SXSW is a cultural cocktail of almost every industry you can think of: cinema, fashion, tv, transportation, space exploration, sustainable farming, comedy, cannabis, coffee, and a partridge in a pear tree. It’s a convergent celebration of new technologies, where megabrands unveil their newest immersive media;
SXSW is a signature intersection of innovation and thought leadership for the future. From space exploration to sustainable farming, from fashion to finance, travel to technology, and so much more–if it’s disruptive, dynamic, and divergent, there’s a stage for that. Some of the most impactful
This year’s annual SXSW festival anticipated its largest attendance to date. Following the global pandemic, 2020 brought devastation to the DNA of the city, with a never-before-seen festival cancellation. The year following was moved online, and the year after that finally offered a breath of
Let’s talk about sex…in space! I’d be willing to bet your mother never sat you down for this one. At this year’s SXSW festival, I sat in on a panel discussion that included some unconventional-and-on-the-rise research fields like astrosexology, space sexology, and space sexual health
Patricia Vonne is an American singer-songwriter and actress. Vonne’s music is a blend of different genres, including rock, folk, country, & Tex-Mex and she has released several albums throughout her career, including “Firebird”, “Rattle My Cage”, “Top of the Mountain”, and “Viva Bandolera”. In addition
Ralph Lee “Mac” McCaughan is an American musician who founded Merge Records (mergerecords.com) in 1989 with bassist Laura Ballance in Durham, North Carolina. A label created to showcase their own music in their band “Superchunk” and those of their friends, Merge Records has released albums
After a few trepidous years, SXSW is back in full swing and more electric than ever. This year’s festival presented a particularly fascinating forecast for the future of creative technologies. But before we peel back the nuanced layers of immersive media technologies and how they
If in the words of John Steinbeck the best-laid plans often go awry, “controlled chaos” seems to be the operative expression to describe South-by-Southwest (SXSW) 2023. With so many offerings and tracks to choose from, at some point & on some level it seems prudent
During the Creative Industries Expo at South-by-Southwest, several companies and organizations not only from the United States but globally vied for attendees attention as they showcased their wares to a highly-educated audience and higher-earning crowd (with an average household income of $100,000). With artificial intelligence
