On View: Art and technology towards new digital architectures

[aniacatherine]

Description

Experiential artists Dejha Ti and Ania Catherine discuss their work 'On View', a large scale interactive installation taking form in a hyperbole of how surveillance capitalism has impacted art engagement; the piece recently won the 2020 ADC Awards for Experiential Design (Digital Experiences + Responsive Environments). Following an overview of the conceptual background, the duo will dive into how they merged performance art, facial recognition, an immersive contract, selfie stages, environmental sensors, and a score by Amon Tobin to create an audience experience that sheds light on the real price of being 'on view' in our current digital landscape. Ti and Catherine will then host a discussion about how art and technology can be harnessed to strategically, creatively, and ethically rebuild a healthier digital future.

Type: Streamed talk & discussion

Length: 35 minutes (not including Q&A/discussion)
Date: between August 7-9
Duration: Once
Language: english

Objective

[Identify 1-3 key objectives for the session (could be participant takeaways or outcomes)]

1. Knowledge around the subject matter of On View (surveillance capitalism, ubiquitous computing, the relationship between data, selfies, and experiential marketing)

2. Insight into the process of translating a complex sociopolitical issue into an experiential art work, including what it was like to design a space where audiences/guests learn about a subject through their senses. Also, an overview of how technology, performance art, scenic, and lighting design, worked together to create a complete hyperbolic world.

3. Discussion with participants around other ways art and technology have been used effectively to address or comment on surveillance capitalism and broken digital architectures, with specific interest in furthering discussions and working towards solutions for not only privacy, but also the biases built into current structures in terms of gender, race, class, country of origin, etc.

Material and Technical Requirements

Platform: Jitsi Meet
Technical considerations: Max capacity 75
Additional considerations: N/A

Presenter(s)

Name: Dejha Ti and Ania Catherine
Email: [email protected]
Url(s): operator.la // aniacatherine.com // dejha.com
Twitter: @dejhati @aniacatherine

Presenter Bio

Ania Catherine and Dejha Ti are an LA-based experiential artist duo whose practice merges environments, performance, and technology. Both conceptual artists, their expertise collide—Ti's background in immersive art and human-computer interaction, and Catherine a performance artist and gender scholar. Called "the two critical contemporary voices on digital art’s international stages” (Clot Magazine), they focus on how art and technology can be harnessed to form new digital architectures.