CALL FOR PAPERS:
CONTINGENT SYSTEMS: ART AND/AS ALGORITHMIC CRITIQUE
Virtual Panel Series hosted by the Alberta University of the Arts (Calgary, Canada)
Every second Friday beginning September 17th, 2021.
As part of the Illingworth Kerr Gallery's upcoming exhibition Contingent Systems: Art and/as Algorithmic Critique, there is currently a call for papers for a virtual exhibition series that will form part of the public programming. For more information please access their website here.
Topics that are of particular interest include, but are not limited to, intersections between creative practice and:
-Practices of datafication and algorithmic extraction
-Algorithmic labour
-Domesticated algorithms
-Embodied experiences and expressions of the algorithm
-Machine learning
-Artificial intelligences
-AestheticsSurveillance
-Environmental impact of algorithmic technologies
-Methods of resistance
Conducted virtually, panels will comprise three 15 minute presentations followed by a moderated discussion amongst panellists. The series coincides with an international group exhibition at the Illingworth Kerr Gallery. Participants will have the option to contribute to an edited volume.
Please submit abstracts (350-500 words) and a short bio (150 words) to: contingent.systems@auarts.ca
Deadline: July 6th, 2021
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