Image Caption: Tyler Coburn, U, 2014 – 2016, Video (TRT 39 minutes), reupholstered chairs, chair carts
Courtesy of the artist
時間 | 2016.08.13，2pm
地點 | 台北當代藝術中心，台北市保安街49巷11號（捷運大橋頭站）
主講 | 泰勒・柯伯恩
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This event will be conducted in English.
本講座將以英文進行
泰勒・柯伯恩將會在座談中討論近期兩則域外城市建築的案例。首先他將討論他的專文《特權公民》（2014），該文關注技術自由主義者對在第三世界興建自治城邦國家的努力。對於自由主義者來說，這些當然既非新鮮事，尤對矽谷的關鍵決策者來說，這些投資與想像是他們用來區分自身的方式。再來，他將討論他的錄像作品《U》（2014-2016），這件作品源於他在南韓松島的田野調查。柯伯恩在2014年夏天時住在這座「無所不在的城市」中針對其整合營運中心的員工進行訪問，他們在這座高科技城裡負責監控監視系統和偵測感應資訊。影像作品的最終形式以一座小城僱員所進行的一系列虛構性的團體治療為骨幹展開，暗示科技如何在外在環境一直到最私密的自我認知觀念上，大規模地改造著世界。
關於主講人
泰勒・柯伯恩是一位紐約的藝術家及作家，在他的文章曾刊載於 frieze, e-flux journal, Dis, Mousse, Witte de With Review, and Rhizome等刊物上。而他的表演、文字及裝置則曾在 Whitney Museum of American Art; South London Gallery; Kunstverein Munich; CCA Glasgow; Objectif Exhibitions, Antwerp; UCCA, Beijing; and the Power Station of Art, Shanghai 展出過。
Date | 2016.08.13, 2pm
Venue | Taipei Contemporary Art Center, No. 11, Lane 49, Baoan Street, Taipei (MRT Daqiaotou Station)
Speaker | Tyler Coburn
For this talk, Tyler Coburn will discuss two recent examples of extraterritorial city building. The first, explored in his essay Charter Citizen (2014), concerns technolibertarian efforts to build autonomous city-states in beleaguered third-world countries. While these efforts are not new to the libertarian cause, they distinguish themselves in largely being financed and imagined by key players from Silicon Valley. The second, U (2014 – 2016), is a video based on Coburn’s fieldwork in Songdo, South Korea. During the summer of 2014, Coburn lived in this “ubiquitous city,” where he interviewed employees of the Integrated Operations Center, who monitor the surveillance and sensor data generated by the city. The resulting video takes form as a series of fictional group therapy sessions for workers in a smart city. Technology’s remaking of the world, Coburn’s video implies, extends from the scale of the built environment to the most intimate notions of self.
About Speaker:
Tyler Coburn is an artist and writer based in New York. His writing has appeared in frieze, e-flux journal, Dis, Mousse, Witte de With Review, and Rhizome. His performances, texts and installations have been presented at the Whitney Museum of American Art; South London Gallery; Kunstverein Munich; CCA Glasgow; Objectif Exhibitions, Antwerp; UCCA, Beijing; and the Power Station of Art, Shanghai.
