“<Decode>” Exhibition

“<Decode>” Exhibition

John Jay College

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Curated by Jayanthi Moorthy and
Daria Dorosh, PhD.

In Artists Policing Data, artists respond to data in forms that move beyond graphs and charts. They integrate it into their artwork in provoking and sensorial ways. This process demonstrates how data is gathered and converted into new patterns that they use to understand and interpret the world. When the goal of data collection is for
personal use, it offers a rich pool of possibilities for making new connections.

Artists have always been drawn to data, whether scientific, cultural, social or political. Not unlike investigators and scientists, they translate large amounts of information and bring attention to various aspects of the world. They transform them into an aesthetic form that can be seen, felt and touched. Artists want to be in a conversation that goes beyond their art world ghettos. They are drawn to the complexity of a modern world, which ranges from ecological and cultural issues to political surveillance, to a quest for personal and spiritual insight.

Artists Policing Data looks at art as more than an end product and process. Seen together, these works offer insight into the social, economic, and political structures we live in. In a sense, the artist’s life, which is an ongoing inquiry into the world, is the artwork. By presenting a diversity of works within a digital thematic framework, visitors are invited to find their own information in the uncharted conceptual space between the works on view.

Wednesday, December 12th, 4-6pm

Workshop: The Music of Math: Wolfram Science

Workshop led by John Kiehl (Co-owner, Soundtrack Recording Studio) Introduced by Daria Dorosh (artist)
Thursday, December 20th, 6-8pm

Big Conversation 2: Data vs. Information: Art vs. Science
Speakers: Alyssa Wise (Director, NYU Learning Analytics Research Network (LEARN), Maria Paola Sutto (Core member, Urban Design Lab, Columbia Univ.), Laurie Frick (artist), Amelia Marzec (artist). Moderators: Gayil Nalls (artist) and Jayanthi Moorthy (artist)
Monday, January 7th, 3-5pm

Art Performance: Weather Center for the Apocalypse Performance by Amelia Marzec (artist)
Wednesday, January 9th, 3:30-5pm & 5.30-7pm (only for adults)
Workshop: Getting spiritual with design and art Workshop led by Jayanthi Moorthy (artist)
Monday, January 14th, 1-2.30pm (6-9 yrs)
Workshop: Policing and mapping your neighborhood
Workshop led by Jayanthi Moorthy (artist)
Thursday, January 17th, 5-7pm

Big Conversation 3: Artists with Artists
Speakers: Artists in the show. Facilitators: Daria Dorosh (artist) and Jayanthi Moorthy (artist)

Media

• Installation

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