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In the midst of COVID, the world has gone digital. Social life is primarily experienced through the screen, transforming conversations and interactions into a sensory whirlwind. Megan Wildhood shares her perspective as a person with autism through this multimedia essay.
As we each find ourselves facing the coronavirus blindly, online information plays an important role in shaping our behaviour. Governmental instruction has become famous for its lack of clarity, leaving society to think for themselves and rely on each other’s good will. What happens when fake news begins to cloud the truth around our pandemic?
Anna Dumitriu is a British artist who makes work about our relationship with infectious diseases, synthetic biology and robotics. Now in the surprising situation of COVID-19, the artist is immersed in a world she’s always investigated in her art, but perhaps never considered she would be a part of. I speak to Dimitriu about her research and perspective of the coronavirus, and the work she is making in response.
As the pandemic forces us into isolation, we are all at risk of the highly dangerous force of loneliness. Digital platforms have become a communal lifeline amongst friends, colleagues and family, keeping society connected at a time of social disconnection. But what happens to those without WiFi access, or the necessary digital skills to psychologically survive this global social test?
We are delighted to announce that our next season will focus on the subject of pandemics. Examined through the lens of technology and society, we invite artists, writers and creatives alike to submit submissions for this season’s commissions. This is an open call.
Self tracking apps and devices have strengthened the connection between humans and smartphones more so than ever before. These technologies allow creative exercises in agency assertion, yet at the same time limit our experience through the codification of human action. Ben Lyall investigates the values and meaning behind self-tracking data, questioning why people record it in the very first place.
Emojis satisfy our need for short, sharp forms of communication, but not before texting in 1992. How did the rise of texting come about, and in what way did it impact youth culture? Can language change in response to the changing dynamics of our technological communication tools?
From an evolutionary perspective the human brain is inherently social. Neural development in babies and young children responds to face-to-face communication with parents. How is this development affected as both child and parent increasingly replace real-world experiences with screen stimulation, and what impact does this have on the way they communicate and feel?
Smartphones allow us to be connected 24/7, to never be unreachable, and have a universe of information and expression at our fingertips. However, this endless engagement does not come for free. With every interaction and every view, there is a physical environmental toll. Immerse yourself in this online artwork to experience these issues first hand.
Do humans push their development forward, or is the societal norms they are immersed in? 24/7: A Wake-Up Call for Our Non-Stop World, is an exhibition which pushes one to think about the conditions of our modern world. As the boundaries between work and leisure blur, and the hours we spend online extends, life becomes increasingly permeated by a sense of hectic rush and nervousness.
An online artwork by Andriana Oborocean exploring our increasingly deep connection with smartphones. Please watch, I must let this video do the talking, it’s truly magical!
It is now argued that online personal data is worth more than the value of oil. The notion that we are being watched is often overlooked as a product of the technologically saturated world we live in. As we accept the terms and conditions of the apps we download, do we realise how much our smartphones reveal about us?
With our social lives, work and endless supply of information in our pockets, smartphones have decreased the importance of place. Does entering an online environment mean that we less present in our physical space? And how does our sense of exploration change when it’s influenced by information online?
We are looking for proposals (essays, reviews, online artworks or other experimental interventions that could work well on our website) that engage with the impact of smartphones upon daily life.
In today’s landscape of fast-paced connectivity and attention-grabbing notification stimuli, it can sometimes feel like the world is turning too fast. Two centuries of technological development, through the industrial revolution and WW2, the connection between human perception and machines has become sharper, stronger and faster. This article will examine the changing nature of time as a product of these engagements.
‘faces’ explores how we construct narratives, highlighting the role a reader plays in determining meaning and truth. It interrogates how we piece together information to understand the world around us, highlighting the role the internet prompts and interactions can play in shaping how we tell and understand stories, and make sense of ‘facts'.
Curator Agata Kik writes about her experiences of curating across multiple realities: virtual and physical. During a time where the physical presence of artworks are no longer confined to the walls of a museum, how does the notion of presence shift as artists move increasingly towards digital spaces? Kik puts forward her own experiences as a curator, building a theory around the relationship between technology and sensory perception in contemporary curating practice.
The information age has privileged humans with immediate knowledge about their day-to-day activity, from personal health data, to weather predictions for the upcoming week. As we increasingly tap into this information, we perceive a feeling of self control. Are these feelings simply a fulfilment of a basic need of being human, or are we on the brink of a control crisis?
How do we perceive the world through digital media and VR, and how does this relate to real world perception? Can gaming and VR experiences influence how we perceive our surroundings? Delving into the philosophy of Merleau-Ponty & Bergson, this article examines the evolution of perception over several key turning points in the history of visual technology.
Perception is a process which takes place in the body as well as the brain. It’s not something that happens to us, it’s something that we do. Olafur Eliasson demonstrates the potential of art to affect an individual physiologically, emotionally and socially, through a few simple experiments of the senses. How can the conditions of viewing be designed to enhance the experience of art, and can it shift the foundations of our politics?
