The Human Experience Within Art, Technology and Data

Collaborative Research Seminar HI 295

Carmine Cella

Music; Center for New Music and Audio Technologies

Lisa Wymore

Theater, Dance & Performance Studies

Greg Niemeyer

Art Practice; Berkeley Center for New Media

WHAT ROLE WILL THE ARTS & HUMANITIES PLAY IN THE FUTURE OF OUR

TECHNOLOGICALLY DRIVEN WORLD? What does data feel like, how does it touch us, and how do we

touch it? Who is influencing our machines with regard to how they see and understand the human

experience? Are mediated bodies limited or expanded by technology? This seminar will focus on the project

of synthesizing the interdisciplinary fields of visual art, performance, music, digital technologies, applied data

science, and critical studies in the humanities to create new opportunities for innovators interested in a

post-anthropocentric and a socially and environmentally balanced future. We hope to unearth key

questions, resources, and future programmatic formats that develop practical and professional

opportunities for humanists, artists, and technologists interested in innovating with technology together.

After experiencing shared readings, the course will explore case studies with guests from professional

industries, non-profits, and other cultural institutions. The semester concludes with collaborative projects

that further develop themes addressed over the semester and will incorporate the expertise of the class

participants. More information is available online.

Apply online by May 15, 2021, at