Reimagining Radical Cities│604│How Technology Shapes Our Lives

Reimagining Radical Cities│How Technology Shapes Our Lives [The script of this episode] How does the constantly evolving tech industry influence our daily lives, work, and environment? The upcoming artwork, The Annotation: Driving Simulator, by Musquiqui Chihying, addresses this question. Through interviews with scholars, data annotators training AI model, and taxi drivers, the artist seeks to initiate a dialogue around the discussions around job losses due to digitization. Another work of his, The Currency – Sensing 1 Agbogbloshie—a collaboration with artists Elom 20ce and Gregor Kasper—investigates the movement of electronic waste, transforming the electromagnetic waves emitted from e-waste into sound as a means of responding to the economic and political structures at play. Huang Sun-quan’s The Trilogy of Culture and Technology reflects on how cultural phenomena are shaped by digital technologies. These include the relationship between personal computers and countercultures in the 1960s, Shenzhen’s emergence as the “world's factory” in the 1980s, its effect on copycat culture, and ultimately, a focus on Taiwan’s history in semiconductor chip manufacturing and advanced processes. Rinus Van de Velde’s work, Most of the time during the day…, depicts a man fully concentrating on market trends while engaging in online trading to finance his evening art practice. This scene reflects the new work and lifestyle paradigms of the digital age, echoing the exhibition’s central theme: the intricate symbiosis between humanity and technology in our globalized world. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Reimagining Radical Cities Time│2025/04/25-2025/09/07 Venue│NTCAM: 6A, 6B, 8F Gallery Curator│HSIEH Feng-rong, Amy CHENG Artist│Engineering of Volcano Detonating, Print & Carve Dept., JUN Sojung, Eisa JOCSON & Venuri PERERA, Joyce HO, HO Rui An, Your Bros. Filmmaking Group, WU Mali, WU Chuan-lun, HOU I-ting, HOU Lulu Shur-tzy, YAO Jui-lan, Musquiqui Chihying, Elom 20ce, Gregor Kasper, ZHANG XU Zhan, CHANG Chien-chi, Haegue YANG, Michael RAKOWITZ, Joiri MINAYA, HUANG Sun-quan, Rinus Van de Velde, VANDY Rattana, LIAO Chien-chung, JEONG Geumhyung More Details: https://ntcart.museum/EN/exhibition/H2503003