Join us for the opening of the international Media Architecture Biennale at the Concourse Civic Pavilion in Chatswood, featuring a networking forum...

Media Architecture Biennale Opening Ceremony and Keynote: Digital Placemaking Through Temporary Media Architecture

Location:

The Concourse Theatre
2067 NSW
Australia

MAB16 Opening Ceremony

Featuring

Ignatius Jones

Ignatius Jones

Creative Director, Vivid Sydney

Ignatius was born in the Philippines and grew up with his father reading him plays as bedtime stories.
 
After moving to Australia as a five year old, he later began his life in the arts as a musician and was a founding member of the art-rock-punk-cabaret band of the 1980s, Jimmy and the Boys.
 
Ignatius has worked all over the world as an event director. He's launched the Vancouver Olympics, the Shanghai Expo, several Australian warships and the biggest Barbie doll in the world.
 
He is the Creative Director of Vivid Sydney.
 

Event Details

Join us for the opening of the international Media Architecture Biennale at the Concourse Civic Pavilion in Chatswood, featuring a networking forum, a formal opening ceremony, and a public keynote by the Creative Director of Vivid Sydney, Ignatius Jones. 
 
The keynote will discuss the convergence of media and architecture in temporary contexts – for festivals and other major public events, such as Vivid Sydney, the Shanghai World Expo, and the Doha Asian Games. It will shed light on the ideas that led to some of the largest lighting devices ever built and their potential for placemaking in 21st century cities. 
 
The schedule for the evening includes: 
  • 6pm to 6.30pm: Opening address 
  • 6.30pm to 7.30pm: Opening keynote by Ignatius Jones 

This event is part of the international Media Architecture Biennale (MAB16). It concludes the second day of MAB16, which features symposia on Digital Publics and Smart Cities & Urban Innovation. 

 

Photo credits: Martine Doyon, Frédérique Ménard-Aubin, Nathalie St-Pierre, Patrice St-Amour, Olivier Blouin, Cindy Boyce, Mattera Joly, Le Pigeon, Quartier des Spectacles.