Book launch: Bodies of Slow Technology
- A presentation and publication launch for Slow Technology Reader
- With a conversation between Carolyn F. Strauss and contributing artists Gļeb(s) Maiboroda and Camila Sposati
- Display of printed matter exploring the visual identity of Slow Technology Reader
- The publication will be available for purchase
What: Book launch: Bodies of Slow Technology
When: Thursday 19 February, 5.30-8
Where: Looiersgracht 60, Amsterdam
Organized by: Looiersgracht 60, Slow Research Lab and Valiz
Entry: Free, but seating is limited. To RSVP for the opening please email at info@looiersgracht60.org
Language: English
Programme
17.30 Performance & audiovisual installation
18.00 Discussion and Q&A
19.15 Book presentation and concluding drinks
View Slow Technology Reader
The evening opens with a layered and insightful conversation moderated by author and editor Carolyn F. Strauss, who will be joined by contributing artists Gļeb(s) Maiboroda and Camila Sposati, as they delve into the complexities of their research—with particular emphasis on embodied practices as sites of transmission across human and more-than-human worlds, and on the cultivation of plural intelligences. The conversation will be followed by a Q&A, concluding with drinks, bites, and a chance to encounter Slow Technology Reader in detail.
Performance and audiovisual installation
As the discussion unfolds, the space is activated by a durational weaving performance inspired by Gļeb(s) Maiboroda’s contribution-essay ‘Automated Bodies and the Somatics of Weaving’, carried out by Demetra Cuschera and Nikki Netten. Sonic elements flow and reverberate throughout the gallery, as Camila Sposati’s film installation ‘Phonosophia’, plays within a separate, enclosed space—akin to inside of an instrument—acting as both container and amplifying chamber.