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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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OPEN CALL: TILTING AXIS FELLOWSHIP 2025
Nieuwe Instituut and Tilting Axis are launching the fifth iteration of the Fellowship program for applicants based in the Caribbean. The...
Twin Island Cinema
Jun 26, 20242 min read
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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
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Join Me May 16: Nieuwe Native Spaces
I'm thrilled to invite you to an exciting hybrid event where I'll be discussing my research project, Nieuwe BohÃo, in partnership with...
Twin Island Cinema
May 9, 20241 min read
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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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