Kate Elswit
@somethingmodern.bsky.social
I work with archives + bodies + technology. Professor of Performance and Technology; Head of Digital Research; Co-Director, Centre for Performance, Technology, and Equity (PTEQ). Also Moving Data. www.kateelswit.org
Things that make me happy today: our Radical Accounting series from the Edges of Ailey exhibit was longlisted for the Information is Beautiful Awards. The showcase links to @whitney.org's site where the time-based interventions are now archived www.informationisbeautifulawards.com/showcase/761...
March 12, 2025 at 8:54 PM
Things that make me happy today: our Radical Accounting series from the Edges of Ailey exhibit was longlisted for the Information is Beautiful Awards. The showcase links to @whitney.org's site where the time-based interventions are now archived www.informationisbeautifulawards.com/showcase/761...
It’s been over three months since Edges of Ailey opened at @whitney.org (one month left!) and I’m still in awe every time I see folks take the time to truly watch our visualizations.
January 5, 2025 at 2:08 PM
It’s been over three months since Edges of Ailey opened at @whitney.org (one month left!) and I’m still in awe every time I see folks take the time to truly watch our visualizations.
The Whitney Museum’s Edges of Ailey exhibition catalogue made the New York Times Holiday Gift Guide! It’s gold and has a centerfold specially made for our vizzes.
November 14, 2024 at 7:28 PM
The Whitney Museum’s Edges of Ailey exhibition catalogue made the New York Times Holiday Gift Guide! It’s gold and has a centerfold specially made for our vizzes.
The Edges of Ailey exhibit is now open at the Whitney Museum of American Art. Come for a gorgeous show that riffs on the aesthetics of Alvin Ailey. Stay for the Radical Accounting series of dance data visualisations. So proud of our team!
September 24, 2024 at 2:50 PM
The Edges of Ailey exhibit is now open at the Whitney Museum of American Art. Come for a gorgeous show that riffs on the aesthetics of Alvin Ailey. Stay for the Radical Accounting series of dance data visualisations. So proud of our team!
New blog: An expansive understanding of motion data rooted in bodily archives can offer a fuller understanding of the past while also demanding that we sit with the ethical problems that arise when data is seemingly detachable from its human sources. visceralhistories.wordpress.com/2024/08/27/e...
August 27, 2024 at 9:06 PM
New blog: An expansive understanding of motion data rooted in bodily archives can offer a fuller understanding of the past while also demanding that we sit with the ethical problems that arise when data is seemingly detachable from its human sources. visceralhistories.wordpress.com/2024/08/27/e...
Current work hotel room in Cologne is a turret, which is delightful.
October 27, 2023 at 10:40 AM
Current work hotel room in Cologne is a turret, which is delightful.
New blog post on the technical challenges Visceral Histories postdoc Nicola is finding while surfacing motion data from historical dance footage. This connects to our questions around embodied archives, consent, racialized data, and AI visceralhistories.wordpress.com/2023/09/25/3...
October 6, 2023 at 10:07 PM
New blog post on the technical challenges Visceral Histories postdoc Nicola is finding while surfacing motion data from historical dance footage. This connects to our questions around embodied archives, consent, racialized data, and AI visceralhistories.wordpress.com/2023/09/25/3...