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DLD Munich 2020

January 19, 2020

From smartphones to VR goggles, the combined power of art and technology is rapidly changing the possibilities of both our imagination and reality. This DLD20 panel brings together Snapchat co-founder Evan Spiegel, artist Alex Israel and Hans Ulrich Obrist, Artistic Director of the Serpentine Galleries in London.

Sharing a passion for innovation, Alex Israel and Evan Spiegel teamed up to create a virtual art piece. Using their smartphones, guests could apply Snapchat lenses over various portraits of Alex Israel himself, which hung in the gallery space. With just a flick of the finger, digital stories burst out of the real life artwork.

Clearly this is just one example of many more to come: From smartphones to VR goggles, the combined power of art and tech is rapidly changing the possibilities of both our imagination and reality.

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Evan Spiegel

Snap Inc.

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.

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Alex Israel

Artist

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.

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Hans Ulrich Obrist

Serpentine Galleries

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.

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