Monday, April 20, 2015 at 6:00 pm to 7:45 pm
Stephanie Boluk, Assistant Professor, Pratt Institute
Abstract: This talk will describe the concept of metagaming and its relationship to emerging forms of financialization in and around videogames. Focusing specifically on the labor practices of Valve Corporation and its digital distribution marketplace Steam, I will discuss the experimental management structures of Valve, the architecture of its corporate headquarters, and the practices of players, modders, makers, and spectators who contribute to Steam’s digital economies.
Monday, April 27, 2015 at 6:00 pm to 7:45 pm
Lawrence Abu Hamdan, Artist, PhD Candidate and Lecturer, Forensic Audio Investigator
Co-Sponsored by the Vera List Center for Art & Politics
Abstract: Since 2010 Lawrence Abu Hamdan’s Aural Contract has been dedicated to understanding the role of voice in law and the changing nature of testimony in the face of new regimes of border control, algorithmic technologies, medical sciences, and modes of surveillance.