Seminar by contemporary artist Eric Jong their work applying novel technologies and exploring power and empathy through visual art.
Title: Seminar by contemporary artist Eric Jong their work applying novel technologies and exploring power and empathy through visual art.
When: Thursday, 21 Jul 2022 3:30 PM
Speaker: Eric Jong
Format: 30 minute presentation & 30 minute open discussion via Zoom
Abstract: Contemporary Artist Eric Jong presents their long-form investigative driven art practice through some of his key research projects. Interested in the application of novel technologies and exploring power and empathy through visual art, these projects include Virtual Reality and its use in Journalism, destitute burials and digital funeral practice, and an investigation into the shipping industry.
About the speaker: Eric Jong is a Melbourne based contemporary artist, primarily focused on the application of novel technologies in practice led research. Their long form investigative driven art practice is informed by a background in photojournalism. As a significant part of their practice, past collaborators have included university research groups, NGOs and INGOs, hospitals, councils, and independent researchers. He is currently working with the Melbourne Data Analytics Platform at the University of Melbourne teaching 3d Printing to researchers. He is also an art installer and lighting technician at ACMI and the NGV, a creative associate at the Centre for Projection Art and a research assistant at the Digital Studios at the University of Melbourne.
HADES Seminar Series: Humanities in the Digital Age
From the Humanities and Diverse eResearch Scholars group (HADES), this series brings together a wide range of interdisciplinary research at the intersection of Humanities and digital scholarship. We will hear from speakers on topics ranging from digital ethics and machine learning through to architecture and literary studies, but always with a focus on the crucial role that the Humanities play in helping to explain and shape complex human experiences. The series aims to challenge and extend understandings of digital research in the Humanities and present new and emerging work by scholars working across and between disciplines.
Seminars will usually be held monthly on the third Thursday of every month at 3:30pm.
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