Namik Mackic begins with an overview of the exhibition “Views of Planet City” which will be the focus of the presentations. Curated by Liam Young and consisting of installations by Jennifer Chen, Damjan Jovanovic, Angelica Lorenzi, and John Cooper, the project was installed in two spaces: at SCI-Arc (September 13, 2024 – February 14, 2025) and at the Pacific Design Center Gallery (September 13, 2024 – January 26, 2025). The exhibits were part of the Pacific Standard Time’s “Art & Science Collide” event (2024-5).

0:13:43. Adam Bandler, of Oficina.LA, discusses the design, technology, and fabrication challenges of the two “Planet City” installations.

0:30:31. Doris Berger describes in detail the conception and realization of the exhibition “Cyberpunk: Envisioning Possible Futures Through Cinema” (October 6, 2024 – April 12, 2026) which she curated for the Academy Museum (also an “Art & Science Collide” event).

0:46:49. Samatha Culp discusses “futures thinking” which she defines as “systematically exploring possible tomorrows to help manage uncertainty and shape change” as it emerged from World War II operations research through academic and corporate research and speculative design.

1:05:13. Nora N. Khan discusses her work curating artists who work critically with technology – especially AI and simulation – in exhibitions such as “A Wild-Ass Beyond: ApocalypseRN” with American Artist, Caitlin Cherry, Sondra Perry (Performance Space, 2018); “Manual override” (The Shed, 2020) with Morehshin Allahyari, Simon Fujiwara, Lynn Hershman Leeson, Sondra Perry, and Martine Syms; and “A Cosmic Movie Camera” (Biennale de l’Image en Mouvement, Centre d’Art Contemporain Genève, 2024).

1:22:34. The presenters discuss issues such as activism, modeling, story-telling, pedagogy, critical engagement with technology, fiction, ideology, space, and nonlinearity.