diff --git a/README19.NFO b/README19.NFO index b74ace9..8dfbbdf 100644 --- a/README19.NFO +++ b/README19.NFO @@ -23,19 +23,20 @@ Upsetting Settings presents graduation projects initiated by Alexander Roidl, -Alice Strete, Angeliki Diakrousi, Joca van der Horst, Natasha Berting, and Zalán -Szakács. The concept of this exhibition arises from the idea of the default -setting, a situation in which a specific mode of interaction is selected -automatically, pre-configured to work out of the box without the need to tinker -with its underlying apparatus. Every system comes with default settings -predefined by its creators, and most of the time, these settings remain -unchanged by us, the users of such systems. These defaults do not represent our -needs but are possibly the materialisation of biases from the system's makers, -from corporate or political interests, from a society at large. The projects -engage with the concept of default modes and propose interventions in their core -structure/source/root so as to start thinking collectively about better places -from which to begin. You are invited to become root users, active listeners, -smart speakers, intentional eaters, counter trolls, sensorial spectators! +Alice Strete, Angeliki Diakrousi, Joca van der Horst, Natasha Berting, and +Zalán Szakács. The concept of this exhibition arises from the idea of the +default setting, a situation in which a specific mode of interaction is +selected automatically, pre-configured to work out of the box without the need +to tinker with its underlying apparatus. Every system comes with default +settings predefined by its creators, and most of the time, these settings +remain unchanged by us, the users of such systems. These defaults do not +represent our needs but are possibly the materialisation of biases from the +system's makers, from corporate or political interests, from a society at +large. The projects engage with the concept of default modes and propose +interventions in their core structure/source/root so as to start thinking +collectively about better places from which to begin. You are invited to become +root users, active listeners, smart speakers, intentional eaters, counter +trolls, sensorial spectators! ▗█▙▄▌▗█▙▄▌▗█▙▄▌ @@ -87,9 +88,9 @@ user. Tash Berting ------------ -Instant Warnet confronts the default mode of who is included and who is excluded -in contemporary social media spaces through an intervention that uses play and -performance to turn the tables on networks of harassment online. +Instant Warnet confronts the default mode of who is included and who is +excluded in contemporary social media spaces through an intervention that uses +play and performance to turn the tables on networks of harassment online. Zalán Szakács @@ -143,11 +144,11 @@ FREE screening/discussion, max 10 participants, no RSVP necessary ‘Is it time to eat, or is there no more time to eat’ is a desktop film inspired by my research on meal replacements, the most prominent techno-solutionist -creation in terms of food. In this short gathering, we’ll be discussing the main -points raised in my video around these products’ alleged potential of solving -problems, as well as ponder upon their role within societies which value the -authoritative roles of tech innovators, and their potential to impact the way -humans live. +creation in terms of food. In this short gathering, we’ll be discussing the +main points raised in my video around these products’ alleged potential of +solving problems, as well as ponder upon their role within societies which +value the authoritative roles of tech innovators, and their potential to impact +the way humans live. 12:00-13:00 INSTANT WARNET WORKSHOP – Natasha Berting @@ -206,14 +207,14 @@ digital saturation of contemporary society. Upsetting settings results from a year of research done at the Experimental Publishing (XPUB) master in Fine Art and Design program of the Piet Zwart -Institute. XPUB is a two-year course that prepares students to critically engage -with societal issues and social practices within the fast changing field of art, -design and cultural production. More specifically, XPUB focuses on the acts of -making things public and creating publics in the age of post-digital networks. -XPUB’s interests in publishing are therefore twofold: first, publishing as the -inquiry and participation into the technological frameworks, political context -and cultural processes through which things are made public; and second, how -these are, or can be, used to create publics. +Institute. XPUB is a two-year course that prepares students to critically +engage with societal issues and social practices within the fast changing field +of art, design and cultural production. More specifically, XPUB focuses on the +acts of making things public and creating publics in the age of post-digital +networks. XPUB’s interests in publishing are therefore twofold: first, +publishing as the inquiry and participation into the technological frameworks, +political context and cultural processes through which things are made public; +and second, how these are, or can be, used to create publics.