Amelia Winger-Bearskin is an artist and technologist from the Seneca-Cayuga Nation of Oklahoma. She is the Banks Endowed Chair of AI and the Arts at the University of Florida, where she founded the AI Climate Justice Lab. Her work combines immersive storytelling and ethical AI to address climate change, housing, and the design of Indigenous-led systems of care and kinship.

She is the creator of Wampum Codes and a former fellow of Stanford, Mozilla, and MIT’s Co-Creation Studio. Her projects have been featured at the Sundance Film Festival, MoMA, and the Whitney Museum. Through art, code, and collaboration, she builds new tools for justice and imagination.

Join us online on YouTube Live, or in the building on Friday, the 11th of July 2025 at 1pm for the talk and to take part in the Q and A discussion afterwards. 

The Pervasive Media Studio is a partnership between the Watershed, University of the West of England and University of Bristol. The lunchtime talks are partly supported by MyWorld, a project led by the University of Bristol to support creative industries in the region. Watershed is supported by Arts Council England.

Address:

Watershed, 1 Canon's Rd, Bristol BS1 5TX

Directions:

The Lunchtime talks take place in the Pervasive Media Studio Event Space. To access the Studio, please go to the Main Watershed Box Office entrance and go upstairs to the Café Bar. Walk across the cafe bar, turn right and walk towards the double doors. Go through into the corridor and walk all the way down until you reach the Studio. A member of staff will sign you in, and check your ticket, if you have booked.

The Studio is wheelchair accessible, and the events space has a hearing loop. The last talk of every month is BSL interpreted. 

For more information on accessing the studio take a look here.

*Please note this is a hybrid event and will be live streamed so please be aware you will be in the live broadcast and recording when watching in the Studio.