Art & Tech

Evan Spiegel is Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer at Snap Inc. Spiegel graduated from Stanford University with a BS in Product Design. Snap Inc. is a camera company and believes that reinventing the camera represents their greatest opportunity to improve the way people live and communicate. Their products empower people to express themselves, live in the moment, learn about the world and have fun together.

Artist Alex Israel lives and works in Los Angeles, California. Deeply entwined with his hometown, his work explores popular media, Hollywood, and the cult of celebrity, while positing LA as central to an understanding of American culture and the American dream. His work is included in numerous museum collections worldwide, and his practice has included high-profile collaborations with Bret Easton Ellis, Louis Vuitton, Rimowa and Snapchat.

Hans Ulrich Obrist is Artistic Director of the Serpentine Galleries, London. Prior to this, he was the Curator of the Musée d’Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris. Since 1991 he has curated more than 250 shows. Obrist’s publications include A Brief History of Curating, Project Japan: Metabolism Talks with Rem Koolhaas, Do It: The Compendium, Think Like Clouds and Ai Weiwei Speaks.