SCREENING: ALTER EGOS—LOVE AT FIRST BYTES
In the dark streets of The Hague, the window of the Das Leben am Haverkamp studio will transform into an open air cinema! Every two weeks a new experimental triptych will be shown, presenting a new generation of image makers. Ranging from experimental film, to animation, to virtual fashion, the presented works explore the body and the act of dressing up as vehicles for change. Through speculative beings, they investigate the politics of the costumed body. Now on show: Love at first bytes by Felizitas Hoffmann and Theresa Hoffmann.
In 2018, Theresa Hoffmann submitted several Subject Access Requests (SARs) to various organisations, companies and institutions in London to find out what kind of personal data is hold about her, how they use it and with whom they share it. Under the UK General Data Protection Regulation every citizen is entitled to ask to see any personal information, that is hold about oneself. In most cases, the contacted companies did not manage to provide the requested data. The film Love at first bytes (5 min) consists of parts of her received personal data from Transport of London (TFL) and puts this data in a creative narrative.
Based on the UK General Data Protection Regulation Felizitas Hoffmann and Theresa Hoffmann were allowed to obtain the surveillance camera footage of the London Underground (Transport for London) of the passenger 061651774505 and turn it into an AI love story.
HOOGTIJ OPENING
Friday 1 December, 19:00 - 23:00 h
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DAILY SCREENING HOURS
17:00 - 23:00 h
LOCATION
Stille Veerkade 19, The Hague
Many thanks to the selection committee, consisting of Frank Verkade, Leroy Sirasit van Halen, Smaibery Payero and Verena Blok. Special thanks to our technical support Ivo van Stiphout from VideoArtLab.
The project is kindly supported by Creative Industries Fund NL, Gemeente Den Haag and Het Cultuurfonds.