LASER Talks Toronto: Streaming Carbon Footprint with Laura U. Marks and David Rokeby

Chaired by Roberta Buiani and Nina Czegledy

EVENT INFO

When: October 27, 5:00-7:00 pm EST, 

Where: BMO Lab, University College, 15 King's College Circle, room H-12 Toronto M5S 3H7  

Online: via ZOOM, Access Info: Meeting ID: 946 1007 4365

Website: https://artscisalon.com/streaming-carbon-media/ 

We are thrilled to announce this dialogue between media Theorist Laura U. Marks and Media Artist David Rokeby. Together, they will discuss a well-known elephant in the room of media and digital technologies: their carbon footprint. The conversation will span hot topics such as the ever-increasing usage of streaming services such as Netflix to the recent hype surrounding all things AI. As social media and streaming media usage increases exponentially, what can be done to mitigate their impact? are there alternatives?

SPEAKERS BIOS:

Laura U. Marks works on media art and philosophy with an intercultural focus, and on small-footprint media. She programs experimental media for venues around the world. As Grant Strate University Professor, she teaches in the School for the Contemporary Arts at Simon Fraser University in Vancouver, Canada. Her upcoming book The Fold: From Your Body to the Cosmos will be published I March 2024 by Duke University Press.

David Rokeby is an installation artist based in Toronto, Canada. He has been creating and exhibiting since 1982. For the first part of his career he focussed on interactive pieces that directly engage the human body, or that involve artificial perception systems. In the last decade, his practice has expanded to included video, kinetic and static sculpture. His work has been performed / exhibited in shows across Canada, the United States, Europe and Asia.

Awards include the first BAFTA (British Academy of Film and Television Arts) award for Interactive Art in 2000, a 2002 Governor General's award in Visual and Media Arts and the Prix Ars Electronica Golden Nica for Interactive Art 2002. He was awarded the first Petro-Canada Award for Media Arts in 1988, the Prix Ars Electronica Award of Distinction for Interactive Art (Austria) in 1991 and 1997.

SPONSORS:

ArtSci Salon thanks the Fields Institute and the Ontario Brain Institute​​​​​​​

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 50 cities around the world. To learn more about how our LASER Hosts and to visit a LASER near you please visit our website. @lasertalks