ESC im Labor
I share, therefore I am

Surrogate der Kommunikation


Exhibition

Dates
21.9.–3.11.2013

Details
So 6.10., 18.00
Lecture & Konzert

Location
ESC im LABOR
Graz

Production specifics
Koproduktion steirischer herbst & ESC im LABOR

The influential sociologist Sherry Turkle, who examines how digital technologies impact on interpersonal relationships and communication, arrives at a tough diagnosis in her latest book “Alone together”: while smartphones, social networks, robopets and the like satisfy our craving for fellowship and community with others – they completely suppress all risk, genuine closeness and serious interaction. ESC im LABOR is now applying this analysis to current art production, creating an experimental set-up which undermines this development: the participating artists choose one or more tools from their own production, a tape recorder, Geiger counter or piece of software, and turn it into the object of scrutiny itself, interacting closely with an engineer or art theorist.

Kuratorin / Kurator: Reni Hofmüller
Künstlerin / Künstler / Gruppe: Christina Clar
Künstlerin / Künstler / Gruppe: Marloes de Valk
Künstlerin / Künstler / Gruppe: Tobias Hoffmann
Künstlerin / Künstler / Gruppe: Wernfried Lackner
Künstlerin / Künstler / Gruppe: Pei-Wen Liu
Künstlerin / Künstler / Gruppe: Diane Ludin
Künstlerin / Künstler / Gruppe: Astrid Mager
Künstlerin / Künstler / Gruppe: Donna Metzler
Künstlerin / Künstler / Gruppe: Femke Smelting
Künstlerin / Künstler / Gruppe: Enrique Tomas
Künstlerin / Künstler / Gruppe: Els van Riel

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