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Nuit Blanche | Algorithm: Camille Rojas
Nuit Blanche Toronto 2019 | Algorithm: Camille Rojas - Ryerson Artspace
Algorithm
Camille Rojas
Presented in partnership with Nuit Blanche Toronto
Algorithm is a 30-minute solo contemporary dance piece meditating on sexual discrimination in computer vision science; particularly, the algorithms behind removing images of breasts and vulvas online.
Currently, an overwhelming number of algorithms exist solely to detect these body parts – often deemed as “pornographic” – yet very few focus on censoring the phallus.
The choreography uses symbols and characters from various algorithms as a point of departure, one of which is the han character (凹) as it closely resembles the shape of a vulva (or “concave, hollow, depression” ¹).
Throughout the movements, the body, in its raw and fleshy form, interrogates these shapes from beyond the reach of algorithmic censorship.
Algorithm simultaneously celebrates censored body parts while highlighting the gender inequality that is extant in technology.
1 - Shen, Xuanjing, Wei Wei, and Qingji Qian. 2010. “A Pornographic Image Filtering Model Based on Erotic Part.” In
3rd International Congress on Image and Signal Processing (CISP), vol. 5, 2473–77.
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Camille Rojas (b. 1993 Toronto; Lives and works in Toronto) is a multidisciplinary artist working with film, photography, and dance.
She holds a BFA in Photography Studies from Ryerson University and has recently exhibited at Erin Stump Projects, Gallery 44, Ryerson Image Centre, Gallery TPW and the Art Gallery of Ontario.
#nuitblancheTO #bringingtheartstolife #lartaucoeurdenosvies #nbTO19 #401BuiltforArt #RyersonArtspace
Nuit Blanche | Algorithm: Camille Rojas
Nuit Blanche Toronto 2019 | Algorithm: Camille Rojas - Ryerson Artspace
Algorithm
Camille Rojas
Presented in partnership with Nuit Blanche Toronto
Algorithm is a 30-minute solo contemporary dance piece meditating on sexual discrimination in computer vision science; particularly, the algorithms behind removing images of breasts and vulvas online.
Currently, an overwhelming number of algorithms exist solely to detect these body parts – often deemed as “pornographic” – yet very few focus on censoring the phallus.
The choreography uses symbols and characters from various algorithms as a point of departure, one of which is the han character (凹) as it closely resembles the shape of a vulva (or “concave, hollow, depression” ¹).
Throughout the movements, the body, in its raw and fleshy form, interrogates these shapes from beyond the reach of algorithmic censorship.
Algorithm simultaneously celebrates censored body parts while highlighting the gender inequality that is extant in technology.
1 - Shen, Xuanjing, Wei Wei, and Qingji Qian. 2010. “A Pornographic Image Filtering Model Based on Erotic Part.” In
3rd International Congress on Image and Signal Processing (CISP), vol. 5, 2473–77.
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Camille Rojas (b. 1993 Toronto; Lives and works in Toronto) is a multidisciplinary artist working with film, photography, and dance.
She holds a BFA in Photography Studies from Ryerson University and has recently exhibited at Erin Stump Projects, Gallery 44, Ryerson Image Centre, Gallery TPW and the Art Gallery of Ontario.
#nuitblancheTO #bringingtheartstolife #lartaucoeurdenosvies #nbTO19 #401BuiltforArt #RyersonArtspace