Lectures and Talks

Lauren Lee McCarthy

Wavelength Lecture Series

Lecture Date(s)

March 15, 2022 at 7pm

Speaker(s)

Lauren Lee McCarthy

Moderator(s)

Levi Hammett

Language

English

Location

Online

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2022, Futuristic Narratives, Lecture, Wavelength

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Image caption: Social Soul ©Kyle McDonald

Wavelength is an online lecture series that is a new collaboration between VCUarts, the ICA, and VCUarts Qatar. A dynamic group of artists, designers, curators and scholars have been invited to share their work with the VCU communities in Richmond and Doha as well as the general public throughout the 2021–22 academic year.

Biography

@laurenleemack
lauren-mccarthy.com

Lauren Lee McCarthy is an LA-based artist examining social relationships in the midst of surveillance, automation, and algorithmic living. She is the creator of p5.js, an open source creative coding platform that prioritizes inclusion and access, and a part of the Processing Foundation.

She is a 2021 United States Artist Fellow, 2020 Sundance New Frontier Fellow, 2020 Eyebeam Fellow, 2019 Creative Capital Grantee, and has been a resident at Eyebeam, Pioneer Works, Autodesk, and Ars Electronica. Lauren’s work has been exhibited internationally, including the Barbican Centre, Ars Electronica, Fotomuseum Winterthur, Haus der elektronischen Künste, SIGGRAPH, Onassis Cultural Center, IDFA, Science Gallery Dublin, and the Seoul Museum of Art. Lauren is an Associate Professor at UCLA Design Media Arts.

Public Programming

March 15, 2022 ― 7 to 8:30 PM

Wavelength Lecture series:
Lauren Lee McCarthy

Futuristic Narratives

Mar–Apr 2022

Lauren Lee McCarthy

Biography