This is a nice review of current exhibitions that are fully immersed in new technologies, which like the TED talk I also posted, is a helpful real-time exploration of issues at stake and up for discussion in the seminar. I encourage you throughout the term to share finds like these, as they are really helpful in engaging with the themes and complex theoretical frameworks that we will be encountering.
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Following the thread from NEAT (San Francisco, 2015-16) back to EAT (New York, 1967), I looked up the piece Physical Things by Steve Paxton, a postmodern dancer whose work has much influenced me. Here is a quote (not from him but somebody writing on the piece). I find it quite visionary.
“How, he asked himself, does technology alter our perceptual habits, and what impact does it have on our bodies? Instead of using representations to answer these questions, he suggested that viewers try experimenting on their own bodies — hence the very explicit title, Physical Things…”
I should have included the links:
http://www.fondation-langlois.org/html/e/page.php?NumPage=1752
http://www.fondation-langlois.org/html/e/page.php?NumPage=1753