Clairvoyant machines

The study circle analyses and activates a selection of artefacts from the new permanent exhibition Design Stories. These objects have something in common: they represent the blind trust and fascination we have for technology, even though we rarely understand how they work.

The study circle will explore their materiality and the dominant narratives they embody. Through this process, we aim to uncover the hidden stories these objects might tell. The results of the sessions will be incorporated into the permanent exhibition as an audio guide that will lead the audience into a speculative and transcendental activation of the selected objects in dialogue with Design Stories.

Gloria López Cleries

Gloria López Cleries is an artistic researcher and lecturer at HDK-Valand. Her work examines questions about neoliberal rhetoric concerning emotional capitalism and new online models of productivity, affect, care and collectivity.

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Participants HDK-Valand Embedded Design

Mills Dray, Samantha Hookway, Xiujie Bi, Julia Borowska, Simone De Vivo, Jouana El Khayat, Haymanot Fozzati, Matteo Guzzo, Romain Morelli, Clara Öhrfelt, Daniela Toledo Escárate, Kata Virág, Jingqi Zeng, Yiqiu Zhan.

About the Programme

The Embedded Design Master’s Programme is an education where aesthetics is centered in combination with collaboration while embracing systemic approaches to change, particularly sustainable change.