The Latest Tech

Capitalist and colonial ideologies are as pervasive as ideas of entitlement and ownership. In our country, colonial institutions violently overtook the public means of production over 150 years ago. Our interests have grown so large that they can hold the international community hostage, demanding “fair” and in many cases unrestricted access to other peoples land and resources. Parallels must be drawn between attitudes of superiority and entitlement that are conditioned by nationalism and the patterns of marginalization they enable. To change the underlying societal frameworks that maintain the status quo we propose simultaneous actions: expose the painful legacies of our capitalist systems whilst demonstrating the alternate bi-products of collaborative and community organizations.

“The Latest Tech” blends 2D and 3D media with audio/visual performances to create a sensorially immersive "space" within a space. Framing our venue, Andrew Godsalve and Nathan Wilson create large interactive displays influenced by the fractal structures within minerals, and alloys The extraction of these resources, their subsequent refinement, export and eventual sale, is a driving force behind modern land disputes and economic colonization. Jason Everitt and Katarina Marinic present video components throughout the night, exploring scientific concepts such as atomism, population, and causation in order to make greater statements regarding individual embodiment within western capitalist structures. These rendered depictions aim to communicate an accessible, fluid, and integrated view of the natural world, helping to shift the public scientific discourse away from archaic and destructive ideas of division and determinism to concepts of interconnectedness, openness, and relation. Bill Travis and Craig Leonard, both musical artists, work with the visual artists to develop specific performance atmospheres. The event is amplified through a combination of Wilson’s polyhedral loudspeaker and the Garrison PA. Collectively, Garrison and the artists work to promote dialogues surrounding consent and responsibility. For over 20 years,

Garrison Brewery has been a local business associated with craft beer and community outreach. This event specifically focuses on the industry of mobile technology, distributing information and creating multimedia gestures that frame the destructive methods by which we extract several “rare earth” metals (neodymium, palladium, tantalum and indium). This project shows the ways that mass consumptive patterns have perpetuated colonialism and systems of oppression, both domestically and internationally.