Digital Dialogues
- March 2026
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Speaking to colleagues last week about navigating travel or life in the zones of violence, I was reflecting upon how normal it is now to do business online, work remotely, and share over global pressures. Digital Dialogues. I was reflecting during COVID when I was presenting ‘around the world’ constantly about public art, artists, creativity and how we combat notions of dystopia. It was a time we instantly looked to the creatives to help us navigate shifting realities. Digital Placeshaping. Digital Exchanges.
During that time, I was a Partner at Futurecity and we created a series of our team and associates to contribute to a programme we titled Digital Dialogues. Thankful to Mark Davy and the team for keeping those articles online. Below I source three contributions that I made during that time.
HIGHLIGHTS
- Creative Placemaking Takes Priority: Conversation with ULI colleagues in China “A key to the answer here is to access our creatives to think more in line about interesting solutions, to rethink human connections in a safe way, a way that gives us hope.”
- Digital Placeshaping: Highlights of Digital Festivals and Digital Exhibition “The experience of presenting on a digital platform reinvents how we socially engage and how we share intimacy publicly. We explore new non-verbal signals, read the digital ‘room,’ and focus in complex screen and home environments.”
- Design + Technology + Changed Behaviour = Sustainable Solutions: Conversation with Sustainability Research Institute’s innovation, opportunity, system refinement and education. “Art doesn’t need to be a literal – art can produce impact that is ‘stored.’ This concept is a metaphor for art experience that is stored for future investment.”
It’s crucial at times of geographical and political isolation we maintain the Digital Dialogue and source the humanity and universal desires of the community. At the core, we always find artists creatively sourcing new routes, imagery and realities that help us to move through the challenges.
