Stalk Fest

As part of Mediamatic’s exhibition Faceless, which explores the trend of trying to hide the face as the focal point of the body, a series of lectures and workshops will take place, focusing on issues such as surveillance, hacking and privacy. The speakers range from hackers through researchers and artists, and their subect matter covers superheroes, open source technology, gundam and face recognition software.

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As part of Mediamatic’s exhibition Faceless, which explores the trend of trying to hide the face as the focal point of the body, a series of lectures and workshops will take place, focusing on issues such as surveillance, hacking and privacy. The speakers range from hackers through researchers and artists, and their subect matter covers superheroes, open source technology, gundam and face recognition software.

On Wednesday 2, the lectures include: Toronto new media artist Jeremy Bailey on corporate digital giants and their effects on the body, artist-curator Zach Blas on face detection software and dehumanization, and fellow artist-curator Bogomir Doringer (video below) on the Faceless exhibition in a context of facelessness in fashion.

On Thursday 3: Stefan Hechenberger on hacking as expression, tech writer Maurits Martijn on how our information can be used by big companies, and UvA lecturer Dan Hassler-Forest on superheroes and masked identities.
 
The lectures are free for Subbacultcha! members, food will also be available (at extra cost) from 19.00
 

STALK FEST

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