ENTANGLED FUTURES: One scroll from E-waste

Behind every phone update, there is a piece of debris we are missing from the era of waste, we live in: The Information Age.

About this event

When: 1st March 2022, 5:30pm GMT 

A hybrid event taking place in person at Central Saint Martins and live streamed via Zoom.

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Chaired by Irtiza Nasar, designer with a background in physics from London College of Communication and part of the Creative Computing Institute, this discussion intends to make people grasp the materiality of the environmental and social issues that surround the Information and Communication Technologies.

From the scientific research of E-waste by Dr Sophie Quinton to the artistic approach of the PhD student Daniel Beck, we will open a discussion on the social and cultural changes that may influence the digital world for a more sustainable foreseen future. In this journey, we will understand PhD student Sayash Kapoor how the immateriality of Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning technologies and data likewise contributes to environmental waste and the social and ecological impact of e-waste in Ghana witnessed by Artist Ibrahim Mahama. The event intends to reveal the hidden cost of the digital world and to reach a systemic view to this problem.

SPEAKER BIOGRAPHIES:

Daniel Beck (PhD Student - London College of Communication)

Daniel Beck’s work brings together sculpture, installation, live performance and experimental film through a sound focussed art practice that aims to challenge people to consider their connection to the environment, their communities and their understanding of the world around them. Recent exhibitions include a solo show at Unripe Gallery, London and commission of sound sculptures for the British Museum.

Daniel is also Trustee at the UK Green Film Festival, an annual nationwide environmental film festival, where he held the position of Festival Director from 2013-2020 and is currently an Associate Lecturer in Music Technology at London Metropolitan University. Daniel’s research aims to discover how the interplay of sound and naturally occurring environmental effects such as temperature, humidity and radioactivity can influence our understanding of ‘place’ within our natural environment and how focussing on the qualities of this exchange, through an interdisciplinary sound art practice, can reveal positive associations that reconnect us with the environments that we inhabit.

London LASER is hosted by University of the Arts London (Central Saint Martins MA Art and Science) and has been running since February 2014.

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The Leonardo/ISAST LASERs are a program of international gatherings that bring artists, scientists, humanists and technologists together for informal presentations, performances and conversations with the wider public. The mission of the LASERs is to encourage contribution to the cultural environment of a region by fostering interdisciplinary dialogue and opportunities for community building to over 40 cities around the world. To learn more about how our LASER Hosts and to visit a LASER near you please visit our website. @lasertalks