The Future of Digital Media: Panel Curated by Amelia Dimoldenberg
Creator and interviewer Amelia Dimoldenberg curates a panel at Southbank Centre exploring how young creatives can build meaningful independent work in a fractured digital landscape.
Why we picked this
Dimoldenberg built Chicken Shop Date into a cultural institution largely outside traditional media structures — this panel asks whether that path is still open, and what it costs.
Amelia Dimoldenberg — the creator and host behind the deadpan celebrity interview series Chicken Shop Date — curates this panel as part of Southbank Centre’s Letters to the Future weekend. The focus: what does the future of digital media look like, and can young creators still build something that matters independently of the platforms and corporations that increasingly own the infrastructure of cultural life?
The conversation arrives at a pivotal moment. The economics of online content creation have shifted dramatically, with algorithmic gatekeeping, AI-generated content, and platform consolidation all reshaping what gets made and who gets to make it. Dimoldenberg’s own trajectory — from a low-budget YouTube series to a globally recognised format — is itself a case study in the possibilities and limitations of independent creation.
Expect a panel that refuses easy optimism without tipping into despair. The Letters to the Future ethos is generative rather than elegiac, and this session is designed for young creatives who want to think clearly about the landscape they’re entering.