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Feeling the Screen: Tactility and Emotion in the Digital Age
Mon, Oct 04, 2010 @ 04:00 AM - 06:00 AM
USC Viterbi School of Engineering
Receptions & Special Events
While pundits worry about the increasing amount of time young people spend online in dematerialized virtual spaces, we have also witnessed an explosion of practices and devices that return our attention to the hand. From the online craft vendor Etsy to the tactile interfaces of our iPhones, the body and the digital are deeply interlaced. âThe Touch of the Hand in the Digital Eraâ is a two-part series that will consider the particular roles that touch and the emotions play in our sense of self and the world.
In the first event of the series, explore the digital up close and hands on with internationally renowned artists Erik Loyer and Sharon Daniel. The event will include hands-on interaction with projects presented by Loyer and Daniel that will allow students to engage a variety of devices, including the iPhone and the Wii remote.
Loyer and Daniel have collaborated on the production of two interactive documentaries, Public Secrets and Blood Sugar. Public Secrets is a Webby Awards honoree that was originally published in Vectors journal and has been shown at arts festivals such as Transmediale in Berlin and Artefact in Belgium and in gallery exhibitions in San Francisco, Los Angeles and Sydney, Australia. Blood Sugar has been exhibited as a Wii remoteâoperated installation at UCLAâs Art|Sci gallery and at the USC School of Cinematic Arts.
Admission is free.
Reception to follow.
Related Event:
The Lupton Sisters
Friday, March 25, 2 p.m.
Doheny Memorial Library, Friends Lecture Hall, Room 240
For more info, visit the event page http://web-app.usc.edu/ws/eo2/calendar/113/event/873374
Organized by Philip Ethington (History and Political Science) and Tara McPherson (Cinematic Arts). Co-sponsored by the Center for Transformative Scholarship.
For further information on this event:
visionsandvoices@usc.edu
Location: Edward L. Doheny Jr. Memorial Library (DML) - Friends Lecture Hall, Room 240
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Daria Yudacufski
