machines will watch us die – a material turn in curatorial practice



ANTENNAE Issue #46 -- MATTER MATTERS, Wintee 2018



This paper is a reflection on the theme and methodology of machines will watch us die (The Holden Gallery, 2018, Manchester, UK) an exhibition that explored digital decay through artists addressing material manifestations of digital culture. machines will watch us die was conceived as a platform for research, a space to explore how a material turn in curatorial practice could be undertaken. Adopting media archaeology as conceptual framework, the research behind the show questioned if curatorial strategies for digital art – which were developed at the end of the Nineties and based on new media’s immaterial behaviours of interactivity, computability and connectivity – are still relevant in addressing art practices that deal with the very much material issues of the contemporary.

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