In this episode, the intersection of dance, theatre, technology, and activism are front and center. Featured guest Valencia James, a Barbadian freelance performer, and maker shares her international experiences as a movement artist, leading her to explore the application of machine learning and artificial intelligence in dance. In doing so, Volumetric Performance Toolbox was created, a community-building toolkit for movement artists of all ethnicities, cultures and abilities to create immersive ...
Aug 10, 2021•56 min•Season 1Ep. 9
Comics. Fan fiction. Horror. Gaming. So many niche markets of powerful subcultures where passionate Black fan bases and artists create a space for themselves because the "mainstream" doesn't recognize us. For this episode, Cruxers Tunisha and Joanna are joined by comic book creator, illustrator, digital sculpture, and colorist Micheline Hess to discuss how she made a career our of a childhood passion for drawing. Other topics of conversation include the concept of privilege in embracing technolo...
Jul 02, 2021•1 hr 5 min•Season 1Ep. 8
The intersection of sports and society is no secret. But what's imaginable when sport stories rooted in social, cultural, and political history are told in virtual reality? Featured guest in this episode is acclaimed playwright and poet Idris Goodwin, writer of Ali Summit. Produced in collaboration with CRUX and the Actors Theatre of Louisville, Ali Summit takes us inside 1967, where world heavyweight boxing champion Muhammad Ali met with a group of the top black athletes in the country, who que...
May 23, 2021•54 min•Season 1Ep. 7
New York Live Arts is “where thinking and movement meet the future.” - Bill T. Jones. This episode features a profound conversation with Artistic Director, world-renowned choreographer, dancer, theater director and writer Bill T. Jones. Topics of discussion include Afrofuturism, Black bodies, avant garde, is there a “we,” and a look inside the New York Live Arts Live Ideas Gala produced by Crux. NYLA Live Ideas Gala | Monday, May 10th, 2021 Digital Live Ideas Gala: Altered-Worlds: Black Utopia a...
May 05, 2021•1 hr 1 min•Season 1Ep. 6
As tech continues to be used as a utility to ease and enhance the human experience, that creates a very easy pathway for negative biases to be naturally inserted and wrongly used. This significant and weighty conversation tackles how creators can combat implicit bias in technology with impact storytelling. To gain an understanding on how racism and prejudicial information intersects with data, privacy, and predictive policing, featured guests for this episode are Erinn Budd - Full Service Creati...
Apr 29, 2021•52 min•Season 1Ep. 5
We've all heard about it. Now let's educate ourselves on it. This episode features an open conversation to share insight, perspective, and opportunity for Black creators and alternative voices in the space of NFTs, blockchain, Crypto art, digital collectibles, etc. Special guests are two Cruxers Mark Sabb - Founder of FELT Zine, digital activist, and virtual/internet/crypto artist and Jose Rosero - XR artist and immersive producer. GUEST LINKS: Mark Sabb - Twitter FELT Zine - website Jose Rosero...
Apr 17, 2021•1 hr 12 min•Season 1Ep. 4
Everybody is talking about diversity...but what does that mean in VR? What does that even look like in this XR space? In this episode, Isha and Joanna from Crux XR are joined by Raven Two Feathers (he/they), a Two Spirit, Emmy award winning VR creator. Collectively they discuss Indigenous storytelling and how VR can help multicultural creators to rediscover, preserve, and transform inclusionary expression. FEATURED GUEST: Raven Two Feathers Qualifications of Being Project Instagram Twitter FEATU...
Mar 31, 2021•52 min•Season 1Ep. 3
Let’s examine what diversity, equity and inclusion look like in emerging media. What does ‘making a new reality’ really mean? And how does this define what diversity means in the VR/XR space for Black artists? Hosts Tunisha and Isha discuss these topics and more with featured guests Kamal Sinclair and Jessica Clark - co-authors of Making a New Reality: A Toolkit for Inclusive Media Future. Music this episode is provided by AlexLee !! Don't forget too check out Mozilla Festival happening right no...
Mar 13, 2021•58 min•Season 1Ep. 2
In our premiere episode, hosts Tunisha Singleton and Joanna White-Oldham introduce listeners to Crux, a cooperative working to turn Black artists into owners - one creator at a time. Featured guest is Lauren Ruffin, Crux co-founder who in an inspiring conversation shares her thoughts on the potential for XR to tell Black stories, create Black wealth, and unleash Black imagination. Web: Crux.Black TW: @CruxXR IG: @CruxXR Music: Eriq Troi Join our Crux Community on Mighty Networks...
Feb 20, 2021•42 min•Season 1Ep. 1
