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In this short talk, Zoe Beloff discusses her recent installation work, in which she investigates how are emotions and feelings have been turned into commodities and instrumentalized by global corporations. <br><br>
In this short talk, Zoe Beloff discusses her recent installation work, in which she investigates how are emotions and feelings have been turned into commodities and instrumentalized by global corporations. <br>


 
https://visit.gent.be/sites/default/files/styles/727x310_detailpage/public/images-event/113_zb_future_emoji_0.jpg?itok=VaTD3bP6<br>
https://visit.gent.be/sites/default/files/styles/727x310_detailpage/public/images-event/113_zb_future_emoji_0.jpg?itok=VaTD3bP6<br><br>
In the installation, round projections are being shown of people reenacting emoticons. <br><br>
In the installation, round projections are being shown of people reenacting emoticons. <br><br>


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https://www.brainpickings.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/duchenne1.jpg<br><br>
https://www.brainpickings.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/duchenne1.jpg<br><br>


She mentions 'slowspeak' from Orwell's 1984 in relation to emoticons on facebook etc. <br>
She mentions 'slowspeak' from Orwell's 1984 in relation to emoticons on facebook etc. <br><br>
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https://thegenealogyofstyle.files.wordpress.com/2014/12/marey_morin20walk_1886.jpg?w=730<br>
https://thegenealogyofstyle.files.wordpress.com/2014/12/marey_morin20walk_1886.jpg?w=730<br>
Marey's analysis of soldiers marching<br>
Marey's analysis of soldiers marching<br>


https://i.pinimg.com/originals/c2/4e/e6/c24ee66ba43eddfb6d6fe8b68eedeb9f.jpg
https://i.pinimg.com/originals/c2/4e/e6/c24ee66ba43eddfb6d6fe8b68eedeb9f.jpg <br>
Man as industrial palace > body as factory<br><br>
Man as industrial palace > body as factory<br><br>


The camera does not lie > now > the algorythm does not lie <br><br>
The camera does not lie > now > the algorythm does not lie <br><br>


In the little screw (sovjet cartoon) machines all have their own distinct character and emotions.  
In the little screw (sovjet cartoon) machines all have their own distinct character and emotions. <br>
Zoe Beloff wonders if we can imagine technology feeling emotions? She thinks that machines won't get emotions as that will make them less sufficient (nobody wants machines who react in an emotional way?) but that humans wil anthropomorphize technologies more and more. <br><br>
Zoe Beloff wonders if we can imagine technology feeling emotions? She thinks that machines won't get emotions as that will make them less sufficient (nobody wants machines who react in an emotional way?) but that humans wil anthropomorphize technologies more and more. <br><br>

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In this short talk, Zoe Beloff discusses her recent installation work, in which she investigates how are emotions and feelings have been turned into commodities and instrumentalized by global corporations.

https://visit.gent.be/sites/default/files/styles/727x310_detailpage/public/images-event/113_zb_future_emoji_0.jpg?itok=VaTD3bP6
In the installation, round projections are being shown of people reenacting emoticons.

Some brief notes:
Duchenne de Boulogne, who first catalogued emotions through electroshocking people's faces > atlas of emotions
duchenne1.jpg

She mentions 'slowspeak' from Orwell's 1984 in relation to emoticons on facebook etc.

https://thegenealogyofstyle.files.wordpress.com/2014/12/marey_morin20walk_1886.jpg?w=730
Marey's analysis of soldiers marching

c24ee66ba43eddfb6d6fe8b68eedeb9f.jpg
Man as industrial palace > body as factory

The camera does not lie > now > the algorythm does not lie

In the little screw (sovjet cartoon) machines all have their own distinct character and emotions.
Zoe Beloff wonders if we can imagine technology feeling emotions? She thinks that machines won't get emotions as that will make them less sufficient (nobody wants machines who react in an emotional way?) but that humans wil anthropomorphize technologies more and more.