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March On Immersive Salon Opening & Screening of Love Machina

March On Immersive Salon Opening & Screening of Love Machina

October 10 @ 6:00 pm - 10:00 pm

Eaton House

1201 K Street
Washington, DC 20005

Spend the evening immersed in conversations about our current tech landscape and what the future can hold for all of us. The evening features a screening of the film Love Machina, the stranger-than-fiction love story of Martine and Bina Rothblatt, futurists who believe through technology we can build a better future for humanity, and is followed by talkback on creative futures that transcend avatars.

Film: Love Machina
LOVE MACHINA follows the stranger-than-fiction love story of Martine and Bina Rothblatt, futurists who believe through technology we can build a better future for humanity. In 2007 they commissioned Bina48, an “AI Mindfile” housed in a robotic bust based on Bina Rothblatt herself, as part of a multi-pronged attempt to ensure their love lasts forever. The Rothblatts are pioneers in satellite communications, organ transplantation, electric aviation and cryogenics. The documentary explores Martine and Bina’s optimistic vision that there’s a point in the future where digital consciousness, space settlement and these different technologies will converge to radically change life as we know it.

Penguin Random House

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Talking Book – How to Be An Audiobook Narrator

Do you know what it takes to read and record a book out loud? Find out how best to prepare, what vocal skills are needed, and how to get hired as a narrator. Plus attendees are invited to take a turn at the mic to try out your narration skills!

Opening the Book on Publishing: The Women Innovating Penguin Random House

a roundtable discussion on vital topics in the publishing industry with executives representing various departments of the publishing powerhouse.

African Traditions in the Novels of Toni Morrison

Toni Morrision scholar, Dr. Kokahvah Zauditu-Selassie explores a wide range of complex concepts, including African deities, ancestral ideas, spiritual archetypes, mythic trope, and lyrical prose that appear in novels The Bluest Eye, Sula, Song of Solomon and more.

Zeina Abi Assy

Moderator
Zeina Abi Assy is a curator, writer, designer, and educator. She is the Head of Curation at the Mozilla Festival. Previously, she was the Director of Interactive Programs at Tribeca Film Institute where she focused on the convergence of emerging media, storytelling, technology and social justice

Alia ElKattan

Panelist
Alia Elkattan is a researcher and creative technologist examining the sociopolitical implications of emerging technologies. As an NYU PhD candidate, Alia researches the sociopolitical implications of the design & development of emerging technologies.

LaJuné McMillian

Panelist
Lajuné Mcmillian is a new media artist, and creative technologist creating art that integrates performance, extended reality, and physical computing to question our current forms of communication.

Cara Page

Panelist
Cara Page is a Black queer feminist cultural memory worker, organizer, and co-architect of the Healing Justice Political Framework as a core member of the Kindred Collective. For the past 30+ years, she has organized with LGBTQI+, Black, Indigenous & People of Color liberation movements in the US & global south at the intersections of racial, gender & economic justice, healing justice, and transformative justice.

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