BUREAU curates “Conditions of My Release” and presents workshops for Hand-in-Glove Conference

Image credit: Michael Alford, “Even in Death We Are All Still the Same,” 2013, cremated remains, glass jars, body tags, light box

Exhibitions

 

10AM – 5PM Friday – Sun Oct 18-20
in the galley: OPERATION HIGHER EDUCATION
Tracks BUREAU of CHANGE’s history from its origins as a state-funded university research project to a private enterprise through artifacts of our interdisciplinary, inter-generational digital media laboratory for bureaucratic intervention and innovation.

 

in conference: CONDITIONS OF MY RELEASE
new works by Michael Alford
with a memorial by Justin M. Stroemple

 

on the street:
theaterofwar FIELD TELEPHONE
BUREAU of CHANGE’s sound-powered teleportation device requires human voices to convert visual data from Syria’s battleground into public directives.

 

Workshops

12:00PM Sat Oct 19
theaterofwar CHOW TIME
BUREAU of CHANGE founder Margot Herster and international law scholar Scott Sullivan present research on the relationship between visual data, propaganda and legal norms through analysis of Syria’s “unofficial” citizen-generated content and “official” state and news media speech.

 

1:30PM Sat Oct 19
theaterofwar GAME CHANGER
Hands-on tech workshop with a digital media professional. Experience the newest techniques to mine the internet for explosive data and generate political interventions.

 

Drink from our newest venture: Silver Moon Bar – Nitely ENTERTAINMENT.