VAST: Visiting Artist & Scholar Talks

I am captivated by the ways we are taught to interact with algorithms, and how this shapes the way we interact with each other. What are these simultaneous technological and social systems we’re building around ourselves? What are the rules, what happens when we introduce glitches? I create performances inviting viewers to engage. To remote control my dates. To be followed. To welcome me in as their human smart home. To attend a party hosted by artificial intelligence. I am embodying machines, trying to understand that distance between the machines and ourselves. Who builds these artificial systems, what values do they embody? Who is prioritized and who is targeted as race, gender, disability, and class are programmatically encoded? In the midst of always on networked interfaces, what does it mean to be truly present?

p5.js is a creative coding platform that prioritizes access and diversity in learning to code. In this workshop, you will get a hands-on introduction by the creator Lauren Lee McCarthy. We will cover the basics of making interactive sketches with code, and talk about the process of making p5.js and working with the p5.js community. Please bring your laptops.