges, particularly the tensions implicit in a 'technology first' approach, which so often occludes hidden curricula
The Future of Broadcast Media According to Kids
4th European Alliance for Innovation (EAI) International Conference on Technology, Innovation, Entrepreneaurship and Education, Magdalene College, 28th September 2023
The Future of Broadcast Media According to Kids
The Future is Northern, The Studio, Leeds, 28th March 2023
In this presentation we shared the experiemental methodology and findings of a project commissioned by the University of York’s XR Stories to explore what children want from future broadcast media. The project explored what children under 11-years-old think is the future of broadcasting. Our project was framed within the decline of children watching linear TV and the rise of various
fields such as filmmaking, theatre and gaming and seeking to find new ways of reaching audiences with emerging technologies
Equity and the Immersive Lab: Polygon by polygon, how do we build an equitable world? Kingston University, London, 22nd June 2022
We were invited to be provocateurs on the subject of equity and immersive tech and development.
Virtual magic: sleight of hand in immersive storytelling
Connecting Screens: Playing with Immersive Systems Research Symposium, Leeds School of Art, 30th March 2022
Talks Gallery
