'Testing' by Lauren Lee McCarthy
'Testing' by Lauren Lee McCarthy
About the Screening
The Department of Art presents an outdoor screening of new work by Visiting Artist Lauren Lee McCarthy. The work will run every evening from October 22 to October 29th, between sunset and midnight.
"In an increasingly generated world, it can be difficult to find the edges of our collectively simulated dream. This generative series of tests invites you to question your own waking state. Simultaneously authoritative and absurd, you may find the instructions resemble those you constantly receive from technology directing you how to behave. With all of my work, I aim to create something that moves beyond the screen and into the physical world. In Testing, rather than passively looking, the people in the space become part of the piece as they are invited to actively engage and perform the instructions."
Join us for a lecture with the artist in the Art-Sociology Building, room 2203 on Thursday, October 26th at 5:30 p.m. A reception and a chance to speak with the artist to follow in the Clarvit Courtyard.
About the Artist
Lauren Lee McCarthy is an artist examining social relationships in the midst of surveillance, automation, and algorithmic living. She creates performances inviting viewers to engage. To remote control her dates. To be followed. To welcome her in as their human smart home. To attend a party hosted by artificial intelligence. Lauren is the creator of p5.js, an open-source creative coding platform that prioritizes inclusion and access, and a Professor at UCLA Design Media Arts. She has received grants from Creative Capital, United States Artists, LACMA, Sundance, Eyebeam, MacDowell, Pioneer Works, and Ars Electronica. Her work Someone was awarded the Ars Electronica Golden Nica and the Japan Media Arts Social Impact Award, and her work LAUREN was awarded the IDFA DocLab Award. Lauren's work has been exhibited internationally, including the Barbican Centre, Ars Electronica, Fotomuseum Winterthur, Haus der elektronischen Künste, SIGGRAPH, Chronus Art Center, and Seoul Museum of Art.
More information on Lauren Lee McCarthy can be found here.