kevin kelly and darren zhu on neochina x counterculture

TIAT Art and Tech (Downtown: Powell and O'Farrell) Event Link join writer kevin kelly and darren zhu in a discussion spanning neochinese design, sinofuturism, shanzhai, and where the counterculture in china is today. photo credit: carolyn yim ⭑.ᐟ about darren & kevin Darren Zhu is a synthetic biologist and creative technologist in San Francisco with a B.A. in Biology from Yale University. He is a Thiel Fellow who has worked on several synthetic biology startups, including Hexagon Bio, Enevolv, and Synbiosys. Darren has directed research and creative projects supported by the Gates Foundation, Ethereum Foundation, Protocol Labs, Berggruen Institute, UnionDocs Center for Documentary Art, NEW INC at the New Museum, and the Digital Architectures Lab in Tokyo. Kevin Kelly is Senior Maverick at Wired, an award-winning magazine he co-founded Wired in 1993.  He is co-chair of The Long Now Foundation, a membership organization that champions long-term thinking. He is founder of the popular Cool Tools website, which has been reviewing tools daily for 20 years. He is also the author of multiple best-selling books about the future of technology. His newest is Excellent Advice for Living, a book of 450 modern proverbs for a pretty good life. He is best known for his radical optimism. ⭑.ᐟ agenda agenda 7:00pm doors 7:30pm darren artist talk 7:45pm kevin <> darren in conversation 8:15pm q&a ⭑.ᐟ about tiat tiat is the intersection of art & technology! we are an experimental gallery for creative technologists to experiment, exhibit, and expand their practice. ⋆౨ৎ˚⟡˖ tiat is 501c3 nonprofit, our EIN is: 39-3448606. Our current exhibition is on Chinamaxxing! Earlier this year, “Chinamaxxing” emerged online as a playful embrace of contemporary China—its technology, infrastructure, food, fashion, and everyday life. But what, exactly, are you embracing—a culture, an aesthetic, a political possibility, a different version of yourself? Across sculpture, moving image, poetry, performance, and interactive systems, Chinamaxxing follows objects, technologies, and rituals as they travel across borders. The artists explore what gets translated, imitated, misunderstood, or made intimate along the way. The exhibition asks what we want from China, and what we might discover beyond wanting. tiat.place/exhibitions/chinamaxxing location provided by event source: "tiat, 151 Powell St, San Francisco, CA 94102, USA" ―――――――――― SF Stuff To Do