CAC Presents | 超越屏幕的真实： 在虚拟世界中寻找公共性
Date：2020.08.01（Saturday）
Time：15:00 – 17:00
Speakers and Panalists：LI Yalun, CHEN Feiyue, LI Changbai
Moderators and Panalist：CAI Yuening
Address：Chronus Art Center, Building No.18, No.50 Moganshan Rd
Language: Chinese
Co-organiser：Dunes, HYPERSCREEN
屏幕，渗透在当下日常生活的方方面面。屏幕传播的内容塑造着我们对外部世界的理解，同时我们也通过屏幕展示社会身份与价值认同。虚拟身份在我们使用社交网络、线上消费等过程中被构建，并逐渐成为虚拟空间中的“真实”，而越来越普遍的网络实名化也在巩固这种真实性，虚拟空间与现实中的真实逐渐互融并成为一种新的现实境况。
然而区别于现存的线上娱乐体验，西方哲学理论中与公共伦理存在对应关系的审美体验的真实性却难以被扁平化的屏幕所承载、传播。在全球后疫情时代，文化机构、美术馆、音乐节都作出了线上化的尝试。然而虚拟空间中的艺术呈现能否或是否有必要再现模拟世界中的真实性？虚拟作品、表演在何种层面上可以获得自身的真实性？这些基于共同审美的临时的网络平台在公共话语的促进与形成方面有哪些可能性与局限？
该讲座将从中文互联网公共讨论质量的质疑出发，分享对于“公共性”及其必要性的理解；同时展示和比较当今的社交媒体作为一种虚拟的场所，它们分别达成了何种程度的“公共性”？在这个基础上，几位嘉宾与主持人还将试图进一步分析这些社交媒体怎样模仿或复原了人类历史上古老的空间模型，并希望在以此回应最初的质疑。
LI Yalun is an M.Arch II candidate at Harvard University’s Graudate School of Design, and holds a B.Arch degree from Syracuse University (Philosophy minor). As a co-founder of Dunes Workshop, her research interests include posthumanism and personal identity in virtual and physical spaces.
CHEN Feiyue is a Master’s candidate at MIT, pursuing a Master of Science in Architecture Studies (SMArchS Architecture and Urbanism). As a co-founder of Dunes Workshop, he conducts research and practices urban design, focusing on contemporary urban issues through the lens of civic culture and collective memory.
LI Changbai is a creative technologist and game designer who graduated from Rochester Institute of Technology’s New Media Interactive Development program. He is interested in how technology affects communication and community development, transhumanism, and the possibilities of gaming as an art form.
CAI Yuening (Moderator) is an electronic music producer and artist. Cai graduated from the University of Paris 1 Pantheon-Sorbonne, with a major in philosophy of art. Spanning media including sound, video and text, her creative works range from music composition in experimental theatre to other genres of art shown in museums, galleries, underground clubs and online platforms like NTS Radio in UK. In 2019, she founded the independent label Metasonar. She is currently focusing on representing spatial organization, power structures, and narrative through sonic expression.
Grounded in architecture and urban studies, Dunes publishes cultural and artistic content online. The founders of Dunes are Chen Feiyue, Li Yalun, and Ren Beilei. They are currently graduate students at MIT and the Harvard School of Design. Their article, “The Decline of Public Discussion on the Chinese Internet” generated a huge response. They continue to publish research articles about life on the contemporary Internet, including “The Possibility of Discussion in an Ideal Public Sphere,” and “Network, Platform and Spatial Analogy,” among others.
