Play Together | Participatory Talk with Spencer Chang
Thu
26
Thu 26 Nov 6:30 PM
Seminar Room
General Admission
105 Mins
November
From personal to communal computing, Spencer Chang shares a participatory talk where attendees can imagine and experience pathways to a community centred future.
What are computers for? Since inception, the personal computer has been marketed as a tool for individual liberation. But with technology more powerful than ever, people have never felt more alone or scared of its possibilities.
Instead of chasing speed, capability and efficiency, what if we built technology around play, intimacy and care? Instead of better machines, what if we just needed more players imagining together what they could and should be? In place of singular platforms, imagine a future of millions of interfaces, devices and internets, each made by and for the people who use them.
Join Spencer Chang, visiting Melbourne for the first time, for a communal play session to imagine these futures. Spencer’s work is currently on display in Radical Computing.
Doors open at 6.30pm, with the talk beginning at 7pm. Radical Computing is open to view before and after the program.
What you need to bring: a fully charged smartphone