Manual Override
<p><em>Manual Override</em> features five artists—Morehshin Allahyari, Simon Fujiwara, Lynn Hershman Leeson, Sondra Perry, Martine Syms—who critique the social, cultural, and ethical issues embedded in emerging technological systems and infrastructures ranging from mass surveillance to predictive policing. Central to the exhibition is the idea of a manual override, or human interference in an automated system, a gesture in response to an error in programming, or poor judgment in design. With the exhibition, The Shed has launched a digital publication featuring critical essays that reflect upon the themes of the exhibition and modes of artistic collaboration, exchange, and critique across scientific and technological fields.</p>
Series-editor: Nora Khan
Contributors: Mike Pepi, Jessica Lynne, Rahel Aima, Lynn Hershman Leeson, Sondra Perry