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Scott Kildall’s “After Thought” at the 14th St Y - THURSDAY, 3:30-7:30PM
Join Scott Kildall at the 14th Street Y (344 E 14th Street at 1st Ave) on Thursday, October 7 3:30-7:30 for his participatory project After Thought:
After Thought is a personality test that uses flashcards and brainwave analysis to test stress and relaxation levels. Each of the participants is invited to conduct an interview with the artist, during which they wear an EEG-reading headset that deciphers mental responses. The participants are slowly exposed to placards of charged imagery such as a house on fire, a person yelling and a bottle of pills, as Kildall notes their psyche’s reactions. At the conclusion of the session, Kildall feeds their results into custom software, which algorithmically creates a three-minute video from a library of 200 clips. The software defines a video lexicon and specific linkage of random metaphorical imagery for each individual—a reward for the risk they took in divulging an intimate emotional state to a complete stranger.
Scott Kildall is cross-disciplinary artist whose work challenges the limits of technology to emphasize the fragile nature of reality. His work has been featured in exhibitions internationally, and has received awards from the Kala Art Institute, The Banff Centre, Turbulence.org and Eyebeam Art + Technology Center among others.
