Eight Digital Exhibition Spaces for the Second-wave Lockdown
Article by Rea McNamara in Hyperallergic, November 13th, 2020
8. Livestream: Stephanie Dinkins: COMPLEMENTARY
When: October 29–December 1 (Extended to December 15th!)
Where: Online and in-person via Open Source Gallery (306 17th St, Brooklyn)
With livestreaming emerging as the de facto replacement for in-person events, performance-based artists and curators are adapting with broadcast-informed projects. Stephanie Dinkins, a transmedia artist whose work often delves into the ways communities of color aren’t fully represented in AI data, continues to explore how oral histories can infuse technology with her latest work. COMPLEMENTARY, a participatory installation currently mounted in Brooklyn’s Open Source Gallery, counters the exhaustive American presidential 24-hour news cycle by inviting visitors to respond to a prompt — “If you were to speak directly to the most powerful person in the world, what would you want them to know about you and your community?” — and broadcast themselves from a podium surrounded by complementary flags.
INSTALLATION NEEDS — Dinkins extends the installation with a 24-hour Vimeo livestream. Like many galleries, Open Source has limited public hours, so the livestream enables Dinkins to reach a wider, more global audience. Desktop or mobile visitors can upload privately or publicly their own off-site video or even questionnaire contribution.
Photo: Documentation of Stephanie Dinkins’s COMPLEMENTARY exhibition (courtesy Stephanie Dinkins/Open Source Gallery)
