Panels / Q&A Sessions ∕
2021.11.04 | 20:00-20:30
Q&A Session ⑦ Spheres
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Speaker: Danielle Giroux; Host: Yi-Chun Ko
Q&A session ⑦ Spheres
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The Q&A session will held in English / French along with the Mandarin translation aside.
Danielle Giroux (Distributor)
After completing her studies in business in the US, for several years Danielle focused on program direction in youth leadership, eventually overseeing a staff of 25 in the nationally accredited camp program 4-H. From here, Danielle went on to complete a masters in Arts and Visual Culture from Université de Paris, Sorbonne CCFS. She then continued on to apply her arts and leadership background in the contemporary art market. Part of the team representing emerging artists from African countries such as Prince Gyasi and Gonçalo Mabunda, she participated in fairs such as 1-54 London and AKAA. Danielle then joined the immersive production studio Atlas V team, under founder Antoine Cayrol, focusing on distribution. In 2021, Danielle became the head of the third branch of Atlas V called Astrea, the branch completely dedicated to the distribution & publishing of a diverse catalog of immersive narrative XR content. Part of the team spearheading distribution in the VR industry, Danielle’s specialities lie in leadership and decision making in publishing, localisation, communication, and international sales of XR narrative content. Some of the award-winning projects Danielle has worked on in distribution include Gloomy Eyes (Webby Awards 2021), Ayahuasca (Tribeca 2019), Battlescar (Numix Awards 2021), Madrid Noir (Tribeca 2021), The Dawn of Art (Emmy Nomination 2021).
Yi-Chun Ko (Virtual Art Curator)
KO Yi-Chun holds a Ph.D. from the Institute of Aesthetics, Science and Technology of Arts at the University of Paris 8. She was film co-selector of “VR Panorama” for the Kaohsiung Film Festival (2017) and principal investigator of the “Open VR Site” for the Taipei Film Festival (2018). She has successively served as a member of the jury, speaker, and moderator for the XR Dreamland programs of the Kaohsiung Film Festival (2019–).