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When TEDxNicosia photographer Andri Josef – AJphotoart – thought about the theme TRACES [ίχνη] she had an extraordinary idea.Given the opportunity to meet the speakers before the event of 7th May 2016, she fantasized a combination of photography, design, portraits, words. With this in mind, she was able to capture speaker portraits, to which she then applied a technique that used technology, information, and, algorithms in a pop up studio which was created. Andri believed in the power of words and how these encapsulate speakers themselves. An algorithm was set over the portrait photographs, which took the TEDxNicosia promo trailer and deciphered words and phrases.The red, black and white images shown below were then created. As an artist, Andri captured portraits which are defined in more ways than the mere image of a face; a portrait has become the amalgamation of a creative process.             Photo Credits: Andri Josef – AJPhotoart…

I still remember the first TED talk I watched online. Sir Ken Robinson’s TEDTalk was talking about education and the killing of creativity by schools. I loved it! Finally, here was someone who was talking about education in a language I understood and actually wanted to listen to. Imagine my excitement when I realised that not only would that same talk be part of #TEDxNicosiaSalon 5th March 2016, most importantly standing before me would be three speakers, all educators, using the same hopeful language. Innovators in the field of education who dare to question do in fact exist in our local community and on Saturday 5.3.2016 they had plenty to say. As a mother with a son about to hop on the education carousel I wanted to be impressed. And I was. All around the globe, salon events involve a small group of individuals who are able to interact with the speakers and explore a chosen subject through discussion….