The Art & Technology Studies department of the School of the Art Institute of Chicago presents this exhibition by graduate and undergraduate students.
The whole world experienced the struggles of life in confinement and how it boosted our relationship with the digital world. This collective experience marked a watershed in the way we experience life.
Technology entered our lives as a working tool and now we have become a technology culture. This year’s edition of Ars electronica is an invitation to reflect on this close relationship we have developed with the digital world and how we deal with it while questioning its benefits and shortfalls. It is an invitation to think about our faculty to take action and claim our right to participate in shaping the world we want for our future.
Where we emerge is an exhibition in which students reflect on this change in our social dynamics. Through installations, media work and 3D sculptures, the exhibition responds to this close relationship that has emerged with the digital world and how we deal with it while questioning its benefits and shortfalls. It is an invitation to think about our faculty to take action and claim our right to participate in shaping the world we want for our future.