In 2023, I published 5 peer-reviewed Human-Computer Interaction (HCI) and Design Research papers in @acm_chi and @acmdis2023 that are all available for free and open access 🧵.

New book review of Interactive Cinema (Hassapopoulou 2024) in JCMS: Journal of Cinema & Media Studies! . 🔗 @EphemeralMedia @JCMSJournal

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I’ll also be speaking on the panel “Forging an HCI Research Agenda with Artists Impacted by Generative AI” and chairing the “AI and Image” session. Looking forward to finishing my PhD next year and seeing where this research goes!.

How's AI impacting cinema? I'll be presenting 3 publications @acmchi 🎬. 1️⃣ “AI is Soulless”: Hollywood Film Workers’ Strike and Emerging Perceptions of Generative Cinema. 2️⃣ From Camera-Eye to AI: Exploring the Interplay of Cinematography and

RT @uwnews: “The Brutalist,” which won 3 Oscars last night, showed AI generated architecture blueprints in a scene and its editor used a pr….

I was interviewed on @KUOW Public Radio (Seattle's NPR News Station). We talked about how AI is shaping Oscar-nominated films and my latest publication on the Hollywood union strikes. 🔗 Listen here:

Check out this newspaper article, where I am interviewed about my research and thoughts on AI use in Oscar-nominated films!.

RT @mauro_txt: rip david lynch. thank you for the art 🖤

Join our (Un)designing AI panel on Tuesday @ACM_CSCW!.

Presenting my ongoing work on film worker resistance to AI today at the Electronic Literature Organization & Media Arts Festival in the Algorithms & Imaginaries session at 2:15 pm EST @eliterature.

Presenting today at the AI in Oral History Virtual Symposium - hope to see you there! @oralhistory.

Presenting 2 papers today at @sigchi #DIS2024. Resistive Threads: Electronic Streetwear as Social Movement Material.12:30 pm CET Aud 3. Artificial Dreams: Surreal Visual Storytelling as Inquiry Into AI 'Hallucination'.2 pm CET Aud 2

Excited to share my newest publication, Resistive Threads: Electronic Streetwear as Social Movement Material, which won honorable mention at @sigchi #ACMDIS2024 🏅. 🔗 HUGE thanks to my collaborators, including @antievictionmap @UrbanUW @danielarosner 🙏

Call for participation in @NordiCHI workshop that I am co-organizing with @SPIRITED_HCI in Uppsala, Sweden on Oct 13: . "Navigating Intersections of Religion/Spirituality and Human-Computer Interaction". 🔗 Website for details on workshop and application:

Grateful for the opportunity to present my research on the 2023 Hollywood film workers strike against AI as a recipient of the New Scholars Research Grant (and to have won 2nd place in this competition)!.

RT @Labor_Research: The New Scholar Research Grant presentations at #LRAN2024!

RT @J_O_Meara: Delighted you could join us from New York, Brett, as part of a brilliant final panel on generative models chaired by @broino….

Presenting on resisting and (re)imagining AI filmmaking today at the Screen Studies in the Age of Extended Reality & Synthetic Media Conference, Session 8: Metaphors for / Perceptions of Generative Models (15:30-17:30 GMT+1) #SSXR @TLRHub @TrinityFilm1 @IrishResearch.

We're accepting submissions such as case studies, artworks, design projects, research studies, theoretical provocations, and other works-in-progress. Participants will be able to present their work, as well as engage in hands-on activities and discussions. Hope to see you there!.

Are you exploring generative AI in your design research and/or design work? If so, consider applying! We will discuss hot-button issues including authorship, agency, and ethical practices. We aim to develop an online resource library and collaborative publication.

Call for participation in a 2-day workshop that I am co-organizing at #ACMDIS2024 in Copenhagen July 1-2:. "Death of the Design Researcher? Creating Knowledge Resources for Designers Using Generative AI". Details: Application: