SFU School for the Contemporary Arts | 611 Alexander St, Suite 330

Amber Frid-Jimenez will give a public artist talk on her work at SFU School for the Contemporary Arts. Her work explores the role of design and technology in contemporary society, investigating the cultural mechanics of the network through experimental platforms and visual installations. Projects include Burning Ballet Mécanique (2018), This is Not a Test (2016), and Data Is Political: On Contemporary Art, Design and the Politics of Information, which explores the aesthetic and political dimensions of information and its relation to power and the production of knowledge. She is the author of La Lucha Sin Fin (The Struggle Without End): On Charisma and Its Persuasive Technologies, published by the Jan van Eyck (2012).

Frid-Jimenez is Canada Research Chair in art and design technology, Associate Professor and Director of the Studio of Extensive Aesthetics at Emily Carr University of Art and Design.

This event is free and open to the public and will take place at the Alexander studios at SFU School for the Contemporary Arts at 611 Alexander St, Suite 330 in Vancouver.