THIS EPISODE WAS FUNDED BY THE SOCIAL SCIENCES AND HUMANITIES RESEARCH COUNCIL OF CANADA (SSHRC). Alongside scholars and concerned journalists, a vibrant artistic movement is emerging to interrogate and intervene in security and surveillance operations. Critical surveillance art can be visually appealing, intensely participatory, and sometimes deeply troubling. In this episode, we feature the work of Heather Dewey-Hagborg and Dries Depoorter, two artists who take different approaches to critical surveillance art.
Please find a partial transcript of this episode HERE.
About our guests in this episode:
Torin Monahan is a professor of Communication at The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. His research focuses on institutional and cultural transformations with new technologies with a particular emphasis on surveillance and security programs. He is currently working on a project on critical surveillance art. Find more information about Torin's work HERE.
Heather Dewey-Hagborg is an artist and biohacker. She uses art to bring public attention to emerging issues in biotechnology. Heather has a PHD in electronic arts from Renssalear Polytechnic Institute. She is a visiting assistant professor of interactive media at NYU Abu Dhabi. See more of Heather's work including Stranger Visions and T35II A post-genomic love story on her website HERE.
Dries Depoorter is a Belgian artist who addresses themes of privacy, artificial intelligence, surveillance and social media through the creation of interactive installations, apps and games. See more of Dries' work, including Jaywalking HERE.
Contributors to this episode's production:
Avery Moore Kloss - Host and Producer
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Torin Monahan - Executive Producer and Guest
With help from Carrie Sanders.
Support and Funding for this episode:
Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC), Wilfrid Laurier University