The Dialogue Film Screening and Talk with Maria Lalou (Artist), Elena Loizidou, Julia Chryssostalis , Maria Chatzichristodoulou , Leticia Paes, Michael Maziere
When:
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Venue:
Birkbeck 43 Gordon Square
outline
A camera infinitely moves in parallel to a table where five dressed in black are situated around. It faces always the back of one; the director herself. Her long monologue leads to live discourse between the five shaping a manifestation of concerns and suggestions on resisting algorithmic governance.
synopsis
Questioning how can an image be infinite, a live dialogue based on Gorgias of Plato is recorded as one long shot. The talk it is not pre-scripted yet moderated and the camera is infinitely moving parallel to the table on a camera dolly. The director is on play herself yet transcoded to a distant robotic entity. She is the one questioning and moderating the discussion, placing her own statement via the initial question on the table and by moderating. Lalou has been always present in her independent works under a white coat, while this is the first time she appears dressed in black and never giving away her facial expressions to the camera.
Maria Lalou is the Artist in Resident in the School of Law, Birkbeck University, for 2023-4. Lalou is a conceptual artist and an experimental filmmaker exploring the topic of viewing, incorporating cinematic apparatus and surveillance as part of her tools. Lately, Lalou is re-thinking the viewers’ position questioning the mediation of data controlled by algorithms today.
Elena Loizidou is a Reader in Law and Political Theory in the School of Law at Birkbeck and Associate Dean for Law. She will be introducing the event and hosting the artist in Residence (2023-4) Maria Lalou. The Artist in residence is residency under the aegis of the Centre for Law and the Humanities.
Julia Chryssostalis is a Principal Lecturer in Law at the University of Westminster and Co-Director of the Law and Theory Lab. Her research draws on critical theory, psychoanalysis, spacial justice and post-coloniality.
Maria Chatzichristodoulou is a Professor at Kingston University at the School of Art and Associate Dean for Research. Her research finds itself in the intersections between theatre and performance and digital technologies, studying the transformation of performance once it becomes imbued with mediatisation.
Leticia Paes holds a doctorate from the School of Law, Birkbeck and a Fellow at the Centre for Law and the Humanities . Her research draws on the phillosophy of Gilles Deleuze. Dr Paes is a practicing psychoanalyst.
Michael Mazière is Reader and Curator College of Design, Creative and Digital Industries (DCDI) Westminster University School of Arts. His practice encompasses the production of artworks, the curation of exhibitions, lecturing and writing about artists' film and video.
Contact name: Elena Loizidou
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