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Vanessa Chang is the director of programs at Leonardo, the International Society for the Arts, Sciences, and Technology.
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[https://www.vanessa-chang.com/home-1 Vanessa Chang] is the director of programs at [https://leonardo.info/ Leonardo, the International Society for the Arts, Sciences, and Technology]. She has been a lecturer in Visual & Critical Studies at [https://www.cca.edu/ California College of the Arts], lead curator with [https://www.codame.com/ CODAME Art & Tech], and a [https://somarts.org/ SOMArts] Curatorial Resident 2019-2020. She has a PhD in Modern Thought and Literature from [https://www.stanford.edu/ Stanford University], where she researched electronic gesture across the arts and was a Geballe Fellow at the [https://shc.stanford.edu/ Stanford Humanities Center], where she also led the Graphic Narrative Project. Her essays and reviews have been published in ''[https://slate.com/ Slate]'', ''[https://www.noemamag.com/ Noema]'', the ''[https://lareviewofbooks.org/ Los Angeles Review of Books]'', and ''[https://www.wired.com/ Wired]''.
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September
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Chang examines the artistic potential for vocal deepfake technology. Acknowledging the need for care and ethical oversight when using AI, Chang argues that it can be a creative way to honor the dead.
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In the midst of the Covid-19 pandemic, Chang explores the history of infectious disease having an affect on architecture and public spaces.
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Los Angeles Review of Books
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Chang explores the history, problems, and potential of art created by automatons (with human help).
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November
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Vanessa Chang explores how our bodies and senses have always interacted with technology, not just today with AI and deepfakes, but also in the past with things like eyeglasses and player pianos. She shows that every new invention brings different reactions—some people fear it, others are too hopeful. By looking at how people responded to older technologies, Chang helps us understand today’s changes and reminds us that the past can teach us about the future.
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September
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Technologies are shaped by the social, cultural, and political ideas behind them. Media art, along with research labs and residencies, can be a space to explore these ideas—especially in areas like AI, virtual reality, and gaming. In this talk, Chang explains the complex connection between media art, technology, and money. She highlights the CripTech Incubator, a program that combines disability, art, and tech to create more inclusive and community-focused ways of designing and creating.
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Chang talks about digital objects and how they choreograph many of our daily movements. She explores the cultural history of mediated movement: gestures mediated in technologically specific ways.
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