Mads Korsgaard & Chris Turner
International duo exploring creativity and exciting issues through freestyle rap in an entertaining “lecture-show”
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An untraditional mixture of academia & freestyle rap
How can you use freestyle rap to reveal the psychological mechanisms of creativity? An odd international duo – Danish psychologist & speaker Mads Korsgaard and British comedian/freestyle rapper Chris Turner – answer this question in an engaging lecture and musical show!
Based on the science of psychology, Mads and Chris have developed an untraditional mixture of academia and freestyle rap to demonstrate the mechanisms of creative thinking.
This equally thought-provoking and entertaining “lecture-show” will explore exciting issues such as the associative basis of creative thinking, how constraints can facilitate creative processes and the neuropsychological secrets behind the famous flow state. The remarkable couple will provide a concrete understanding of the mysteries of human creativity through participative freestyle rap-sketches and inspire the audience to exploit their own innate creative machinery.
MADS KORSGAARD: Mads Korsgaard is a Danish psychologist, speaker and author specialized in the psychology of creativity and with a special interest in the creative usage of artificial intelligence. His popular talks have been featured at major conferences and events around the globe such as IBM Think Copenhagen, Wella Business Network Live and The Global Forum on Arts, Culture, Creativity and Technology. He is the author of the books “Actively Creative – Exploit the Mechanisms of Freestyle” (co-written with Danish freestyle-rap-champion Pede B) and “Created by Artificial Intelligence - Exploit the Creative Potential of the Computer” (co-written with Danish machine learning-artist Andreas Refsgaard). Furthermore, he made a guest appearance at Chris’ TED Talk at TEDAI Vienna 2024.
CHRIS TURNER: Chris Turner is a Los Angeles-based, Oxford University-educated, British freestyle rapper and award-winning comedian. He has toured his one man shows all over the world, and he regularly performs at the renowned Comedy Cellar in New York. His world famous freestyle rap and comedy videos have earned him more than 55 millions views on Youtube, and he has appeared at the iconic The Late Show with Stephen Colbert. Furthermore, he has collaborated with companies such as Coca-Cola, Toyota, O2 Telefonica, and Yorkshire Tea to create viral content and done a Las Vegas residency, starring in Cirque du Soleil’s show “Mad Apple”. A stand-out performance at tech conference Wired 2016 led to speaking invitations at events across the globe, including a TED Talk at TEDAI Vienna 2024, cementing his reputation as one of the most in-demand performers on the corporate circuit.
Keynotes
Speakers Mads Korsgaard & Rapper Chris Turner: Actively Creative – Be Creative on Command
This mix of keynote and freestyle show builds on the concepts in Mads’ book “Actively Creative”. Freestyle rap is the extreme sport of creativity. By studying the methods of freestyle rappers, we can all learn to be creative in any situation. Normally, we say we “get” creative ideas, as if they’re given to us. A freestyle rapper can’t wait for that! By using the psychological mechanisms behind freestyle rap we can take responsibility and control over our own creativity - becoming actively creative!
Chris Turner interacts with the audience to display what a freestyle rapper really can do - and reveals the secrets to thinking creatively on command. His performance is shaped and explained with the help of Mads Korsgaard’s psychological insights.
You are guaranteed a musical, memorable and educational experience. This is a unique opportunity to see behind the scenes of human creativity!
Audiences leave inspired and with actionable tools for increasing creativity in their personal and professional lives.
Speakers Mads Korsgaard & Rapper Chris Turner: Artificial Intelligence and Creativity
Today, artificial intelligence (AI) is one of the most hyped phenomenons. However, the public discourse and the media tend to frame AI in a negative manner. Are we becoming unnecessary? Will AI take our jobs? And where does that leave us?
Could there be a less depressing perspective? What if this new technology was used as an opportunity to play and experiment? In this keynote, Mads Korsgaard and Chris Turner examine these different perspectives combining technology, science and freestyle rap.
This performance includes an interactive improvisation between artificial and human intelligence in real-time; a creative collaboration between man and machine. In this educational and entertaining keynote, your audience will gain insight into the nature of AI along with the creative human mind.
