In this episode of Multiverse Dispatch, host Santiago Arnaiz sits down with the Department of Trade and Industry’s JD Darong to talk about the future of our nation’s creative industries.
JD is DTI’s director overseeing the nationwide initiative to build creative cities across the Philippines. As today marks the first day of Philippine Blockchain Week (which also happens to take place three weeks into Philippine Creative Industries Month), we explore the new opportunities Web3 technologies are creating for artists, designers, and developers.
JD explains the Creative City framework, identifies the gaps we must hurdle in order to meaningfully champion our nation’s creative talent, and emphasizes the need to not only bring in our informal creatives sector but situate these artists at the center of this future for Philippine Creatives.