Me + Viv True Crime Heist Musical
Nov 26, 2025
Sandra Laronde, Artistic Director of Red Sky Performance and a pioneering Indigenous artist, dives into the intersection of AI and Indigenous storytelling. She explores the potential of AI in enhancing creative practices while addressing ethical concerns like data sovereignty. Sandra shares her experiences with AI in her film, *Land Dances Us*, highlighting both its opportunities and challenges. The conversation also touches on the risk AI poses to artists' livelihoods, emphasizing the need for Indigenous voices in digital spaces to reclaim agency and reshape narratives.
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AI As A Creativity Catalyst
- Alexandra Samuel finds AI rekindles her playful, creative self and enables new kinds of songwriting collaborations.
- That creative return is deeply compelling even amid ethical concerns about AI's foundations.
Realizing She's Part Of The 'Heist'
- Alexandra describes realizing her Viv songs depend on music trained from other people's work and feeling like part of a larger creative heist.
- She recounts using AI to make an anniversary song for her husband and feeling guilty it might be stolen music.
Making 'Land Dances Us' With AI
- Sandra Laronde describes creating Land Dances Us using AI to fuse dance and filmmaking and the technical limits she encountered.
- She recounts fixing AI errors like dancers appearing with extra heads and manually correcting them.