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== About == | == About == | ||
This residency session was part of the [['''CATS+''']] program. | This residency session was part of the [['''CATS+''']] program. | ||
For the inaugural CATS+ residency session, 3 pairs of artists spent the summer glitching normalized systems by creating their own user experiences. | For the inaugural CATS+ residency session, 3 pairs of artists spent the summer glitching normalized systems by creating their own user experiences. | ||
=== Dates === | === Dates === | ||
Apr - Sept 2022 | Apr - Sept 2022 | ||
== Exhibition == | == Exhibition == | ||
[[''Are UXperienced?'']] | [[''Are UXperienced?'']] | ||
== Projects == | == Projects == | ||
=== ''What's on your mind, user?'' === | === ''What's on your mind, user?'' === | ||
Celine Lassus and Mark Yoder’s video game ''What’s on your mind, user?'' takes us deep into a social network fever dream, scrutinizing how the structure and design of social sites (from Facebook to 4chan) influence the group behaviors, language, and aesthetic preferences of their users.<br> | Celine Lassus and Mark Yoder’s video game ''What’s on your mind, user?'' takes us deep into a social network fever dream, scrutinizing how the structure and design of social sites (from Facebook to 4chan) influence the group behaviors, language, and aesthetic preferences of their users.<br> | ||
Wiki Article:<br> | Wiki Article:<br> | ||
Workshop: [[Memes and Machines]] | Workshop: [[Memes and Machines]] | ||
=== ''Onward'' === | === ''Onward'' === | ||
Aryel René Jackson and Alex Goss reimagine the physical exhibition venue, Cage Match Project, as an expanded digital/physical hybrid space. Their case study, ''Onward'', features a playable 3D simulation that illustrates the barrier-breaking capacity for change of The Cage in its new form.<br> | Aryel René Jackson and Alex Goss reimagine the physical exhibition venue, Cage Match Project, as an expanded digital/physical hybrid space. Their case study, ''Onward'', features a playable 3D simulation that illustrates the barrier-breaking capacity for change of The Cage in its new form.<br> | ||
Wiki Article:<br> | Wiki Article:<br> | ||
Workshop: [[Professional Practice Planning]] | Workshop: [[Professional Practice Planning]] | ||
=== ''APD Decruitment'' === | === ''APD Decruitment'' === | ||
Andie Flores and Sam Lavigne’s multimedia abolitionist campaign, ''APD Decruitment'', explores productive alternatives for the city by upending police recruitment strategies. The artists used “real fakes” to hack politicians using the Cameo platform, build a discount program, and create functional resources including motivational posters and recommended reading. <br> | Andie Flores and Sam Lavigne’s multimedia abolitionist campaign, ''APD Decruitment'', explores productive alternatives for the city by upending police recruitment strategies. The artists used “real fakes” to hack politicians using the Cameo platform, build a discount program, and create functional resources including motivational posters and recommended reading. <br> | ||
Wiki Article: <br> | Wiki Article: <br> | ||
Workshop: [[Making Something Real That Seems Fake]] | Workshop: [[Making Something Real That Seems Fake]] | ||
== Resident Bios == | == Resident Bios == | ||
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=== Mark Yoder === | === Mark Yoder === | ||
Mark Yoder (b.1999) is a retired micro celebrity, designer, and artist based in Los Angeles. When he's not doomscrolling on TikTok, you can find him somewhere stuck at the intersection of art and technology. [https://www.instagram.com/markyoder.designs/ @markyoder.designs] | Mark Yoder (b.1999) is a retired micro celebrity, designer, and artist based in Los Angeles. When he's not doomscrolling on TikTok, you can find him somewhere stuck at the intersection of art and technology. [https://www.instagram.com/markyoder.designs/ @markyoder.designs] | ||
== Workshops == | == Workshops == | ||
Revision as of 23:10, January 9, 2023
About
This residency session was part of the '''CATS+''' program. For the inaugural CATS+ residency session, 3 pairs of artists spent the summer glitching normalized systems by creating their own user experiences.
Dates
Apr - Sept 2022
Exhibition
Projects
What's on your mind, user?
Celine Lassus and Mark Yoder’s video game What’s on your mind, user? takes us deep into a social network fever dream, scrutinizing how the structure and design of social sites (from Facebook to 4chan) influence the group behaviors, language, and aesthetic preferences of their users.
Wiki Article:
Workshop: Memes and Machines
Onward
Aryel René Jackson and Alex Goss reimagine the physical exhibition venue, Cage Match Project, as an expanded digital/physical hybrid space. Their case study, Onward, features a playable 3D simulation that illustrates the barrier-breaking capacity for change of The Cage in its new form.
Wiki Article:
Workshop: Professional Practice Planning
APD Decruitment
Andie Flores and Sam Lavigne’s multimedia abolitionist campaign, APD Decruitment, explores productive alternatives for the city by upending police recruitment strategies. The artists used “real fakes” to hack politicians using the Cameo platform, build a discount program, and create functional resources including motivational posters and recommended reading.
Wiki Article:
Workshop: Making Something Real That Seems Fake
Resident Bios
Aryel René Jackson
Aryel René Jackson is a Black creole anti-disciplinary film-based artist whose practice considers land and landscape as sites of internal representation. Themes of transformation are embedded in their use of repurposed imagery and objects, video, sound, and performance. Jackson’s work is influenced by their afro-creole Lwizyan heritage and Black American cultural language. They live and work in Texas and teach at Texas State University and at The University of Texas at Austin. Jackson is an alum of the Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture, Royal College of Art Exchange Program, and The Cooper Union. Their work has been shown nationally and internationally. arielrenejackson.com
Alex Goss
Alex Goss is a sculptor, educator, and freelancer committed to fostering mentorship in digital and physical 3D and time-based mediums. Drawing inspiration from manufacturing waste, Goss creates projects that breach the logic of mass production by emphasizing unconformity and cast-offs. Alex received his BFA in Art from the Cooper Union and his MFA in Sculpture from Virginia Commonwealth University. Alex has held solo exhibitions in New York, Baltimore, and Houston. Alex is a co-founder and organizer of Moonmist, an artist-run project space in Houston, TX. He lives in Richmond, VA with his dog Butterbean. alexgoss.net
Andie Flores
Andie Flores (she/her) is a performance artist, comedian, and writer who uses embarrassment as a medium for investigating hypervisibility in a racialized body. andieflores.com
Sam Lavigne
Sam Lavigne is an artist and educator whose work deals with data, surveillance, cops, natural language processing, and automation. He is currently an Assistant Professor in the Department of Design at UT Austin. lav.io
Celine Lassus
Celine Lassus (b. 1999, Tampa, FL) (she/they) is a digital native first, artist second. Based in Austin, TX, they work across new media, performance, video and installation. Her practice reflects on the promise of a technological utopia and how terribly they’ve been let down. celinelassus.com
Mark Yoder
Mark Yoder (b.1999) is a retired micro celebrity, designer, and artist based in Los Angeles. When he's not doomscrolling on TikTok, you can find him somewhere stuck at the intersection of art and technology. @markyoder.designs
