Jon Morris

Conceptual artist who creates multilayered installations, performances, and experiences with the express intent of elevating his audience to a sublime state. Challenging the relationship between art and spectator Morris’ work is typically equal parts technical, playful, inventive and rich with depth. From Le Louvre to Lady Gaga from Cirque Du Soleil to the Metropolitan Opera, his work has been praised by NY Times, Wall Street Journal, LA Times, Rolling Stone, NBC, VICE, Wired…. Highlight works include; *[NOWHERE](http://www.urnowhere.com/)*, reimagining online gathering; [*Reflecting the Stars*](http://thewindmillfactory.com/?portfolio=reflecting-the-stars), recreating the night sky in the Hudson River; [Choreographing Nine Inch Nails](http://thewindmillfactory.com/?portfolio=nine-inch-nails-festival-tour) Festival Tour; [*Pixel Forest*](http://thewindmillfactory.com/?portfolio=pixel-forest), voice-illuminated balloon forest; [*The Wedge*](https://thewindmillfactory.com/portfolio/interactive-art-installation-burning-man-wedge/), a legendary slide/aerial-performance-center at Burning Man.

In addition to founding [The Windmill Factory](http://www.thewindmillfactory.com), Jon has performed and created with Fuerzabruta, Cirque du Soleil, The MET, Theatre de la Jeune Lune, Patrice Chereau, Robert Wilson, Tina Landau, Aszure Barton, Spymonkey, Diavolo Dance Theatre, Ken Roht’s Orphean Circus, Fabulous Monsters and Jay Scheib.  He has been featured in films by Jonathan Dayton and Valari Faris, David Michalek, and Anson Mount and starred in various national commercials and innumerable embarrassing gigs.

He has been a Thomas J. Watson Fellow, Kinnernet-Europe Experience Director, LaMaMa ETC Artist in residence, Watermill Center Fellow, Tennessee Williams Fellow, NCAA Post Graduate Scholar, 6-time All-American Springboard Diver, and holds a B.A. from the University of the South, Sewanee.  Jon has taught master classes at Harvard, NYU, Columbia, Pace, The University of The South, Vanderbilt.

Joanna Popper

Joanna Popper is an award-winning Hollywood and Silicon Valley media executive with a track record of launching cutting edge content and technology to drive revenue, audience engagement and brand love.

She currently leads HP’s Virtual Reality initiatives for Go-To-Market and Location Based Entertainment. Prior she was EVP of Media & Marketing at Singularity University and VP Marketing at NBCUniversal.

Joanna is Executive Producer on “Breonna’s Garden” which premiered at the Tribeca Festival. This augmented reality experience was created by Lady PhoEnix and Sutu with Ju’Niyah Palmer to honor the life of her sister, Breonna Taylor.

Joanna was Executive Producer on Double Eye Studios’ “Finding Pandora X,” winner of Venice Film Festival Golden Lion for Best VR Experience and the SXSW Audience Award for Virtual Cinema Spotlight. Finding Pandora X is a modern day take on Greek mythology live interactive experience in VRChat.

Joanna was selected as “50 Women Can Change the World in Media and Entertainment,” “Top 50 Original Thinkers in VR,” “Top Women in Media: Game Changers,” “Top Women in Media: Industry Leaders,” “Digital It List,” “101 Women Leading the VR Industry” and is on the Coalition for the Women in XR Fund.