Vulane Mthembu

/creative technologist, composer and artist.
/open-data and worker cooperative advocate.
/innovation officer Sub-Saharan Africa: Goethe-Institut e.V.
/vice-president: KwaZulu-Natal Society of Arts contemporary gallery
/University of KwaZulu-Natal Tech and Web projects
/panellist: ZKM Zentrum für Kunst und Medien ZKM | Center for Art and Media - Taming AI
/winner: Native Instruments International Metapop award
/guest editor: University of Stellenbosch's Africa Open Institute for Music, Research and Innovation herri journal (Artificial Intelligence in Africa)
/mathematics and science educator
/jury member: Loeries awards
/finalist: Women in Games Global Awards - Video Games Diversity Initiative
/founding member: BIG FKN GUN, producer: Moonchild Sanelly. Alum: Helsinki Headnod Convention et al
/founder: /divide by zero research.
/jury member: art+computation Gesellschaft für Informatik e.V
/realised projects with Apple, Amazon, Ubisoft, Wikimedia ZA
/jury member: AI 2 Amplify Fellowship
/speaker: Pecha Kucha - Digifest, Durban University of Technology

Press + Selected Work

• herri 8 - guest editor AI in Africa Theme
• Mail & Guardian - Umshini uyakhuluma: Technology encroaches on the human touch in Nguni Machina
• Vulane Mthembu – Almost Perfect Podcast #98
• Fakugesi African Digital Innovation - CREATING DIGITAL MUSIC Talk
• The Wire UK Magazine REVIEW - Helsinki Headnod Convention
• KZNSA EXHIBITION - Ubudlelwane Installation
• art+computation
• SABC TOMz 8 - Episode 55: Computer Programming
• WIG Global Awards Finalist - #EveryGamerCounts Project
• Radio 702 Apple Podcast: #EveryGamerCounts seeks to champion inclusivity in gaming.
• #SABCNews: Promoting diversity & equality in the gaming industry
• AI 2 Amplify Fellowship Jury Member
• Taming AI -ZKM | Center for Art and MediaZentrum für Kunst und Medien

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