J. Sybylla Smith, In Conversation with Tabitha Soren

Using an 8x10 large format camera, an iPad, images sourced from internet searches, social media and text messages, Surface Tension animates our layered relationship with technology. In thirty six high gloss images she reveals, reflects and ponders the complex layers between real life and our virtual one. In this conversation, Tabitha Soren discusses, among other things:Creating images that have not been seen beforeResearching ideas to find entry points and build contextExperimenting to fInd the tools that meet the jobVIsualizing the unseen impact of technology on psychological statesLayering intentions Best practices when using appropriated imagesThinking of a book and exhibit simultaneously Viewers keen reading of your image Social critic Jia Tolentino’s insightful book essayUncertainty as a place of hopePublishers who honor your intentionReferenced in the episodeE.M. Forster - The Machine StopsAlexis L. Boylan - Visual CultureSurgeon general warns misinformation an ‘urgent threat’ to public healthAnnie Murphy Paul - The Extended Mind The Ezra Klein podcast Nicholas Mirzoeff - The Right to Look: A Counterhistory of VisualitySaidiya HartmanAllen deSouza - How Art Can Be Thought: A Handbook for ChangeTabitha Soren's Fantasy Life is an Intimate Portrait of BaseballYoffy Press - TRACE; a Yoffy Press Triptych featuring Kota Ezawa, Tabitha Soren and Penelope UmbricoSharon Olds - For You Tabitha Soren Website | InstagramEngage with J. Sybylla Smith  https://www.jsybyllasmith.com Instagram @jsybylla and Facebook @j.sybylla.smithIf you like this show, remember to leave us a rating or review. It really helps.

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