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Lan Gwuhj Geimz #2: Broadcasting and Status

18 May 2020

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Mon, 18 May
14:00 – 17:00

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In the second of three online seminars, Matthew de Kersaint Giraudeau explores different kinds of broadcasting and the status relationships they create.

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In this online seminar with artist and 2013-14 OSE alumnus Matthew de Kersaint Giraudeau we will look at the multitude of different broadcasting models that govern the rules of transmission for different media, from traditional media’s ‘one-to-many’ model, to the ‘many-to-many’ model of social media. We will think through the implications for status relationships in these models, is ‘one-to-many’ broadcasting always authoritarian, and does ‘many-to-many’ deliver the equality it seems to promise?

We’ll think about speculative models of broadcasting, how about ‘no-one-to-no-one’, or ‘thing-to-thing’? What are the status relationships implied by these models, and how might these more abstract kinds of broadcasting help us think critically about the models we take for granted and use in our everyday lives?

We’ll look at the work of other artists and think about which broadcasting models are being employed, and how that constructs particular status relationships for spectators or participants in the work. We’ll apply this to our own work and think about how we might deploy our speculative broadcasting models in our creative practice.

At the end of the session, we’ll look at the outcomes from the last seminar’s research task and Matt will set a task to be completed for next time.

Schedule
2-3.10pm: Broadcast models and status relationships – introductory talk followed by a discussion
3.10-3.30pm: Break
3.30-4.30pm: Broadcasting and status in creative practice – examples by Matt followed by a discussion
4.30-5pm – Research task from last week, and task for the next seminar

This seminar will be taking place online via Zoom. Please join the session here (password: OSELGG2020)and ensure that your mic is muted unless you are speaking. These sessions may be recorded for archival and promotional purposes, so please switch off your video feed if you do not wish to be included in this. Please join early to avoid delays (there may be a queue, the host will let you in to the session).

You do not need to be an artist to attend these seminars and you can attend as many or as few of them as you like.

Reading and resources
TBD. Reading and resources will be supplied soon, please keep an eye on this page for updates.

About the artist
Matthew de Kersaint Giraudeau creates sculptures, drawings, performances and films. His work addresses ugliness and taste, negative affective states, and the ambiguities of language and objects. His current research interests include exploring the awkward aesthetic possibilities of medieval art through painting and digital animation, utilising culturally abject food and other materials to make sculpture, and understanding the formation of reactionary political sentiments through affect theory and performance. An Associate of Open School East, 2013-2014, he is currently resident artist at Kingsgate Workshops. This seminar is part of his Open School East artist commission.

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