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EPISODE · Nov 30, 2024 · 28 MIN

Love and the City

from Art Is Not a Thing · host Ars Electronica

What happens when our public behaviour is constantly monitored? Do we still hug, kiss, or allow ourselves to be vulnerable in public, does it stop us from being at our worst? In this episode, we talk to artist Noemi Iglesias Barrios and Guggenheim curator Noam Segal about surveillance systems in the public space and why we might want to 'measure' cities in terms of emotionality by training algorithms to search for signs of love on the streets.Resources:The Radicality of Love by Srećko Horvat The Shadow (1981) by Sophie Calle Noise by C. R. Sunstein, D. Kahneman, and O. Sibony The Atlas of AI by Kate Crawford Race After Technology by Ruha Benjamin Nexus by Yuval Noah Harari Host & Producer: Ana-Maria CarabeleaEditing: Ana-Maria CarabeleaMusic: Karl Julian SchmidingerThe Digital Deal Podcast (currently Art Is Not a Thing) was part of European Digital Deal, a project co-funded by Creative Europe and the Austrian Federal Ministry for Arts, Culture, the Civil Service and Sport.  Views and opinions expressed in this podcast are those of the host and guests only and do not necessarily reflect those of the European Union or the European Education and Culture Executive Agency (EACEA). Neither the European Union nor the European Education and Culture Executive Agency (EACEA) can be held responsible for them.

What happens when our public behaviour is constantly monitored? Do we still hug, kiss, or allow ourselves to be vulnerable in public, does it stop us from being at our worst? In this episode, we talk to artist Noemi Iglesias Barrios and Guggenheim curator Noam Segal about surveillance systems in the public space and why we might want to 'measure' cities in terms of emotionality by training algorithms to search for signs of love on the streets. Resources: The Radicality of Love by Srećko Hor...

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