APRIL 6 - 10, 2021

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The 2021 Max Wasserman Forum: Another World brings together artists, educators, and writers at the forefront of discourses on art in the digital realm to share their deep understandings and perspectives on digital media’s potential for more radical, imaginative, and limitless forms of cyber expressions.

Alt-text: Hito Steyerl pictured with a calm expression and closed eyes, has dark hair piled on her head and a floral zip up jacket.

KEYNOTE SPEAKER—APRIL 10, 2021

Hito Steyerl

Decolonize the Digital Sphere and Transition it Towards the Commons

Speakers

 
Alt-text: Screenshot of an online art project where images of artworks on a museum website have been replaced with squares of plywood

American Artist

 
 
Alt-text: : In a crowded crosswalk, Eunsong Kim examines a small camera. She wears black pants and a blue blouse and has long dark hair.

Eunsong Kim

 
Alt-text: Salome Asega has short dark curls and brown skin. Surrounded by pink flowers, she wears a blue and pink floral blouse

Salome Asega

 
Alt-text: Dark circular objects rest on a gridded square, above a silver shimmering space craft, floating over futuristic architecture

Lawrence Lek

 
Alt-text: Gloria Sutton smiles in front of soft light. She has dark hair, fair skin and wears thick framed black glasses.

Gloria Sutton

Alt-text: Leaning in a corner, a blue lit projection screen displays a hand reaching out to an upside down cow, floating in air.

Rindon Johnson

 
 
Alt-text: Interface to home, with surveillance view of woman in pink sweater facing camera, buttons to control lights and appliances.

Lauren Lee McCarthy

Panels

 

PANEL—APRIL 6, 2021

What Are We Building →

PANEL—APRIL 6, 2021

What Are The Barriers →

KEYNOTE—APRIL 10, 2021

Hito Steyerl →

 
Lawrence Lek, AIDOL, 2019HD CGI Video, 84 min. Courtesy the artist and Sadie Coles HQ, London.

Lawrence Lek, AIDOL, 2019HD CGI Video, 84 min. Courtesy the artist and Sadie Coles HQ, London.

Salome Asega, P0SSESSI0N, 2016-ongoing. Photo: Kearra Amaya Gopee

Salome Asega, P0SSESSI0N, 2016-ongoing. Photo: Kearra Amaya Gopee

Rindon Johnson, I First You (11/11), Single Channel HD Animated Video 5:29. Score by Milo McBride. Image Courtesy the Artist.

Rindon Johnson, I First You (11/11), Single Channel HD Animated Video 5:29. Score by Milo McBride. Image Courtesy the Artist.

Lauren Lee McCarthy, Follower, 2015 Photo Credit: David Leonard Alt-text: Hand holding phone with image of woman looking out window and text “You are no longer being followed”

Lauren Lee McCarthy, Follower, 2015 Photo Credit: David Leonard Alt-text: Hand holding phone with image of woman looking out window and text “You are no longer being followed”

Lauren Lee McCarthy, LAUREN, 2017-19 Alt-text: Set of device objects with purple ombre colors.

Lauren Lee McCarthy, LAUREN, 2017-19 Alt-text: Set of device objects with purple ombre colors.

Salome Asega, Iyapo Repository, 2016-ongoing. Photo: Kearra Amaya Gopee

Salome Asega, Iyapo Repository, 2016-ongoing. Photo: Kearra Amaya Gopee

Rindon Johnson, Meat Growers: A Love Story, 2019Virtual Reality Work, 13:42, 4096 x 2160 pixels. Made Possible by Rhizome and Tentacular. Animation: Pariah Interactive. Image Courtesy the Artist.

Rindon Johnson, Meat Growers: A Love Story, 2019Virtual Reality Work, 13:42, 4096 x 2160 pixels. Made Possible by Rhizome and Tentacular. Animation: Pariah Interactive. Image Courtesy the Artist.

Salome Asega, Iyapo Repository, 2016-ongoing. Photo: Ryan Michael White

Salome Asega, Iyapo Repository, 2016-ongoing. Photo: Ryan Michael White

Lawrence Lek, Geomancer, 2017HD CGI video, 48 minutes, 15 seconds Courtesy the artist and Sadie Coles HQ, London.

Lawrence Lek, Geomancer, 2017HD CGI video, 48 minutes, 15 seconds Courtesy the artist and Sadie Coles HQ, London.

Lauren Lee McCarthy and Kyle McDonald, Social Soul, 2013 Photo Credit: Kyle McDonald

Lauren Lee McCarthy and Kyle McDonald, Social Soul, 2013 Photo Credit: Kyle McDonald