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Worldbuilding Professional Portfolio

Workshops

The worldbuilding process includes research, community-based workshops, expert interviews, prototyping, systems research, narrative development, and working to find the ideal outputs for the final expressions of the world (e.g., films, books, immersive experiences, etc.). Of these, the most significant aspect for Laura has been the workshop process. She has:

participated in worldbuilding workshops that contributed to the robust world of Rilao at the Berlinale Film Festival as a Production Designer Talent;
led workshops with high school students during our Lagos 2036 Class worldbuild;
helped develop the WbML Spaceship Earth program for high school students in collaboration with the Buckminster Fuller Institute;
helped plan and participated in a Minority Report-themed worldbuild at Arizona State University;
and designed and led a worldbuilding workshop on autobiographical identity and crisis (financial, physical, or emotional) at CounterPlay ‘16 in Denmark.

Most recently, she helped start and is now working on a worldbuilding collaboration between the World Building Media Lab and the Bridge@USC, an interdisciplinary project at the Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences dedicated to connecting the sciences and the arts. To date, this project has included workshops with up to 40 participants from the arts and sciences working together to envision the world inside a human cell, and then develop experiences enabling scientists and students to step inside of it. She is also working with Marientina Gotsis on a Research Collaboration Fund application to organize worldbuilding workshops on how future sensory technologies may impact the patient experience in hospitals and doctor’s offices.

In Fall 2016, I also had the opportunity to lead three workshops at USC with MA+P undergraduate students: "Story + Play Workshops," 3 workshops; "Spatial Design Workshops," 2 workshops; "Worldbuilding + Identity Workshops," 2 workshops.

WORKSHOPS AND TALKS
“World In a Cell” co-Leader of WbML and Bridge@USC Worldbuilding Project including Workshops envisioning ‘The World in a Single Cell.” Organized worldbuilding workshops with up to 40 artists and scientists, helped solidify funding partnership, and am working on project design. This is a funded, year-long worldbuilding project. 2016-Present

“Spaceship Earth” USC WbML Worldbuilding Initiative with Youth, Participant & Organizer Oct 2016-present

"Story + Play Workshops," 3 workshops, USC Fall 2016

"Spatial Design Workshops," 2 workshops, USC Fall 2016

"Worldbuilding + Identity Workshops," 2 workshops, USC Fall 2016

“Inventing the Future All Over Again – Minority Report 2066” ASU Conference, Participant & LA Assistant Nov 2016

“Architecting Experiences for VR + AR” VRLA Panelist, Speaker Sept 2016

“Worldbuilding” UCLA Art|Sci LASER Talk April 2016

“Playing With Identites,” Dissertation Pilot Workshop at CounterPlay ’16, Denmark April 2016

“Lagos 2036: High School Edition” Led IML 575 Worldbuilding Workshop with High School Students March 2016

“Worldbuilding and Autobiographical Identity,” Lecture, IML 499 March 2016 Participant, Berlinale Worldbuilding “Rilao” Workshop Feb 2015

“Worldbuilding,” Lecture, USC Graduate Seminar CTPR 510 Sept 2015

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