Kiru
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Kiru

Creative technologist in Montreal, He/Him

Open for new roles

2 years ago

About

Artist/Researcher working at the intersection of music & technology.

Projects

2023

Season 3 report on creative AI, which provides a comprehensive guide on the technology’s emerging opportunities and challenges for music.

2015

My artistic practice focuses on exploring the intersection of art, music, and technology using emergent mediums like media art, AR/VR, and more.

Side Projects

2020

As the COVID-19 crisis continues to affect the world, an audio series called Qstories aims to document the lives of people who have been directly or indirectly affected by the pandemic. The series seeks to collect audio files from people all over the world who are under quarantine, and share their day-to-day experiences. This project is an initiative by producer Nganji Kimonyo (Kigali, Rwanda) and visual designer Kirubel Mehari (Montreal, Canada), who have come together to contribute to the documentation of this global crisis.

Exhibitions

2022
Montreal

In Heart and Life and Longing is an exhibition stemming from a public engagement project developed by Andrew Jackson

Work Experience

2023 — 2023
New York City

The Season 3 report on creative AI offers a complete guide to the technology's emerging opportunities and challenges in the music industry. I assisted the Water & Music community in analyzing and discussing the impact of creative AI across the music industry lifecycle. Our work involved curating a database of over 40 tools, annotating the terms of service for 11 AI companies, interviewing 15 artists and startup founders, and running an AI ethics and sentiment survey with over 150 responses.

2023 — 2023

Building on-chain infrastructures for Web 3

2021 — 2023
Montreal
  • Manage and update the content of the mutek.org and montreal.mutek.org websites as well as the virtual.mutek.org broadcasting platform through our CMS.
  • Manage video and audio archives of the Festival and the Forum on Soundcloud, Youtube and other social networks (IG TV, LinkedIn)
  • Collaborate on the content strategy of the festival and forum.
2018 — 2018
Montreal

-Support the festival PR strategy by performing research and market analysis activities.
-Create and curate engaging content.
-Build and update media lists/databases.

2016 — 2018
Montreal

Create exclusive custom content for global clients such as Sparkling Ice, McDonald's, Campo Viejo and Manulife.

Volunteering

2017 — Now
Montreal

Eritrean Youth Project is a non-profit, non partisan association committed to uniting and connecting youth of Eritrean heritage.

Our executive team is composed of first generation Eritrean Canadians, who have different personal and professional backgrounds, and have gained a unique perspective on how to achieve success in North American society.

Education

2015 — 2018
Communication & Media at Concordia University
Montreal

Contact

Are.na
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