Rotem Rozental
@rotroz.bsky.social
Executive Director and Chief Curator, Los Angeles Center of Photography (LACP) | Lecturer, USC Roski School of Art and Design | Writer and Author of Pre-State Photographic Archives and the Zionist Movement: https://tinyurl.com/4mwxwhu2
Thoughts about the moment of post-internet art, iconic video works and the poetry of Google search terms
#MarthaRosler #VideoArt #PostInternet #Xennials #Xennial @bsky.art #AdWords #AdWordsPoetry
#MarthaRosler #VideoArt #PostInternet #Xennials #Xennial @bsky.art #AdWords #AdWordsPoetry
AdWords of the Kitchen
Thoughts about the moment of post-internet art, iconic video works and the poetry Google search terms
rotroz.substack.com
November 3, 2025 at 2:12 PM
Thoughts about the moment of post-internet art, iconic video works and the poetry of Google search terms
#MarthaRosler #VideoArt #PostInternet #Xennials #Xennial @bsky.art #AdWords #AdWordsPoetry
#MarthaRosler #VideoArt #PostInternet #Xennials #Xennial @bsky.art #AdWords #AdWordsPoetry
This week will mark 30 years since the assassination of Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin. I will be talking about about Israeli photography in the wake of this trauma, as well as the meeting points of documentation and loss this Tuesday, in a webinar organized by Orange County CSP
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Between Documentation, Loss and Memory: Israeli Photography After Rabin's Assassination (Dr Rotem Rozental)
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November 1, 2025 at 5:55 PM
This week will mark 30 years since the assassination of Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin. I will be talking about about Israeli photography in the wake of this trauma, as well as the meeting points of documentation and loss this Tuesday, in a webinar organized by Orange County CSP
Register:
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From unexpected conversations in dive bars to how tech companies sell emotional relationships, here are great reads to put on your radar, by @lisabubert.bsky.social at @noemamag.com, @tedchiang.bsky.social @adamgrant.bsky.social & @karintamerius.bsky.social
#thirdplaces #aicompanions #greatreads
#thirdplaces #aicompanions #greatreads
AI Companions, Frictionless Life and Much Needed Hugs
From unexpected conversations in dive bars to how tech companies sell emotional relationships, here are recent great reads to put on your radar
rotroz.substack.com
October 31, 2025 at 1:41 PM
From unexpected conversations in dive bars to how tech companies sell emotional relationships, here are great reads to put on your radar, by @lisabubert.bsky.social at @noemamag.com, @tedchiang.bsky.social @adamgrant.bsky.social & @karintamerius.bsky.social
#thirdplaces #aicompanions #greatreads
#thirdplaces #aicompanions #greatreads
#KristineSchomaker is a force! Tune in to my conversation with the artist, educator, mentor, publisher, organizer (and more titles!) about #creativity in the age of #AI, and best practices for artists who feel overwhelmed
@bsky.art
#artistmentor #losangelesart #bytesize #rotemrozental #artist
@bsky.art
#artistmentor #losangelesart #bytesize #rotemrozental #artist
High Resolution: Conversation with Kristine Schomaker, Shoebox Arts
The artist, organizer, connector, and mentor joins Bytesize to share tips for artists, discuss what excites her in the art world and tech advancements, and explore creativity in the age of AI
rotroz.substack.com
October 27, 2025 at 2:03 PM
#KristineSchomaker is a force! Tune in to my conversation with the artist, educator, mentor, publisher, organizer (and more titles!) about #creativity in the age of #AI, and best practices for artists who feel overwhelmed
@bsky.art
#artistmentor #losangelesart #bytesize #rotemrozental #artist
@bsky.art
#artistmentor #losangelesart #bytesize #rotemrozental #artist
Our brain’s capacity for curiosity and unpredictability is what distinguishes humanity from #AI, and it might just be our golden ticket out of an engineered age of stupidity.
@bsky.art #ArtificialCuriosity #ElmgreenandDragset
@bsky.art #ArtificialCuriosity #ElmgreenandDragset
Surprise! You’re Human
Our brain’s capacity for curiosity and unpredictability is what distinguishes humanity from AI, and it might just be our golden ticket out of an engineered age of stupidity
rotroz.substack.com
October 20, 2025 at 1:34 PM
Our brain’s capacity for curiosity and unpredictability is what distinguishes humanity from #AI, and it might just be our golden ticket out of an engineered age of stupidity.
@bsky.art #ArtificialCuriosity #ElmgreenandDragset
@bsky.art #ArtificialCuriosity #ElmgreenandDragset
Installation views, from the exhibition Lost and Found by Matthew Finley at LACP.
If you’re in LA, join us on November 6 for Matthew’s book launch and closing event!
Photos by Yulia Morris
lacphoto.org/events/matth...
If you’re in LA, join us on November 6 for Matthew’s book launch and closing event!
Photos by Yulia Morris
lacphoto.org/events/matth...
October 17, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Installation views, from the exhibition Lost and Found by Matthew Finley at LACP.
If you’re in LA, join us on November 6 for Matthew’s book launch and closing event!
Photos by Yulia Morris
lacphoto.org/events/matth...
If you’re in LA, join us on November 6 for Matthew’s book launch and closing event!
Photos by Yulia Morris
lacphoto.org/events/matth...
From #RachelAviv to #JennyOdell and #TaylorSwift (yes), this week I’m thinking and reading about well-being and creativity, and how vision plays into our sense of agency and self-worth. I thought some of these resources might be helpful or inspiring for you as well »
Eyes Wide Shut: On Vision, Self Worth and Creativity
From Rachel Aviv to Taylor Swift (yes, that’s right), the reclamation of personal and artistic agency might be determined - or remedied - by looking, and looking again
rotroz.substack.com
October 16, 2025 at 2:09 PM
From #RachelAviv to #JennyOdell and #TaylorSwift (yes), this week I’m thinking and reading about well-being and creativity, and how vision plays into our sense of agency and self-worth. I thought some of these resources might be helpful or inspiring for you as well »
The new season of Monster focuses on a horrific serial killer. It also crafts a message about our relationship with #photography, capturing mortality and our fascination with images of death
#truecrime #horrorfilm #netflix @netflix.com
#truecrime #horrorfilm #netflix @netflix.com
When Weegee Met Ryan Murphy
The new season of Monster focuses on a horrific serial killer. It also crafts a message about our relationship with photography, capturing mortality and our fascination with images of death
rotroz.substack.com
October 14, 2025 at 12:23 PM
The new season of Monster focuses on a horrific serial killer. It also crafts a message about our relationship with #photography, capturing mortality and our fascination with images of death
#truecrime #horrorfilm #netflix @netflix.com
#truecrime #horrorfilm #netflix @netflix.com
@jacobgaboury.bsky.social showed how graphics revolutionized the modern computer and ushered the digital era. With that, we need to consider the pixel as the building blocks of the phygital world and pixel artists as those who render them visible
@bsky.art @photos.bsky.art
@bsky.art @photos.bsky.art
Pixel Art and the Gateway to the Phygital World
Graphics revolutionized the modern computer, and pixels transported all of us to digital existence. A look at the building blocks of life as we know them today
rotroz.substack.com
October 9, 2025 at 1:45 PM
@jacobgaboury.bsky.social showed how graphics revolutionized the modern computer and ushered the digital era. With that, we need to consider the pixel as the building blocks of the phygital world and pixel artists as those who render them visible
@bsky.art @photos.bsky.art
@bsky.art @photos.bsky.art
I noticed a turn to documentary approaches this year, and I wonder if this perspective says something about a need to structure and find order in an increasingly divided, conflicted world
#photography #documentaryphotography #criticalmass #photocompetition
#photography #documentaryphotography #criticalmass #photocompetition
Highlights from Critical Mass 2025: Documentary Perspectives
The leading photography competition announced its Top 50, and now I can share with you projects that caught my attention while jurying
open.substack.com
October 6, 2025 at 1:55 PM
I noticed a turn to documentary approaches this year, and I wonder if this perspective says something about a need to structure and find order in an increasingly divided, conflicted world
#photography #documentaryphotography #criticalmass #photocompetition
#photography #documentaryphotography #criticalmass #photocompetition
OpenAI is getting ready for a face off with TikTok. What will that mean for visual culture?
@bsky.art
@bsky.art
No Filters: Sora 2 Wants to Be the New TikTok
Need more reasons to worry about social media, copyright, and mental health? OpenAI’s new video app asks you to hold its beer
open.substack.com
October 2, 2025 at 2:10 PM
OpenAI is getting ready for a face off with TikTok. What will that mean for visual culture?
@bsky.art
@bsky.art
Emerging artists could use third places to casually and informally meet and connect with other creatives in person and find a creative community that would allow them to figure out their voice, try new things, and have just, you know, fun
@bsky.art
@bsky.art
Leave Your Phone at the Door
Go get coffee. Step into a bookstore. Talk to a bartender. Your creative career will thank you
rotroz.substack.com
September 25, 2025 at 1:15 PM
Emerging artists could use third places to casually and informally meet and connect with other creatives in person and find a creative community that would allow them to figure out their voice, try new things, and have just, you know, fun
@bsky.art
@bsky.art
D4vd's unfolding descent from the heights of musical Olympus merits our attention due to the role technology, Gen Z engagement, virality and pop culture play in it. And before that aspect of this story gets buried under the headlines, here's a modest attempt to mark a moment in time >>
Here With Me: About D4VD, Gen Z Culture and Unexpected Tragedies
A modest attempt to articulate the importance of online engagement in chronicling the meteoric rise and recent tragic fall of a generational icon
rotroz.substack.com
September 22, 2025 at 1:53 PM
D4vd's unfolding descent from the heights of musical Olympus merits our attention due to the role technology, Gen Z engagement, virality and pop culture play in it. And before that aspect of this story gets buried under the headlines, here's a modest attempt to mark a moment in time >>
Looking back at the last moments of a pre-digital world. Today: Looking back at Chris Burden’s institutional critique and the moment in which artists began wondering about the relationships between institutions and their meanings for us as viewers and creators
@bsky.art
@bsky.art
Out of Place: Navigating Locations and Movement in a Pre-Digital World
Looking back at Chris Burden’s institutional critique and the moment in which artists began wondering about the relationships between institutions and their meanings for us as viewers and creators
rotroz.substack.com
September 18, 2025 at 1:36 PM
Looking back at the last moments of a pre-digital world. Today: Looking back at Chris Burden’s institutional critique and the moment in which artists began wondering about the relationships between institutions and their meanings for us as viewers and creators
@bsky.art
@bsky.art
Tired of winning? Well, happy Monday to you! Let's talk about failures, and how they can be subject and driving force of creative work >>
Epic Fail: Turning Flops into Creative Drivers
Artists who embrace failure in their work help society push against isolation and remind us all that success is impossible without falling flat on your face
rotroz.substack.com
September 15, 2025 at 1:48 PM
Tired of winning? Well, happy Monday to you! Let's talk about failures, and how they can be subject and driving force of creative work >>
Video interview: ByteSize welcomes graphic artist, animator and photographer Adam Chin.
We discussed the recent SIGGRAPH convention, the ethical dangers of tech and the deepening gaps between such issues and the great potential of the AI revolution @photos.bsky.art @bsky.art
We discussed the recent SIGGRAPH convention, the ethical dangers of tech and the deepening gaps between such issues and the great potential of the AI revolution @photos.bsky.art @bsky.art
"I learned It Out of Fear": A Conversation with Adam Chin
Creepy, grotesque, maximalist, exciting and terrifying. A needed conversation about the AI revolution with a creative insider
open.substack.com
September 8, 2025 at 2:03 PM
Video interview: ByteSize welcomes graphic artist, animator and photographer Adam Chin.
We discussed the recent SIGGRAPH convention, the ethical dangers of tech and the deepening gaps between such issues and the great potential of the AI revolution @photos.bsky.art @bsky.art
We discussed the recent SIGGRAPH convention, the ethical dangers of tech and the deepening gaps between such issues and the great potential of the AI revolution @photos.bsky.art @bsky.art
A very much needed reminder from LA’s Little Tokyo
September 7, 2025 at 5:45 PM
A very much needed reminder from LA’s Little Tokyo
Always honored to be among the jurors for Photolucida's Critical Mass, and get to see so many exciting projects from all over that negotiate the complicated terrains of our current existence @photos.bsky.art
Jurors - Photolucida
2025 Critical Mass Prescreening Panel: Daniel George, Submissions Editor, Lenscratch Daniel George is an artist, educator, and photo editor based in Utah. In his personal creative practice, he explore...
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September 7, 2025 at 5:11 PM
Always honored to be among the jurors for Photolucida's Critical Mass, and get to see so many exciting projects from all over that negotiate the complicated terrains of our current existence @photos.bsky.art
Tune in to my conversation with animator, graphic designer and photographer Adam Chin - up tomorrow in #ByteSize
We discussed the creepiness of AI portraits and being both an early adapter of the future and a fierce protector of photographic legacies rotroz.substack.com
@bsky.art @photos.bsky.art
We discussed the creepiness of AI portraits and being both an early adapter of the future and a fierce protector of photographic legacies rotroz.substack.com
@bsky.art @photos.bsky.art
September 7, 2025 at 5:06 PM
Tune in to my conversation with animator, graphic designer and photographer Adam Chin - up tomorrow in #ByteSize
We discussed the creepiness of AI portraits and being both an early adapter of the future and a fierce protector of photographic legacies rotroz.substack.com
@bsky.art @photos.bsky.art
We discussed the creepiness of AI portraits and being both an early adapter of the future and a fierce protector of photographic legacies rotroz.substack.com
@bsky.art @photos.bsky.art
Reposted by Rotem Rozental
"If I had to guess what kind of shot we would make sure schoolchildren got, I would have guessed wrong." Jesus, @petridishes.bsky.social
“Florida is the first state to take the courageous step toward decluttering itself of excess children,” @petridishes.bsky.social writes on the state’s elimination of vaccine mandates. “No price is too high to pay in this pointless war.”
Florida Decided There Were Too Many Children
The state’s elimination of vaccine mandates is a courageous first step toward decluttering itself of any excess kids.
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September 7, 2025 at 3:32 AM
"If I had to guess what kind of shot we would make sure schoolchildren got, I would have guessed wrong." Jesus, @petridishes.bsky.social
Reposted by Rotem Rozental
Halt your Labor Day plans to stare at this
Urban walls, sidewalks, and even utility meters are the unlikely canvases behind this clever collection of genius street art. From an illusion of a zebra being striped to a sidewalk creature with a real rock for a head, these eight works turn... 👇
September 1, 2025 at 2:20 PM
Halt your Labor Day plans to stare at this
As reported by @australia.theguardian.com, art students tried to petition AI out from the syllabus. Is that a useful strategy for resistance? Emerging artists do not have the luxury of boycotting a technology that will dominate the world when they will enter the work force
Cancel Culture Cannot Beat AI
Art students in Australia tried to petition AI out from the syllabus. Is that a useful strategy for resistance?
rotroz.substack.com
September 1, 2025 at 2:17 PM
As reported by @australia.theguardian.com, art students tried to petition AI out from the syllabus. Is that a useful strategy for resistance? Emerging artists do not have the luxury of boycotting a technology that will dominate the world when they will enter the work force
I know we're all into vintage, but can we skip the measles comeback?
September 1, 2025 at 2:00 PM
I know we're all into vintage, but can we skip the measles comeback?
A decade apart, David Horvitz and Robert Russell created series about their identity, facial recognition and image search.
Both offer insight into portraiture and anonymity in the digital age, as well as our innate desire to trust the systems that hold our data (but often make mistakes)
@bsky.art
Both offer insight into portraiture and anonymity in the digital age, as well as our innate desire to trust the systems that hold our data (but often make mistakes)
@bsky.art
People Are Strange, and so is Facial Recognition
On what artists reveal about identity when they they try to find their own faces
substack.com
August 22, 2025 at 1:25 PM
A decade apart, David Horvitz and Robert Russell created series about their identity, facial recognition and image search.
Both offer insight into portraiture and anonymity in the digital age, as well as our innate desire to trust the systems that hold our data (but often make mistakes)
@bsky.art
Both offer insight into portraiture and anonymity in the digital age, as well as our innate desire to trust the systems that hold our data (but often make mistakes)
@bsky.art