TRANSFORMING DATA: CREATIVE AND CRITICAL DIRECTIONS IN THE ARTS AND HUMANITIES
Westminster School of Media, Arts and Design, University of Westminster
Saturday, 24 October 2015 from 11:00 to 17:30 (BST)
London, United Kingdom
In recent years cultural, social and political landscapes have been redrawn as unprecedented amounts of data has entered the public domain. This in turn has posed significant questions cutting across issues of privacy, security, culture and politics, giving birth to new aesthetic, political and social practices. This free one-day symposium brings together an interdisciplinary mix of artists, designers, academics and developers to reflect upon this phenomena, show work, exchange experiences and signpost important trends.
Questions the symposium will explore include:
How are artists and designers using data? What approaches are they taking? What issues are they tackling?
What can and can’t data tell us about the world? What are its limits in terms of representation and application?
What cultural institutional structures are emerging in response to data, what opportunities does this provide for creative practitioners?
How can we understand a political economy of data, and what alternatives to its use might this approach enable?
Speakers include:
Mark Graham: Oxford Internet Institute (OII), University of Oxford.
Christian Fuchs: Communication and Media Research Institute (CAMRI), University of Westminster
Julie Freeman: Artist, Open Data Institute, Queen Mary University of London
Hannah Redler: Independent Curator
Joanna Boehnert: Designer and design theorist, Centre for Research in Education, Art and Media, University of Westminster (CREAM).
Tom Corby and Gavin Baily: Artists, Centre for Research in Education, Art and Media, University of Westminster (CREAM).
Doug Specht: Doctoral Researcher and Visiting Lecturer at the University of Westminster
Giles Lane: Director Proboscis
Anastasia Kavada: Symposium chair, is Senior Lecturer in the Westminster Faculty of Media, Arts & Design at the University of Westminster.
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The project is the result of collaboration between: the Centre for Research in Education Art and Media (CREAM), the University of Westminster; and the Oxford Internet Institute, University of Oxford and is funded by the UK Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) as part of its Digital Transformations theme.
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