An Odyssey with Anum Farooq (Odyssey Global Media) - PAUL VERNON & KELSEY SMITH : FILM-MAKING, DIRECTING, ACTING, MANAGING & THE WORLD OF AI, ART, BOOKS & MUSEUMS

PAUL VERNON & KELSEY SMITH : FILM-MAKING, DIRECTING, ACTING, MANAGING & THE WORLD OF AI, ART, BOOKS & MUSEUMS

12/21/23 • 43 min

An Odyssey with Anum Farooq (Odyssey Global Media)

An incredibly insightful interview with film-maker, director, author and artist Paul Vernon and his fiancée Kelsey Smith who is an optician and a manager at The Eye Place. The conversation centred on film-making, directing, acting, art exhibitions, books, management to artificial intelligence and museums with fascinating perspectives. Paul Vernon is an internationally screened award-winning filmmaker, author and artist whose work has been selected in places such as London Short Film Festival at the ICA, BAFTA, San Diego Comic-Con and LACMA. With press coverage by the BBC and film commissions for the Danish Arts Foundation, as well as collaboration with the Arts Council England. His film 'Lost In The Nameless City' had its world premiere in competition at the Artists Forum Festival of The Moving Image in New York, was the winner of an Experimental Award in Romania and screened in Mexico in competition among only nine other films at the Cinetekton International Film & Architecture Festival. He has also authored two books, one being 'Strange Space: An inquisitive gaze at ignored architectural splendor, intricate mundanity and the soul of its nuances.

He is currently working on his film 'Spirit' in the Unearth art collective, curating and designing his new museum Vortex as part of his label Captain Cowboy and has started working with AI illustration tools towards virtual exhibitions, exploration, experimentation and fresh narratives.

Kelsey Smith has a Science background as a qualified dispensing optician educated at Anglia Ruskin university, recently becoming the manager of her own store for company The Eye Place in London. She has a creative streak and has crafted gifts, sewn, acted and helped curate and install art exhibitions.

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MICHELLE KIM : GRASSROOTS VOICES OF UNITED NATIONS FCCC YOUTH CONSTITUENTS

Incredibly wonderful to meet fellow United Nations FCCC YOUNGO Youth Constituents at COP28 to hear their insights for the Odyssey Global Media Podcasts. An absolute honour to meet Michelle Kim who is a sustainability educator, youth community leader and advocate working heavily on UN SDGs & Social+Environmental pillars of sustainability.

She has numerous lived experiences growing up in four different countries- Korea, Philippines, Canada and U.S, and experienced poverty, climate crisis to racism.

Therefore, all her experiences are rooted from her care and love for people and the planet. I adore her ethos of 'No one gets left behind'.

Michelle is currently completing her Global Development Master’s Degree at Harvard University

Meeting Michelle was a real privilege and this is a beginning of our collaboration, and hopefully more for the future!

Michelle has incredible meaningful work from being involved in current climate education in both global South and North, working at international and local levels. As youth ambassador with UN Association Canada, she worked to promote UN SDGs; and worked with charity organization in Canada for indigenous youth and marginalized youth on developing climate initiative projects for Great Toronto Area, amongst other incredible achievements.

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Climate change and sustainability perspectives from Her Excellency Chizoba Nzeakor, who is a highly accomplished Global Youth Ambassador, Entrepreneur, and SDGs 4, 7, and 13 Advocate, with a strong focus on climate and clean energy. As a member of the Queens Commonwealth Youth Trust Network and the Commonwealth Sustainable Energy Transition Youth Executives, Chizoba is part of a global community of over 850 leaders dedicated to creating positive social change in the Commonwealth. She is also an MBA candidate at Quantic Business School, a Fellow at Student Energy, and a UN-SDSN Local pathways Fellow. Her professional experience and expertise in this field have earned her recognition as a future leader, by the Aspen Institute at the Aspen Ideas Climate Summit in Miami Beach 2023 Chizoba is the Founder and CEO of Climate Technology Solutions, Zoba Advisory, and Caroline Raphael Events. Her passion for renewable energy, event planning, project management, climate change education, and clean energy advocacy has led her to work with renewable energy firms, climate education organizations, and other institutions to accelerate the Net Zero goals and create access to clean energy, education, and various other opportunities. With her extensive experience in the field, Chizoba has worked as a solar/inverter system developer, accelerating the demand for solar energy by creating relationships that bridge the gap. As an energy and climate finance specialist for PAWAVEST, she led analysis and managed institutional partnerships in clean energy finance. She has also served as the Head of Business Development, Partnerships, and Programs at Zenelgie Global Solutions, an Engineering, Procurement, and Construction renewable energy company. Currently, she is an Energy Project Coordinator at Integrated Africa Power in Bonn, Germany.