International Juried Exhibition & Civic Forum
Digital Rights Are Civil Rights: Race and Tech
Minneapolis and Online: 2021
Partners:
ACLU MN
Safety Not Surveillance
Little Earth Youth Art Collective
Councilman S. Fletcher
Institute for Digital Humanity
Right after our coalition victory on the historic Minneapolis facial recognition ban,
the IAA brought artists, elected officials, and experts together for this unique exhibition and civic forum.
AND GOT SHADOWBANNED ON SOCIAL (SMH)
the galleries
the free speech controversy
the free speech controversy
the free speech controversy
the free speech controversy
the free speech controversy
the conversation
the free speech controversy
the conversation
the galleries
thank you to our artists from around the world +
hundreds of participants +
our elected officials
and community members.
the free speech controversy
of course, the best piece in the show got us shadowbanned
this is everyting wrong with AI and encoded censorship.
becuase social media platforms banning work (by an artist of color: Xavier McFarlin) about censorship, race, and tech
is so ironic and insane, you can't even make it up
the conversation + civic forum
THANK YOU TO OUR ARTISTS, PARTNERS, AND PANELISTS
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video gallery
video gallery
video gallery
video gallery
video gallery
partners
video gallery
partners
ACLU MN
Safety Not Surveillance
Little Earth Youth Art Collective
Councilman S. Fletcher
Institute for Aesthetic Advocacy
Est. 2017. Twin Cities. Not a non-profit. Strategically just a loosely defined "art collective." (Keeps legal/pr options open.) All volunteer since '17. But now we need bodies/staff. Full transparency on every dime spent/raised on the support page. Very easy to flame us online.
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