Toshi and I have been friends for almost 20 years. I met him on a beach in Cape Cod during a psytrance party. He was an established VJ in the Boston scene and I was just trying to figure out how that whole world worked. He brought me into the fold and taught me about the software and the methods that people were using to mix visuals live to electronic music.
We’ve stayed in touch throughout the years, both moving to the Bay Area, both pursuing our own careers, watching each other grow and mature on our own respective paths. When he agreed to do an episode of the Luminous Arts I was stoked and even though we couldn’t sit down in person it was so good to catch up.
Toshi is an amazingly deep thinker and a very intelligent guy. Our conversation was fun because it let both of us go deep on some really important topics relating to the ethics of the use of technology. He works for the Institute for the Future, a non-profit focused on just that. He runs a department there that allows him to explore, among other things, the various ways that VR can be used to generate positive change in the world.
I think you’re going to dig this conversation. It winds its way through the world of immersive new media art, through the role of social media in society, and into our responsibility to help shape the world using technology. Let’s dive in!
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David Glicksman, Luminous Podcast Episode 026
Nathan Lachenmyer, Luminous Podcast Episode 025
Christopher Bauder, Luminous Podcast Episode 024
Bill Galusha , Luminous Podcast Episode 023
Nicholas Perillo, Luminous Podcast Episode 022
Tiffany Trenda, Luminous Podcast Episode 021
Luke Taylor, Luminous Podcast Episode 020
Shlomo Zippel, Luminous Podcast Episode 019
Joshua White, Luminous Podcast Episode 017
Richard DDT Trapani, Luminous Podcast Episode 016
Bob Bonniol, Luminous Podcast Episode 015
Sofia Aronov, Luminous Podcast Episode 014
Steve Lieberman, Luminous Podcast Episode 013
Forest Stearns, Luminous Podcast Episode 012
Mark Slee, Luminous Podcast Episode 011
Timo Lejeune, Luminous Podcast Episode 010
Gabriel Dunne, Luminous Podcast Episode 009
Keith Anderson, Luminous Podcast Episode 008
Tyler Kicera, Luminous Podcast Episode 007
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