On View: December 10
Time:
6-8:30pm
Join us at the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture for a screening of the film Seeking Mavis Beacon as part of the exhibition Code Switch: Distributing Blackness, Reprogramming Internet Art. The first of its kind internationally, Code Switch is a multi-sited exhibition exploring and redefining the history of “Black data,” centering and celebrating contributions by artists of African descent to the rapidly advancing field of new media art and digital practice.
Seeking Mavis Beacon centers the most recognizable woman in technology who lives in our collective imagination. Mavis Beacon Teaches Typing taught millions globally, but the software’s Haitian-born cover model vanished decades ago. Two DIY detectives, Jazmin Jones and Olivia McKayla Ross, search for the model while posing questions about identity and artificial intelligence.
Following the screening, stay for a talkback with The Kitchen's Legacy Russell, Executive Director & Chief Curator and Angelique Rosales Salgado, Curatorial Assistant and the film's director Jazmin Jones and artist and co-investigator Olivia McKayla Ross.
Run time: 1h 42m | Director: Jazmin Jones
FUNDING SUPPORT & CREDITS
Code Switch: Distributing Blackness, Reprogramming Internet Art is made possible with the support of Teiger Foundation and the National Endowment for the Arts. The Kitchen’s programs are made possible in part with support from The Kitchen’s Board of Directors, The Kitchen Global Council, Leadership Fund, and Director’s Council, as well as through generous support from The Amphion Foundation, Inc., Bloomberg Philanthropies, The Aaron Copland Fund for Music, Cowles Charitable Trust, The James and Judith K. Dimon Foundation, Jerome Robbins Foundation, Ford Foundation, Howard Gilman Foundation, The Harkness Foundation for Dance, Marta Heflin Foundation, Lambent Foundation Fund, a fund of Tides Foundation, The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, Mertz Gilmore Foundation, New Music USA, The Royal Norwegian Consulate General in New York, Ruth Foundation For The Arts, The Fan Fox and Leslie R. Samuels Foundation, Andy Warhol Foundation for the Arts; and in part by public funds from the Manhattan Borough President and the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council and New York State Council on the Arts with the support of the Office of the Governor and the New York State Legislature.
The Kitchen acknowledges the generous support provided by the Collaborative Arts Network New York (CANNY). As a coalition of small to mid-sized multidisciplinary arts organizations, CANNY is committed to strengthening the infrastructure of arts nonprofits throughout New York. For more information about CANNY, please visit https://can-ny.org/
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