In this podcast, artist in residence Andrius Arutiunian is joined by curator and writer Alessandro Vincentelli, to discuss visual and aural mistrust within the post-internet reality.
 
Andrius Arutiunian’s new work, The Irresistible Powers of Silent Talking (2021), investigates automated deception recognition systems, and their worrying use in border surveillance. In this artwork, a system is recreated in a virtual environment, and put under its own duress - brought to life through a voiceless, remodelled iBorderCtrl avatar. 
 
The Irresistible Powers of Silent Talking (2021) is exhibiting at FACT until 3 October as part of Uncertain Data.

A Short Conversation on Mistrust and Deceit

This workshop considered what is needed for this type of facilitation and what tools technology can provide. Attendees worked in small groups to devise and shared practical ideas and solutions that support the facilitation of this work.

Fast Familiar are an interdisciplinary collaboration comprising expertise in theatre, facilitation and creative computing. They make artworks which are participatory, playful and political. For them, art is a space to explore questions which are too complex for daily life - and a space where we can rehearse better outcomes for a world where no decision of significance is taken by an isolated individual.

The knowledge generated during this workshop culminated in a resource for arts organisations and artists to reflect on in their own approaches and practices.

This workshop follows on from You’re On Mute, a series of online workshops and webinars specially designed for arts educators and practitioners with an interest in participatory and engagement projects. Our first ‘You’re on Mute’ programme explored online engagement, especially with older people or individuals that were isolated or vulnerable during the Covid Pandemic. Resources that were created with the knowledge generated in these sessions can be found here.

How To Design Interactive Art Experiences For Collective Decision Making With Fast Familiar

FACT is the UK's leading organisation for the support and exhibition of art and film that embraces new technology and explores digital culture. 

Our award-winning building in Liverpool, which opened in 2003, has two galleries, a cinema, a media and events space, a lab for learning and experimentation, a café and a bar.

How To Design Interactive Art Experiences For Collective Decision Making With Fast Familiar

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