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Lauren Lee McCarthy


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LAUREN works
  1. LAUREN
  2. SOMEONE
  3. LAUREN Portable
  4. Anyone Home?
  5. Exhibition: What can I do for you?
  6. Exhibition: You Can Say
  7. The Changing Room
  8. Waking Agents
  9. I.A. Suzie

Saliva works
  1. Exhibition: Bodily Autonomy (Saliva Bar)
  2. Saliva Retreat
  3. Saliva
  4. Are You the Perfect Specimen?
  5. Testing

Surrogate works
  1. Surrogate
  2. Exhibition: Data Relations
  3. Exhibition: Reproduction Otherwise
  4. Surrogate Performance
  5. Womb Walk
  6. Training Set

Autonomous works
  1. Auto
  2. Voice In My Head
  3. HOST
  4. Unlearning Language
  5. Seeing Voices
  6. Auto Research & Process

Muted works
  1. Exhibition: I Heard Talking Is Dangerous
  2. Muted
  3. I heard TALKING IS DANGEROUS
  4. Good Night
  5. Good Morning
  6. What do you want me to say?
  7. Sleepover
  8. Later Date
  9. Appreciate You

Other recent works
  1. Follower
  2. Social Turkers
  3. Vibe Check
  4. I’m glad you asked
  5. Autoreply
  6. pplkpr
  7. us+

Teaching & pedagogy
  1. p5.js
  2. Open Source Software Toolkits for the Arts Report
  3. Web We Want (W3C TPAC)
  4. Smarter Home
  5. Network Media
  6. Performing User
  7. Senior Capstone
  8. Disability, Design, and the Web
  9. Interactivity
  10. Conversation & Computation
  11. Social Hacking
  12. Critical APIs
  13. Computational Media
  14. Introduction to Programming for the Visual Arts (Free online course)

Archive
  1. Beyond the Breakdown
  2. How We Act Together
  3. Wake Words
  4. Friend Crawl
  5. Welcomer
  6. M/WITM
  7. The Changing Room: Brisbane
  8. Social Soul
  9. You Can Say
  10. Tools for Improved Social Interacting
  11. Inactive Account Manager
  12. Facebook Mood Manipulator
  13. LOVEINT
  14. SCRIPT

Mark

Auto


I am developing my own driverless vehicle.



Through a series of test rides, the public is invited into the process. The passengers get in, fasten their seatbelts, and are greeted by Auto—Where are we going? Each ride is different as new features are tested through a play between control and automation.

As the trip progresses, the distinction between system and human blurs—the riders become Auto. The performance becomes a vehicle for reflecting on our relationship with AI as impending crises loom.












Auto test rides take place in parked or moving vehicles, in garages, driveways, parking lots, proving grounds, art spaces, and other test sites. Each test ride performance is location specific, adapted through work with local collaborators. A series of short films document the test rides.

Scenic Design: Salmah Beydoun
Lighting Design: Omar Madkour
Fabrication: Derek Hecker
Sound Design: Tommy Martinez
Performers: Chelly Jin, Jules Johnston
Studio Assistance & AUTO TUNE Development: Wylie Kasai
Producer: Beata Calińska
AUTO TUNE Created in collaboration with Casey Reas
Narrative Design Contribution: Nick Fortugno
Software Contribution: Corbin Ordel
Writing Contribution: Stalgia Grigg
Playtesters: Dan Froot, Carlos Garcia, Christina Curlee, Stalgia Grigg, Molly Murfie, Raya Ahmadi, Tonz, Alissa Koeppe, George Mobbs, Cathay Trang, Brian Echon, Boaz Sender, Brian Pea, Qianqian Ye, Harvey Moon, Parag K. Mital, Connor Cook
Installation Assistance: Ren Burtch, Roxanne Harris
Cinematography: Gabriel Noguez
Additional Documentation: David Leonard
LED Video Panels: GeoEvent
Traffic Sign: Maneri Traffic Control
Special Thanks: Joel Ferree and the LACMA Team, Spectra Studio, Maneri Traffic Control

Auto is supported by a LACMA Art + Technology Lab Grant and by the Social Science Research Council’s Just Tech Fellowship, with funds provided by the Ford Foundation, MacArthur Foundation, Surdna Foundation, and Democracy Fund.

Links
LACMA Unframed: Lauren Lee McCarthy on Auto