Ginevra Petrozzi

Heal, Hex, Hack Technology

In our current capitalist reality, many believe to be able to escape fate, that our future is makeable, and that our destiny is determined solely by our personal actions. Ginevra Petrozzi's work resists this capitalist myth, suggesting that in fact the future lies in the hands of predictive analysis, algorithms, and artificial intelligence: all technologies that have now assumed the role of fate-makers in a digitally regulated cosmos, perpetrating systems of control and leading users to unified futures. The talk Heal, Hex, Hack Technology will expand on magical thinking in the context of surveillance technologies, discussing how the notion of the future has evolved since ancient divination techniques, until modern algorithmic systems. Her projects and ongoing research will guide the reading of these topics, and how the supernatural could serve as a design tool to interfere with current technological systems of control.

Bio

Ginevra Petrozzi (Rome, Italy) is an interdisciplinary designer and artist currently living and working in The Netherlands. Her work explores contemporary issues around care, futurity, and algorithmic governance. Currently, she is exploring the possibilities of mysticism and the occult within the landscape of contemporary techno-politics. In this framework, she took the role of a “digital witch”, reclaiming the archetypal role of the sorceress as a healer, and as a political rebel. She co-organizes the event series The Holistic Technology Salon, in collaboration with V_2 (Rotterdam), a series of community encounters to weave new, holistic ways of being with technology. She was a Jan van Eyck Academie resident for the year 2023/2024, and a resident of the studio .zip in Rotterdam. Her work has appeared internationally, including Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam, Roma Europa Festival, Het Hem, INDEX Braga Biennal, ADI Design Museum, MU Hybrid Art House, Nieuwe Instituut, BASE Milano, World Design Embassies, amongst others.

Event date

Thursday 7 November 2024

19h00 - 20h30

Location

Witte Dame Zaal, 5th Floor of DAE

Registration

The Lectures Series is open to everyone at DAE and the public. We have a capacity of 120 people to attend the lectures so, remember to register via ArtSVP and to arrive in time to check in and get your seat.