Opening:
12 November 2015, 18:00 RWE Forum I Kino im U
The international conference ›Every Step You Take‹ – Art and Society in the Data Age deals with the utopias and dystopias interconnected with new technologies of automated collection, storage and analysis of vast amounts of data. A feeling of uneasiness is being articulated in numerous scientific and artistic positions in view of current developments in our digital and networked media reality.
The public debate on ›Big Data‹, surveillance, transparency and data protection, as well as individual user behaviour in social networks are deeply ambivalent: the promises and temptations of technological progress — safety, predictability, optimisation, convenience — come with societal and personal consequences. In all their complexity, these consequences often remain intangible and abstract.
The conference takes place at Dortmunder U and Schauspiel Dortmund. Free admisson to the conference and film programme.
Programme and further information:
http://www.medienwerk-nrw.de/en