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Conversation with
Graham Harman
Philosopher

Interview - 2024.11.06

We are thrilled to share with you that we have invited world known philosopher, professor Graham Harman, to join us for a conversation on Nov. 6th, 7PM (EST, New York/ Boston Time)!

Professor Harman, the founder of object-oriented ontology (OOO), will guide us in exploring a captivating topic: re-examining the relationship between objects and humans while challenging traditional anthropocentric thinking. In this conversation, we will delve into architecture and emerging technologies, particularly AI, from a philosophical perspective. How do concepts of "aesthetics" and "architecture" evolve within the current academic landscape shaped by artificial intelligence? In this rapidly changing era, Harman's insights have profoundly influenced the philosophical community and offered fresh perspectives across diverse fields, including architecture, art, and social practice.

This event will be live streamed, and we have invited interviewers and panels crossing different countries and time zones to join us. Please click the link of RSVP to add the events to your calendar!

"Human Box"
Solo Exhibition with Artist Ruishan Wu

Gallery

Because artificial intelligence is used to visualize cultural heritage, there may be some moral and ethical issues. For example, how does the collected data set have those cultural connotations, and then they are in a specific cultural background. Will it distort the relationship between people and culture, and will there be some negative possibilities? Because some people may be visitors, because this result is generated by a dialogue, and then different prejudices may be added to an image, but at the same time we show it to others as a vision. I think this may be a personal problem, and there may be some negative effects that are inevitable, such as conveying some anti-social or anti-human ideas. But in fact, in the final analysis, these are people's ideas in the general environment. So I think it is difficult to answer this question. When we make something, it must have advantages and disadvantages, which requires critical thinking.

Anniversary Exhibition with All Artists Last Year
Looking Back and Forward

Gallery - 2nd Anniversary

In August of 2021, Key Elements launched the Gallery, an exhibition space dedicated to showcasing talented emerging artists and presenting work online. We have accompanied our audience for two years till now.

For each month, we invite an artist and curate a solo exhibition for them on our platform. The work we feature not only shows competency in both meaning and making but also represents the diverse cultures and backgrounds of the artist community. To this day, we have invited artists working in sculpture, design objects, print media, architecture, visual communication, fashion design, photography, and new media art.

To celebrate our journey, here we present to you the Second-anniversary exhibition of Key Elements, featuring artists who had exhibitions with us over the past year: Xiaoyao Yao, Mavis Zhao, Bella Chen, Doyeon Kim, Xiner Lan, Hanjia Wang, Qianyue Chen.

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