Experimental Film Preview - Sign Stealing
Category: Event Calendar
Date and Time for this Past Event
- Friday, Jan 28, 2022 6 p.m.
Location
The University of Akron Myers School of Art
150 E Exchange St
Details
WHAT: Sign Stealing - Experimental Film Screening
WHERE: Myers School of Art auditorium
WHEN: Friday, January 28th at 6pm
Megan Young spent the duration of her Akron Soul Train residency embedded within the Northeast Ohio shelter system. She made part of a collaborative design team developing temporary housing solutions with an emphasis on human dignity and collective safety amid the COVID-19 health crisis. That experience formed the basis for a series of workshops exploring public space, personal privacy, and our relationship to tools of mass surveillance.
The upcoming experimental film screening compares communal, care-based methods of surveillance to contemporary, technology-based systems. This work asks if we can re-tool emerging technologies to better serve our most vulnerable populations. It combines performance elements, clips from community workshops, creative writing, and algorithmic iconography. Contemplative opportunities provide space to consider personal boundaries and expectations around these timely topics.
This event provides an introduction to the SIGN STEALING project, directed by Megan Young and informed by collaborative contributors. /SS/ considers drone surveillance and predictive policing through public performance and digital archives. In combining kinesthetic exploration and political activism, it reflects visions for a free and limitless future.
In partnership with Akron Soul Train, Sign Stealing will be screened at Myers School of Art located at 150 E. Exchange Street, Akron, OH. The screening is FREE and parking is FREE right in the lot. For any questions, please contact christine@akronsoultrain.org
Credits
- Concept & Production by Megan Young
- Vocal Performance by Ephraim Nehemiah
Follow the project online at www.signstealing.org.
Megan Young Portfolio: www.meglouise.info