Thao Phan Performance lecture: Listening to Misrecognition

Thao Phan Performance lecture: Listening to Misrecognition

Author: ACCA (Australian Centre for Contemporary Art) May 30, 2023 Duration: 46:18
What is the sound of racialisation? How might we listen to misrecognition? What does machine error tell us about the precision of racism? And how can the tools of a racist system be used to transcribe new forms of resistance? This experimental presentation is a collaboration between feminist technoscience researcher Thao Phan and Machine Listening, an ongoing investigation and experiment in collective learning, instigated by artist Sean Dockray, legal scholar James Parker, and researcher, curator and artist Joel Stern. Part lecture and part performance, this event brings together critical work on race and algorithmic culture with new techniques for dissecting and analysing automatic speech recognition, applied to personal and public archives drawn from Thao’s life and research. It features a discussion and demonstration of the Word Processor tool, developed in 2021 by the Machine Listening team and Reduct, a US-based tech company co-founded by the artist Robert Ochschorn.

The ACCA Podcast opens a door to the dynamic world of the Australian Centre for Contemporary Art, directly from its home in Melbourne. This series captures the institution’s vital program, offering a rich audio archive of artist talks, panel discussions, and critical conversations that unfold within its galleries. Each episode immerses you in the ideas behind major exhibitions and current artistic practices, featuring the voices of curators, thinkers, and the artists themselves. It’s a chance to engage with the questions shaping contemporary art today, whether you’re revisiting a memorable event or discovering it for the first time. By tuning into this podcast, you gain access to the depth and context of ACCA’s projects, hearing directly from the creative minds who define our cultural moment. The audio serves as both a companion to physical visits and a standalone resource for anyone curious about the processes and dialogues at the heart of a leading art space. Listen for insightful critiques, spontaneous moments from live recordings, and explorations of how art intersects with broader societal themes. The ACCA Podcast brings the energy of a flagship institution to your ears, wherever you are.
Author: Language: English Episodes: 100

ACCA Podcast
Podcast Episodes
ACCA Book Club with Kat Clarke [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 1:03:50
In this edition of ACCA Book Club, Wotjobaluk writer, consultant, artist and curator Kat Clarke discussed the role of sensation and memory in the development of a new written work. Clarke read her story ‘The Road Trip’,…
ACCA Book Club with Tony Birch in conversation with Max Delany [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 1:05:16
In this session of ACCA's Book Club, author and activist Tony Birch and Max Delany discuss two of Birch's essays about site-specific writing, one written in reflection of a residency in Banff, Canada to research climate…
ACCA Book Club: Quentin Sprague in conversation with John Kean [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 1:04:22
In this session of ACCA Book Club, Quentin Sprague and John Kean discusses Sprague’s 2020 book, 'The Stranger Artist' (published by Hardie Grant). ACCA Book Club is our new monthly lunch-time catch up about reading, writ…
ACCA Book Club: Elvis Richardson and Melinda Rackham [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 57:48
In this first recorded ACCA Book Club, Elvis Richardson and Melinda Rackham discuss their forthcoming publication 'CoUNTess: Spoiling Illusions since 2008', specifically '‘Chapter 3: My Brilliant Art School Career’ with…
Defining Moments: Popism by Judy Annear [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 51:53
Popism, National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, 1982 Lecture by Judy Annear The exhibition POPISM was held at the National Gallery of Victoria in 1982. At 24 years old, recent honours graduate and founder and editor of…

«1...678910