Techniques of Resistance in a Platform World

This event took place on Saturday, March 12, 2022 at 10:00 AM UTC.

Today’s social media users are constantly confronted by platforms that seek to profile their interests and manipulate their emotions in order to generate never-ending profits. Yet these same platforms have become the world’s de facto communication tools, the mediums through which we connect with each other and learn about the world. How can we better understand — and thus potentially withstand — the ways these systems influence who we are and what we do? What are techniques of resistance a platform world? This talk will examine these questions through several of the artist’s works that critically intervene in, extract from, and/or reimagine the world’s most profitable tech companies, making possible renewed opportunities for user agency over the software platforms we engage with every day. Venue: Austin Marriott Downtown Waller Ballroom ABC Speaker: Ben Grosser