NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — The 12 artists featured in the Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art's (Mass MoCA) exhibit "Technologies of Relation" will discuss the current state of technology on Feb 21, at 4 pm.

 

According to a press release, "Technologies of Relation":

 

Responding to the rapidly advancing technologies that are shaping our daily lives and social fabric, the artists in Technologies of Relation examine how we relate to each other, to machines, and to our future. These creators see the complexity of our relationships to the digital, avoiding the binary views that frame technology as good or bad, as tool or monster, and choose to instead embrace how technology, including algorithms and Artificial Intelligence, can

both connect us and further marginalize and oppress us at the same time.

 

The exhibit opens on Feb. 21 after the conversation.

 

Exhibiting artists include: Morehshin Allahyari; Pelenakeke Brown; Taeyoon Choi; Neema Githere; Mashinka Firunts Hakopian with Dahlia Elsayed, Andrew Demirjian, and Danny Snelson; Kite; Lauren Lee McCarthy; Analia Saban; and Roopa Vasudevan.

 

The artists will consider how people can rethink their relationships to their devices, to computing, and to artificial intelligence, while bringing increased ethics and agency into the digital landscape. 

 

Tickets: $10 Advance; free for members and students.