On Wednesday, May 20, 2020, at 5:00 pm, the Corporación Chilena de Video y Artes Electrónicas is to launch a cycle of talks within the framework of curatorial research for the 5th Digital Culture, Art, and Science Meeting, an event to be held in November 2020. The core topic is to be the Cybersyn or Synco project, a visionary cybernetics plan developed by the Salvador Allende government that, amidst deep-seated political and economic changes, set out to bring all state companies into a network.
The first talk discusses what Synco meant and what it now means for organizational cybernetics, how data can be regulated in a reliable and timely way, and whether we are respecting the crossover between technology and human rights.
Speakers:
- Raúl Espejo. President of the World Organisation of Systems and Cybernetics and Director of Syncho Research, United Kingdom. From 1971 to 1973, he served as director of operations at Cybersyn, under the scientific direction of Professor Stafford Beer.
- Vladimir Garay. Advocacy Director at the NGO Derechos Digitales. Universidad de Chile journalism graduate.
Moderator:
Enrique Rivera, President of the Corporación Chilena de Video and Director of the Biennial of Media Arts of Santiago. The talk will be broadcast over YouTube Live, which will allow audience feedback and questions.
Register: inscripciones@cchv.cl
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*This event is supported by the National UNESCO Office for Chile