On 19 May at 6 pm, as part of its informal education programme, the Evening School, the Latvian Centre for Contemporary Art invites you to the reading workshop “Digital Space”.
The workshop will take place online. Link to the meeting: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/4074591930?pwd=MFcvR21ReHhYa0FpVzdjYXFGK2ZuZz09
ID: 407 459 1930. Password: 7AqbG6
With cultural institutions closed due to the pandemic, many are looking for an alternative to physical space—museum exhibitions, theater performances, concerts, even festivals and art fairs are moving to the digital environment through streaming services and virtual reality. If previously immersive media and augmented reality remained niche areas, with social distancing, digital technologies are experiencing unprecedented demand and new audiences.
The digital environment seems to be promoting democratisation opportunities, providing unprecedented access to a wide range of cultural events on a global scale and offering new experiences. The potential of the digital space is also invaluable in the field of education—almost all activities that previously took place in the physical space are now transferred to a virtual environment. However, the key challenge is to use digital platforms and services in a constructive and critical way, understanding privacy issues and the risks of new types of surveillance and control
Texts to be discussed:
• Florian Cramer, “What is ‘Post-digital’?”, in Berry D.M., Dieter M. (eds), Postdigital Aesthetics. Palgrave Macmillan, London, 2015, pp. 12–25.
• David M. Berry, “The Postdigital Constellation”, Berry D.M. in: Berry D.M., Dieter M. (eds), Postdigital Aesthetics. Palgrave Macmillan, London, 2015, pp. 44–57.
To receive the texts, please email to: ieva.ast@gmail.com.
The Latvian Center for Contemporary Art within its programme, the Evening School continues reading workshops or non-academic and informal discussions about seminal texts, devoted to current issues of contemporary art and culture as well as exploration of the recent past. The programme is curated by Ieva Astahovska. The project is supported by the State Culture Capital Foundation.
