COVID has taken our reliance on software to the next level. We now rely on software for managing our days from the moment we wake up until we go to sleep. Software predicts the future based on fixed patterns from the past. It produces procedures instead of experiences and solutions instead of care. On the other hand, fortune-telling is an ancient language of change. It elucidates, unlearns, and reworks patterns. How can the art of fortune-telling guide us to rethink software as systems of healing?

Using different cultures’ patterns surrounding fortune-telling as a source, we will collectively determine patterns for our own fortune-telling Instagram filter in Part One. Then join us for Part Two when we take our patterns and code our own Instagram filter using Spark AR.

Date: June 8, 2021. 7PM.

Formate: Online lecture via Zoom.

Audience: Open to all who are interested in critical software culture. No prior software design or development experience is needed.

Materials: Participants should have a writing utensil, paper, and a personal computer with access to the internet.

This program is supported in part by public funds from the Brooklyn Arts Council, and Pioneer Works, Center For Art and Innovation.

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