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Seema Goel will be speaking at the upcoming University Art Association of Canada Conference this week at UQAM in Montreal. Her talk Data Dexterities is part of the session “Making Knowledge: Craft and the Digital” on Friday October 28th. In Data Dexterities she explores her own art/craft practise highlighting the use of digital technologies as a material to enhance touch, and play, and where the viewer’s awareness of the digital experience is integral to the success of the work.
Abstract
Data Dexterities: The project of shifting the digital experience beyond the binary is well underway. From simple yes/no response, Seema strives now to mimic the multiplicity available in human interaction. How does she, in craft, participate in this shift to engage the nuance and complexity of touch, materiality, and maker-user connection? How is craft language equally explored and accentuated through this effort? This presentation explores the contradictions and connections between touch and craft & digital interfaces through her own craft-based art practise.
Bio: Seema Goel is a Canadian artist, writer, and curator. Her current work explores the manipulations and representations of the natural world resulting from human intervention. Using a wide range of media including taxidermy, projection, natural materials, and responsive technologies, she invites the viewer to engage these subjects through humour, touch, and participation. She has exhibited in North America and Europe and her writing has appeared in numerous literary publications, newspaper journals, and on radio and stage. Goel holds an MFA from the Rhode Island School of Design, an Associated Arts Diploma from the Ontario College of Art and Design, and a BSc. from McGill. She is also an alumna of the Harvard Summer Writing program, the Banff Centre Writing program, St. Peter’s Abbey, Fort San, and also managed to moonlight in the Brown Creative Writing program while a student at RISD. She is currently the STEAM coordinator and artist-in-residence in the faculty of Science at the University of Manitoba.
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