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When Seeing Is No Longer Believing: Designing Trust in the Age of AI
The defining question of the next decade may not be whether an image is beautiful. It may be whether it is believable.
Klieon John
Jun 228 min read
The Caribbean Needs Cultural Infrastructure, Not Just Cultural Events
Nobody would expect a manufacturing sector to thrive without factories. Yet we routinely expect creative sectors to thrive without studios, incubators, archives, labs, registries, rehearsal spaces or business support organizations. That expectation has never made sense.
Klieon John
May 16 min read
The Missing Middle: Why Caribbean Creatives Struggle Between Talent and Opportunity
Good enough to be recognised. Not connected enough to advance.
Skilled enough to compete. Not resourced enough to sustain momentum.
Klieon John
Apr 156 min read
From Grant Dependency to Cultural Sovereignty: Rethinking Creative Development in the Caribbean
Imagine if every restaurant in the Caribbean depended on grants to remain open. Or every hotel. Or every shipping company. We would immediately recognise this as a structural problem.
Klieon John
Mar 276 min read
Beyond Resilience: Why the Caribbean Must Become a Global Laboratory for Cultural Innovation
The future of Caribbean development will not be built solely through roads, ports, airports, and utilities. It will also be built through ideas.
Klieon John
Feb 116 min read
On Movement in a Small Space
Digital technology offers transformative potential for optimizing spatial planning and accelerating development in small island developing states like those in the Caribbean.
Klieon John
Aug 29, 20256 min read
Inside Nuevas Miradas: A Lab for Stories That Reshape the Caribbean Narrative
This December, I had the privilege of participating in the Nuevas Miradas Cultural Entrepreneurship Incubator at the Escuela...
Klieon John
Dec 29, 20244 min read
Strength in Unity: Building Alliances in the Caribbean Film Industry
The alliances formed today will not only shape the future of Caribbean film but also ensure that our stories reach audiences worldwide.
Klieon John
Nov 27, 20243 min read
Notes on Spatial Planning, Indigeneity, and Resilient Futures: A Radical Reimagining
Editor's Note: The following is a combination of auto-transcribed voice recordings and handwritten notes in preparation for my presentation at the Caribbean Development Bank's YOUTH FIRE Forum at the 54th Annual Governor's Meeting in Ottowa, Canada - June 19, 2024. True to the intended style of this section, I have chosen to leave them unedited, hence occasional break in flow, repetitions, unfinished thoughts and grammatical errors. The conversation was thoughtfully moderat
Klieon John
Jun 20, 20249 min read
Indigenous Futures: New Narratives on Caribbean Tradition, Innovation and Evolving Identities
Explore the dynamic world of indigeneity: from classical views rooted in history to contemporary perspectives shaping global dialogue.
Klieon John
Jun 16, 202410 min read
Nieuwe Bohío: A Digital Retrospective on Indigenous Caribbean history, culture, and mythology.
Niewue Bohío is a research and design project under the 2024 Tilting Axis Research Fellowship, that seeks to embark on an immersive...
Twin Island Cinema
Apr 7, 20244 min read
🎥✨ A Career-Defining Experience at EURODOC '23! 🌐🌟
I'm absolutely thrilled to share a transformative experience that has reshaped my perspective on storytelling and filmmaking. Recently, I...
Twin Island Cinema
Apr 3, 20243 min read
Process as Product and the Architecture of Reciprocity.
What is the "architecture of reparation & reciprocity"? How do we begin to re-construct this idea?
Klieon John
Mar 29, 20246 min read
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