Been working a ton co-curating this RISD symposium with
@marisamazriak . Link in bio to register for free in-person
@risd1877 or livestream. Marco Roso curated video screenings. The programming will kick off on April 11 at the Fleet Library from 5:45 to 7:30 pm with an evening conversation between Kate Crawford (researcher, composer, producer, academic and author of Atlas of AI) and Ben Davis (national art critic, Artnet News).
On April 12, a full-day symposium will take place at the Metcalf Auditorium in RISD’s Chace Center, with discussions happening from 9 am to 6 pm. The lineup includes such notable figures as Taeyoon Choi (founder, School for Poetic Computation), Molly Crabapple (artist), Stephanie Dinkins (artist, educator), Cory Doctorow (author of Chokepoint Capitalism and The Internet Con), Elisa Giardina Papa (artist), Brian Merchant (tech columnist and author of Blood in the Machine), Trevor Paglen (artist), Christiane Paul (curator of digital art, Whitney Museum of American Art), Jon Rafman (artist), Dorothy R. Santos (writer, artist, educator), Eric Telfort (department head, RISD Illustration) and Clement Valla (associate professor, Experimental & Foundation Studies, Computation, Technology and Culture faculty coordinator).