Hannah Black, My Bodies (still), 2014. Single-channel video, sound, color; 3:30 min.
Open Score: Conversations on the State of Art and Technology Today
Saturday, December 10, 12:30—5:00 p.m.
Art and Technology Studies Black Box
MacLean Center, 112 S. Michigan Ave., Room 402
The New Museum and Rhizome jointly present the second edition of Open Score, an annual symposium that explores the state of art and technology today. Convening luminary artists, writers, activists, and scholars to discuss how technology is transforming culture, Open Score will consider how, in light of our precarious and violent political moment, digital forms are called upon to assist us with tasks that range from the banal to the most urgent. This year’s program is co-organized with artist and curator Aria Dean, activist Grace Dunham, and writer Nora Khan, and will examine the relationship between blackness and meme culture, the transformative potential of activist platforms that combat social isolation, and the gendered and racial dimensions of artificial intelligence.
The Art and Technology Studies department will provide a live feed for the symposium, connecting the SAIC community with these important cultural institutions in New York City, enabling us to join the conversation and contribute to the dialogue on the state of art and technology today.