Ⓥ V.13 Virtual Discussion - Papers
Tuesday, June 25, 2024 |
2:10 PM - 3:00 PM |
Virtual |
Overview
Group discussion giving virtual presenters the opportunity to discuss their work with colleagues and delegates
Details
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This virtual discussion session will give virtual presenters the opportunity to participate in a live interactive virtual panel discussion facilitated by an academic chair. Virtual delegates will be encouraged to pre-watch the presentation videos (available via the OnAIR conference platform) and then join this discussion session, which will run through a provided Zoom link. The Aim of this session is to provide an opportunity for presenters to share and discuss their work with colleagues and for delegates to engage in Q&A. Each discussion will run for 30-50 minutes depending on how many virtual presenters and delegates are participating.
This virtual discussion session will give virtual presenters the opportunity to participate in a live interactive virtual panel discussion facilitated by an academic chair. Virtual delegates will be encouraged to pre-watch the presentation videos (available via the OnAIR conference platform) and then join this discussion session, which will run through a provided Zoom link. The Aim of this session is to provide an opportunity for presenters to share and discuss their work with colleagues and for delegates to engage in Q&A. Each discussion will run for 30-50 minutes depending on how many virtual presenters and delegates are participating.
Speaker
Mr Jerome II Suplemento
Independent Artist/ University of the Philippines Open University
PIC: The Wearable Futures Hackathon: Futures Thinking, Speculative Design and Wearable Technologies in the Global South
Abstract
The Wearable Futures Hackathon was a 12-week long, (online/offline) interdisciplinary course developed for students of the XXXX program at XXXX. The program focuses on wearable technology and culminates in an exhibition of the participant’s artwork. To the best of our knowledge, the hackathon is a pioneering artistic practice and exploration on speculative design and futures thinking through wearable technology, certainly within a national and regional context. In this pictorial essay, we elaborate on each of the weeks’ activities and the results of the program. In this institutional presentation, we intend to elaborate on each of the weeks’ activities and the final results of the program
Biography
Jerome A. Supplemento is a practicing artist working in various mediums as well as an art educator. He has taken part in group exhibitions both domestically and abroad. In order to align his own beliefs about the potential of art as a teaching tool, he aims to advance his creative work in an educational environment as a researcher. He is employed in an academic institution as a research assistant at the moment.
Dr Diego Maranan
Faculty
University Of The Philippines / SEADS
Co-presenter
Biography
Diego Maranan is a transdisciplinary artist, designer, and researcher who investigates how technologies can help us reimagine and reconfigure our relationship with the environment, with other people, and with ourselves. His work ranges from co-creating socially engaged large-scale art installations, to designing wearable technologies for wellbeing and creativity, to building and managing creative research and educational programs that contribute to sustainable development goalsI am currently an Associate Professor and Dean of the Faculty of Information and Communications Studies at the University of the Philippines Open University and the Deputy Director for Research of the University of the Philippines Center for Intelligent Systems. He is a principal of Curiosity, a Manila-based design strategy firm that helps businesses, NGOs, and government design meaningful services, and was an adviser for WeDpro, a feminist nonprofit that empowers marginalized women and youth in the Philippines. He co-founded and actively coordinate SEADS, an international transdisciplinary network of artists, scientists, engineers and activists who reimagine and reshape the future through critical inquiry and hands-on experimentation.
Dr Su Hyun Nam
Konkuk University
SP: Artistic Practice as an Alternative Research Method: Investigating Non-representational, Nonlinguistic, and Affective Forces in Technology Through Artmaking
Abstract
During the pandemic, we were compelled to migrate our lives to the digital space. Despite technological advancements, it became evident that virtual experiences cannot fully replace real-life, in-person interactions, exposing the limitations of digital representations. Nonrepresentational and affective aspects are often undervalued, disregarded, as most human experiences are digitized. This paper contends that these ephemeral and intangible phenomena deserve further attention, particularly for cultivating a sustainable relationship with technology. Recognizing these challenges due to their nonlinguistic and invisible natures, the author proposes artmaking as an alternative research method to overcome such obstacles. Drawing on personal experiences as an artist, the author demonstrates affective experiences and cognitive interactions with technology—beyond consciousness and digital representations. The paper highlights that media artists are in an advantageous position to investigate such intangible and nonrepresentational aspects in technology. They can examine their first-hand experiences in the artmaking process and demonstrate them through artworks in nonlinguistic ways. The author also posits that such bodily experiences with digital media lead to an affective and sustainable assemblage of human-technology cognition.
Biography
As an interdisciplinary media artist and researcher, Su Hyun Nam explores the human-technology relationship through an artistic and meditative lens. Her affective experiences in digital art-making are embedded in a diverse range of media projects—interactive video installations, 3D game art, and compelling media performances. Her art work has been exhibited in Spain, UAE, Greece, Singapore, South Korea, and more, and her scholarly works have been presented internationally, including ACM ARTECH, SIGGRAPH Asia, IEEE-GEM, and ISEA. Su Hyun Nam holds an M.F.A. in Art and Technology Studies from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago and a Ph.D. in Media Study from the State University of New York at Buffalo. Currently an Assistant Professor in Konkuk University's Department of Contemporary in Seoul, Korea, she remains dedicated to intertwining her artistic pursuits and research efforts, unveiling the evolving interplay between humanity and technology.
Dr Minso Kim
University of Colorado Boulder
FP: When the Past Technology Comes to the Future Wearable Technology: Speculative Art Project Lock at First Sight (2020)
Abstract
To protect information—both individuals’ and corporations’—we use locks in both the real world and the digital environment. Due to the non-physicality in the digital environment, digital locks have appeared, such as numeric and letter-based combinations, the most common and secure way to perform any online activity. For additional security purposes, passwords have to be updated every few months. Clearly, it is true that there is no way to avoid using those passwords as long as we connect to the digital world. In other words, users easily get overwhelmed by the plethora of passwords regarding secure combinations, security questions, and regulations. Biometric data is permanent and cannot be changed— you cannot change your biologically innate iris or fingerprint. To lessen the burden, digital authentication systems apply biometrics technologies, such as iris scanners or fingerprint sensors on smartphones. Inspired by ancient signet rings (seals), the author proposes a speculative art object, Lock at First Sight (2020), a soft contact lens with a unique marker as a wearable security lock, which highlights lesser-known vulnerabilities in biometrics. This object is intended as social and artistic commentary, not as a functional product proposal for a commercial marketplace.
Biography
Minso Kim is an international artist, educator, and researcher whose practice explores the relationship between analog and digital worlds through human interaction. Together, her creative and academic works not only consider the sensory experiences of art, but they mediate human life infused with diverse categories, from the environment to computational systems to popular culture. Kim’s artwork and writing have been shown and published in various countries, including the Seoul Museum of Art, Minnesota State University, Universidad de Caldas, Short Film Festival Budapest, and more. She graduated from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago with a master’s degree in Art and Technology Studies in 2013. She received two bachelor’s degrees in painting and museum studies from Seoul Women’s University. Kim taught contemporary art practices and theory at Seoul Women’s University from 2015 to 2017. Currently, Kim conducts her research at the University of Colorado at Boulder as a PhD student.
Ms Grace Grothaus
York University
FP: Collaborations in Art and Science: Disciplinary Entanglements and Public Participation
Abstract
This paper examines the resurgence of interdisciplinary research that bridges art and science. It underscores the ways computational advancements and the pressing demands posed by climate change are driving the revival. It traces the movement's occidental origins from 'natural philosophy' in pre-Renaissance Europe, through the Modernist era of strict disciplinary divisions, to the present-day dissolution of boundaries.
Advancing frameworks of co-creation, this paper culminates in a reinforcement of the importance of pluralistic perspectives in research through the participation of diverse publics. It concludes by stressing the importance of fostering environments where a range of perspectives and research methodologies can mingle and thrive, acknowledging the potential of these efforts in addressing the complex global challenges presented by climate change.
Advancing frameworks of co-creation, this paper culminates in a reinforcement of the importance of pluralistic perspectives in research through the participation of diverse publics. It concludes by stressing the importance of fostering environments where a range of perspectives and research methodologies can mingle and thrive, acknowledging the potential of these efforts in addressing the complex global challenges presented by climate change.
Biography
Grace Grothaus (b. New Orleans, USA) is a computational media artist whose research questions center around ecosystemic human and plant relationships in relation to the present global climate crisis and speculative futures. She endeavors to make invisible phenomena experienceable for the purpose of revitalizing our connections to our environments, engaging participants in thinking of holistic ecologies, and interrogating questions about the supposed separation of planetary built and natural systems.
Her artworks have been exhibited widely throughout North America and abroad on five continents including at Cité Internationale des Arts (Paris, FR), the World Creativity Biennale (Rio de Janiero, BR), and Environmental Crisis: Art & Science (London, UK). Grothaus is currently working towards a PhD in Digital Media from York University where she has been named both a Vanier and a VISTA scholar, as well as a Graduate Fellow of Academic Distinction.
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