Merging Art and Technology to Improve the World – Peter Hirshberg
Complete video at: fora.tv Peter Hirshberg, co-founder and chairman of The Conversation Group, narrates the historical tensions between art and technology. His projects use crime reports, pollution data, and crowd-sourcing to help bridge the gap between art, technology, and social action. —– DLD is an inspiring community for the 21st century which features digital innovation, science and culture and brings together thought leaders, creators, entrepreneurs and investors from Europe, the Middle-East, the Americas and Asia. This session on maps features Julieta Aranda (E-flux), Rosa Barba (Artist), Peter Hirshberg (The Conversation Group), Alexander Kluge (Director), Aaron Koblin (Google Creative Lab), Philippe Parreno (Artist), Josef Penninger (Austrian Academy of Sciences), Eric Rodenbeck (Stamen), Anri Sala (Artist) Dimitar Sasselov (Harvard Lab for Astrophysics) and Qiu Zhijie (China Academy of Art). Hans Ulrich Obrist (Serpentine Gallery) moderates. – DLD 2010 Peter Hirshberg is at the epicenter of the connected world of online conversation. His interests include about marketing, branding and customer relationships. A Silicon Valley executive with several high-profile marketing and branding related ventures, Hirshberg has led emerging media and technology companies at the center of disruptive change for more than 20 years. He is Chairman and co-founder of The Conversation Group, a fast-growing agency helping brands and enterprises with strategy and marketing in a …
@karoolta oh no then I guess we better not look at it’s definition.
That would make everyone cry if they found out the true meaning of what art imposes on others.
i disagree, though its a rather pointless argument as it is a pretty impossible word to define.
@karoolta Art is anything with feeling put in so others can grasp it as the artist created it. Anything can be done “well” or efficient or even decent. But it’s the feeling that arises when one understands what the artist creates with that or a certain feeling. Doesn’t mean they have to take the interpretation of that art exactly how the artist wanted to portray it.
@sydrduke Pretty f’d up right? I was blown away when I first learned of it. Amazing how it’s right there in front of you and you have absolutely no idea.
@LooseLatitude That’s actually pretty scary that that goes on, I had no idea.
@LooseLatitude Woah okay sorry! I stand corrected.
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art is anything done well, i thought everything shown in this video was quite pretty. haha
Good information
So they make these wheels to sell at a profit. Than use the consumers to gather data which they will than gain profits on again.
You know those images of words they use to confirm you’re not a computer filling out masses of forms on the internet?
Those are words that were scanned from a book(digitized books) and didn’t come out all that well. A company makes a profit on us to figure it out for them.
Digital serfdom.
how does the bike collect pollution data?
@nall29 Yes it is.Big Brother is already here.”1984” was a warning.Orwell worked for British Intelligence and was aware of the long range plan.
@PSK11489 Read ”Between Two Ages” and you’ll think differently.
ill check back in 20 or so mins. to read the responses to my question. this is somewhat new to me and im open to peoples opnions
on the bike thing… ?isent that kinda big brother?
People understands the true, is uplifting to know that once we show how somethings are not good the human nature comes together to try to change this fact.
1) He didn’t say that the bike pollutes. It collects data on pollution in its vicinity.
2) Data is sent anonymously. You aren’t being tracked. You aren’t that important. The government and the corporations don’t care that much.
Maps are art. They may not be a type of art that interests you, but a great many artistic decisions go into producing any truly useful map.
3:14 What can be more non-polluting than a human powered bike? Sounds totalitarian to me, tracking me where I went at what time… Creepy bike
And the king of misleading names is….
@globalarte Exactly.
@m0nkeybl1tz I liked the clip but the full lecture disappointed. I thought it was going to be generally about art and technology whereas the full lecture is about maps.
I have no interest in maps, unfortunately for me. I can’t fault Fora for that; I’m just disappointed because as a digital artist, I was hoping to hear something relevant to what I do.
looks like a visual model too me..