Curating the Digital | MAL Seminars

The Multimedia Anthropology Lab (UCL MAL) aims to investigate how alterity may be documented and represented for others to encounter in affective, non-textual forms. Through the organisation of reading groups, panel discussions, technical workshops and immersive ethnography exhibitions, we aim to provide a space to experiment with new technologies (including VR and others) and theorise how these emergent media can contribute to anthropological theory.

UCL Multimedia Anthropology Laboratory

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<DIV CLASS="_1mf _1mj"><SPAN>FRIDAY 9TH NOVEMBER</SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV CLASS="_1mf _1mj"><SPAN>5 - 7 PM /// DFSR</SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV CLASS="_1mf _1mj"><SPAN>Artistic and Anthropological Curatorial Practices in Contemporary Visual Culture </SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV CLASS="_1mf _1mj"><SPAN>Every day, an average of 1.8 billion images is uploaded to the Internet. In our digital age, one defined by an Internet inundated by visual content, curation is a vital and necessary creative task to match the quantity and velocity of modern visual outputs. Not only must individuals curate themselves to participate in this digital culture of sharing, but fine art curators must adapt digital techniques to contend with new art forms within their native material contexts. As algorithmic processes of selection increasingly define our experiences in virtual environments, human-led curation emerges as an important counterpoint to machine vision. </SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV CLASS="_1mf _1mj"><SPAN>UCL MAL curator Wade Wallerstein is a London-based digital anthropologist. His research interests center around communication in virtual spaces and the relationship between digital visual culture and contemporary art. Recently, Wallerstein conducted research with fine art curators who use the internet as an exhibition platform to both circumvent and challenge established institutional hierarchies.</SPAN></DIV>
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Darryl Forde Seminar Room

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