This event will take the form of a research project to collectively consider emerging technologies that analyse our eye movement and their potential impact on our psychological health. The artist Liz Magic Laser will be joined by EMDR therapist Dr. Ameet Aggarwal and face tracking expert Dan Hill Ph.D., author of Emotionomics.
Participants will have the option to experience live feed analysis of their facial expressions using market research technology. Data visualizations will be created using machine learning that interpret your eye movements and emotions. This exercise will not collect any personal or biometric data. The event will be recorded and published afterwards on the Tate website. A consent form clearing the recording and use of the recording will be sent with more details ahead of the event.
Participants will also be introduced to EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitisation and Reprocessing) techniques to understand the effect these technologies may have on brain patterns. A guided grounding meditation will be led by Dr. Ameet Aggarwal as an orientation for mindful brainstorming.
This event is part of Liz Magic Laser’s residency ‘Ocular Choreography’ with the Public Programmes team. It is part of the Terra Foundation for American Art Series: New Perspectives.
The event is produced in partnership with Visage Technologies and Goldsmiths, University of London’s Department of Computing.
Liz Magic Laser
Liz Magic Laser is a multimedia video and performance-based artist from New York City. Her recent work explores the efficacy of new age techniques and psychological methods active in both corporate culture and political movements. Laser’s work has been shown at venues such as The Smithsonian American Art Museum (2023); ICA Boston (2023); Kunsthal Charlottenborg, Copenhagen (2022); Guggenheim Museum, New York (2021); MUDAM The Contemporary Art Museum of Luxembourg (2021). Her work has been critically acclaimed in publications such as Text zur Kunst, Artforum, The New York Times, The Los Angeles Times, Frieze, and Art in America.
Dan Hill
Dan Hill Ph.D. is the author of 10 books including First Blush: People’s Intuitive Reactions to Famous Art (2019) and Emotionomics: Leveraging Emotions for Business Success (2007) which features a foreword by Sam Simon co-creator of The Simpsons. As an expert on emotional intelligence and facial coding of expressions for their emotive import, Dan has been a political pundit for CNN, Fox, MSNBC, NBC’s The Today Show and received a front-page profile in the New York Times.
Ameet Aggarwal
Voted top 43 worldwide, Dr. Ameet is one of the only naturopathic doctors who combines naturopathic medicine, functional medicine, homeopathy, gestalt psychotherapy, EMDR, family constellations and a course in miracles to heal the root cause of mental and physical health issues. His free ebooks and courses on drameet.com have helped thousands heal from chronic diseases, anxiety, depression and trauma.
Samuele Albani
Samuele Albani is an artist, hacker and creative technologist based in London, working with video, sound, and computational interaction. His work addresses social relations, investigating the bridge between the body and technology in the contemporary rituals of social interactions. His collaborations include the art group Studio Azzurro (2018-2022) working in institutions such as Vatican Museums in Rome, and Palazzo Reale in Milan. His works had been shown at The Beams, London (2023); Galleria San Fedele, Milan (2018); Artissima, Turin (2017); Tate Britain, London (2014) among others.
