Meetup

frame:work meetup at Disguise LA

An evening with the LA pixel community at Disguise's Arts District office.
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EVENT DESCRIPTION
A community roundtable on making a living as a video practitioner amid AI, algorithms and volatile tools: the forces shaping toolset, mindset and landscape in tech-enabled visual experiences. Thirty minutes on stage, then the conversation continues on the floor.
Event Info

September
24th
,
2026
6:30pm
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Disguise LA
421 Colyton St #1R, Los Angeles, CA 90013

Agenda

The Bus Stop at the Intersection of Art and Technology

Presented By
Kerstin Hovland
Scott Peters
Emery Martin

A community roundtable led by artists and practitioners working in digital screen space on the forces shaping our toolset, mindset, and landscape. Creating tech-enabled visual experiences in this age of a volatile technological world including AI, big data, surveillance, social media algorithms, dire environmental concerns, and global politics is a wild ride. Let’s discuss where we are going and how we are getting there together.

Speakers

Kerstin Hovland
Electronic Countermeasures LLC
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Kerstin Hovland is a production designer, creative technologist and artist working in the mediums of moving image, light, and space. Specializing in real-time visual systems, interactive media, and experiential design, she creates innovative projects that span live entertainment, virtual production, and immersive experiences. Her work has been featured at prominent venues and events worldwide, earning recognition for its seamless integration of art and cutting-edge technology. Passionate about education and mentorship, Kerstin frequently shares her knowledge as a speaker and educator, inspiring others to explore the transformative potential of technology in creative fields.
Emery Martin
Electronic Countermeasures LLC
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Emery Caleb Martin, is a multi-racial Los Angeles-based Artist and Designer working across mediums with a recent focus on light, space, sound, and site. As a Co-Founder and Creative Director at the Los Angeles-based design studio, Electronic Countermeasures, he moves between between lighting design, production design, and video design, roles to create some of the most spectacular and noteworthy live shows, broadcasts, and installations of the last decade with Alt-J, Beck, Bruno Mars, Coachella, Elton John, Eurovision, Garbage, The Grammy’s, Fiat Chrysler, The Foo Fighters, LACMA, MoMA, The 1975, and even the Obamas. A master and educator of multitudes of visual and sonic mediums and techniques, he has seamlessly moved between genres while doing research and development to hybridize and create new forms that are seen in his personal practice and professional practice. His works have been shown at the Milano Film Festival, Sheila C. Johnson Design Center, T aiwanese International Animation Festival, The Contemporary Austin, and Walt Disney Concert Hall. He has taught at California Institute of the Arts (CalArts) School of Film Video, Theater School, Art School, Woodbury University’s School of Media, Culture, and Design, and guest lectured at SVA and The New School. Martin was a member of the experimental doom noise project EXO//ENDO and is a current collaborator with the mele oli doomgaze band Shrine Maiden while also being a lifelong runner, who never listens to music on runs.
Scott Peters
Creative Technologist
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Experienced Software Engineer and Technical Director with a demonstrated history of working in the machine learning, synthetic data, research and production. Skilled in Python, Data Analysis, Houdini, Maya, Programming, and Design. Strong business development professional with a Master of Fine Arts (MFA) focused in Experimental Animation from California Institute of the Arts.