Help new and established organisations figure out what will set them apart in the cultureXtech ecosystem (and programme accordingly)
Positioning
It begins with the mission. You may already have one that needs augmenting or repositioning; you may have a vision that needs shaping; you may be working from scratch. Whatever the starting point, we help craft a profile that is distinct to you and offers a unique contribution to the broader cultureXtech ecosystem.
Strategic Roadmap
We translate missions into actionable roadmaps across organisational innovation, programme development, and curation — sequenced to reflect institutional capacity, funding cycles, and the pace at which the field itself is moving.
Delivery
We assemble the teams needed to realise bespoke goals: curators, artists, technologists, creative directors, producers, project managers, lawyers, communications leads, and domain specialists. Drawn from an international network, configured to the brief.
Work with think tanks and governments on creative approaches to technosocial challenges
Foresight & Sense Making
Understanding the impacts of technology on society requires a well-curated combination of perspectives, and an analytic approach willing to entertain the weirdness of future scenarios rather than flatten it. Give us a brief and we will design a transdisciplinary research methodology and deliver it in formats that go beyond the report and the deck — scenarios, convenings, prototypes, commissioned artworks that hold contradiction, invite interpretation, and widen the field of what can be imagined.
Experiments & Prototyping
One approach to research is to actually stage an experiment. The cultureXtech context offers a rich space for building prototypes that test propositions and make abstract frameworks around such issues as governance and value distribution feel more tangible and open to further iterations.
Investment Research & Advisory
Research & Insights
The creative technology ecosystem is broader and more fragmented than it first appears. New propositions are emerging across the full AI stack, as well as in gaming, blockchain, and synthetic biology — often in places that conventional market maps overlook. We produce landscape mapping tailored to the brief, and deliver the insights in a form that supports decision-making.
Advisory & Strategy
What constitutes a sound investment in creative technology and technologically engaged art depends on the shape of the larger portfolio it sits within. We work closely with investors and institutions to understand that context, and translate it into a strategic approach calibrated to their thesis, appetite, and time horizon.
R&D and Product Development in CultureXTech
Artist & Creative Practitioner Placements
From Bell Labs and Experiments in Art and Technology, to the Xerox PARC Artist-in-Residence programme, to more contemporary iterations at Adobe, Google, and the creative teams embedded in startups across the stack, tech R&D and product development have long benefited from the presence of artists and creative practitioners. We build the practitioner profile relevant to the brief and connect you to the right people, drawing on an international network across disciplines and geographies.
R&D and Product Development
We design and lead R&D programmes across culture, AI, crypto, and cultural infrastructure, and develop findings into products, services, and ventures — from programmes and commissioning frameworks to licensable tools, platform concepts, and new business lines for organisations working at the edge of culture and technology.