Archiving the algorithm: research & arts-based Workshop

Research & Arts Based Workshop and opportunity to participate in a short film project

Thursday 25 May | 10am - 11am (workshop), 11am -11.45am (film project) |  Hopkinson Lecture Theatre, New Museum Site 

This interdisciplinary research and visual arts based workshop gave the opportunity to contribute thoughts and experiences to a short creative film. 

Working together on this project are Isabelle Higgins, a final year PhD candidate in the Sociology Department at the University of Cambridge, whose research explores the power of algorithms in reproducing structural inequalities, and Josh Vyrtz, an interdisciplinary visual artist whose work engages with the politics of algorithmic visibility and digital shame. 

For many of us, our use of social media algorithms shapes our everyday lives. The workshop leaders sought to create a space for participants to collectively discuss and understand how these highly personalized interactions with machine learning shape our everyday, embodied realities. The workshop explored different academic and artistic approaches to the study of our algorithmic experiences, giving time for participant questions and discussion. It was also a chance to learn about both Isabelle and Josh’s work. 

The workshop was open to all those who study media and culture, marginality and exclusion in the digital age and those who are interested in thinking more about interdisciplinary academic/artistic collaborations. 

For any questions, please do email Isabelle: irth2@cam.ac.uk