Amir Baradran
Wednesday, November 14th 2012  6:00pm
Berkeley, CA

http://bcnm.berkeley.edu

Amir Baradaran will discuss his past and current artistic works involving Augmented Reality (AR) and pose critical questions for the future of AR and art practice. AR as a form of new media offers a live view of a physical, real-world environment whose elements are augmented by computer-generated sensory input such as sound, video, graphics or GPS data. Under the title FutARism, Baradaran suggests that AR presupposes significant conceptual shifts, as it expands our definitions of ownership and trespassing while triggering dialogue about a new medium for interactive installations. The experiential, conceptual, and legal shifts presupposed by the advent of AR connect to Baradaran's interest in radical subjectivities, failed utopias, and mysticism. His AR installations have included the commissioned work WeARinMoMA in the NY MoMA and a guerilla installation in the Louvre, Frenchising Mona Lisa.

Location:
BCNM Commons
340 Moffit Library - UC Berkeley
Berkeley, CA