Alessandra Santos - April 25, 2016

This talk will explore dust and materiality through multiple mediations. In general, it will examine processes, and the invisibility of production, distribution, and consumption. Framed through Jussi Parikka’s critical lens, we will study how the “seemingly immaterial is embedded in wide material networks,” and how technoculture is anchored in a transformation of materials—from mining to waste. Specifically, the presentation proposes an approach to dust as media in relation to the body. We will look at selected examples from visual and media arts. Alessandra Santos - April 25 VISR Vancouver