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Attention // Distraction is an exhibition presented by Underground Art And Design (UAAD). It explores misplaced & mediated attention through installations, net art, live video game performance & artist talks.
Opening Hours:
May 8, 4PM - 10PM (Talk + Performance: 7PM -9PM)
May 9, 11AM - 5PM
We live in a moment of unprecedented competition for attention in a world shaped by ever-growing crises & conflicts.
Wars & colonization unfold across multiple regions. Political scandals emerge only to be quickly forgotten. Technological power concentrates in the hands of corporations & technocratic institutions. And with the rise of artificial intelligence & the attention economy, our attention has been further commodified & exploited through information that is exaggerated, fabricated, or manufactured.
We are physically present in the world, yet simultaneously networked to multiple elsewheres. Our perception is shaped not only by what we choose to look at, but also by the technological infrastructures, media platforms, & ideological powers that direct our gaze.
Before we pay attention to something, we need to examine: what gravitational forces are redirecting our attention, & from what? When our vision turns toward a certain orientation, what falls outside the frame?
Artists have long intervened in these dynamics by reshaping how we look, notice, & interpret the world. This exhibition brings together interactive installations, net art, video game performance, experimental film, & automated systems, exploring distraction as a strategy for commanding attention in the mode of refusal, interference, & subversion.
Artists:
Sam Lavigne, Temitope Olujobi, Anna Zhang, Queenie Wu, Tina Tarighian, k0j0 (Koi Ren & Joey Verbeke), foxes, Mengna Da, Iris Xiaoyu Qu, Niles Fromm, Adam Salem, Julia Kan, Jasmine Nackash, Supernova191919
Location: The Blanc (15 E 40th St, 1st Fl, NYC - Near Bryant Park)
Curated by Amy Xiaofan Jiang
Learn more about our work at uaad.art
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