About this Event
Music researcher Mark Campbell speaks on datafication and data justice in the context of the CONTACT core exhibition "Soft Errors, Hard Truths" by Frankfurt artist Lilly Lulay at the Goethe Space. Lulays show explores digital disruption and social fragmentation through photo-based mixed media, across photo collages, laser cut prints, video, installation, textile and embroidery work.
Campbell introduces his thinking around equity, fairness, and accountability in the collection, use, and analysis of data, aimed at preventing discrimination and harm in a digitized societies.
Both from its analogue origins within the musical genres of dub and disco to the present day digital tools that simplify remixing, the challenge of remix has been conveniently overburdened by intellectual property concerns in the global north. By turning to innovative sampling techniques and histories within music genres, such as reggaeton, jungle and hip-hop, this presentation explores and elaborates the role of remixing in evading the encroachment of datafication on individual forms of cultural expression and music consumption.
Mark V. Campbell is a DJ, scholar and curator, with exhibitions and dj sets on multiple continents. Mark is founder at Northside Hip-Hop Archive and the Afrosonic Innovation Lab. He is author of Afrosonic Life and co-editor of Hip-Hop Archives & We Still Here. He is Program Director of Music at University of Toronto Scarborough.
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