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Look What I Found with HERVISIONS
Techno-futures and digital communication re-imagined through feminist rewilding
Join us at V&A East Storehouse for a participatory show-and-tell session with curator, artist, and founder of HERVISIONS, Zaiba Jabbar.
As part of Look What I Found with HERVISIONS, Zaiba draws on communication devices from the V&A’s collection to question our participation in digital futures. Her research begins by exploring the relationship between the Technophone – a popular mobile phone used in the late 1980s and early 1990s – and the technophobe, a term describing someone who fears or resits new technology. Zaiba asks:
How do communication devices create relationships that are both together and apart, familiar and unfamiliar? Like parasitic and symbiotic organisms, these technologies connect and distance us simultaneously. What might this reveal about who gets to participate in technological futures?
Through Look What I Found, Zaiba develops speculative documentation that considers technology as something shaped through social relationships, use and care, rather than a story of neutral, linear progress.
This residency extends Zaiba’s ongoing research into rewilding through digital feminist practices, supported by The Centre for Blended Realities at Falmouth University.
PROGRAMME:
As part of Look What I Found with HERVISIONS, Zaiba draws on communication devices from the V&A’s collection to question our participation in digital futures. Her research begins by exploring the relationship between the Technophone – a popular mobile phone used in the late 1980s and early 1990s – and the technophobe, a term describing someone who fears or resits new technology. Zaiba asks:
How do communication devices create relationships that are both together and apart, familiar and unfamiliar? Like parasitic and symbiotic organisms, these technologies connect and distance us simultaneously. What might this reveal about who gets to participate in technological futures?
Through Look What I Found, Zaiba develops speculative documentation that considers technology as something shaped through social relationships, use and care, rather than a story of neutral, linear progress.
This residency extends Zaiba’s ongoing research into rewilding through digital feminist practices, supported by The Centre for Blended Realities at Falmouth University.
PROGRAMME:
13:30 – 14:00 – Artist Talk with HERVISIONS, Gallery 2
Using V&A collection objects found during her Look What I Found residency, Zaiba reveals technology as a development shaped through social relationships, use and care, rather than a story of neutral, linear progress.
Using V&A collection objects found during her Look What I Found residency, Zaiba reveals technology as a development shaped through social relationships, use and care, rather than a story of neutral, linear progress.
14:00 – 16:00 – Morse Code Workshop, Foyle Learning Centre, GF06
Take part in a participatory workshop exploring Morse Code as a tool for communications
Take part in a participatory workshop exploring Morse Code as a tool for communications
14:15 – 15:00 – The Passive Voice Bath with Manuela Barczewski, Gallery 2
Lie back and immerse yourself in deep listening and relaxation session.
Using resonant vowel sounds and subtle over toning, followed by percussion, Manuela Barczewski guides participants into an altered state of consciousness, offering a speculative, non-verbal approach to communication.
(Please note: capacity for this session is limited. Please sign-up at the notice board on arrival at V&A East Storehouse)
Lie back and immerse yourself in deep listening and relaxation session.
Using resonant vowel sounds and subtle over toning, followed by percussion, Manuela Barczewski guides participants into an altered state of consciousness, offering a speculative, non-verbal approach to communication.
(Please note: capacity for this session is limited. Please sign-up at the notice board on arrival at V&A East Storehouse)
15:30 – 16:00 – Artist Talk with HERVISIONS, Gallery 2
Using V&A collection objects found during her Look What I Found residency, Zaiba reveals technology as something shaped through social relationships, use and care, rather than a story of neutral, linear progress.
Using V&A collection objects found during her Look What I Found residency, Zaiba reveals technology as something shaped through social relationships, use and care, rather than a story of neutral, linear progress.
16:15 – 17:00 – Active Vocal Processing Techniques with Manuela Barczewski, Gallery 2
Slow down and reflect on how we communicate when technology is stripped away, focusing on the profound presence of the human voice.
This participatory session utilises call-and-response vocal exercises, gentle body movement, and visualisation to explore sound, frequencies, and a deeper connection to your own body.
Slow down and reflect on how we communicate when technology is stripped away, focusing on the profound presence of the human voice.
This participatory session utilises call-and-response vocal exercises, gentle body movement, and visualisation to explore sound, frequencies, and a deeper connection to your own body.
(Please note: capacity for this session is limited. Please sign-up at the notice board on arrival at V&A East Storehouse)
Disclaimer: It is very rare, but sound frequencies can set up sympathetic resonance with metal implants in the body. Whilst this may not be a problem, participants should be aware in case implants cause any pain or discomfort. Participants are advised to let staff know if they experience discomfort during the activities.
Disclaimer: It is very rare, but sound frequencies can set up sympathetic resonance with metal implants in the body. Whilst this may not be a problem, participants should be aware in case implants cause any pain or discomfort. Participants are advised to let staff know if they experience discomfort during the activities.
About HERVISIONS
HERVISIONS is a femme-focused curatorial agency based in London, founded by curator, researcher and educator Zaiba Jabbar in 2015. Working at the intersection of expanded moving image and digital media, HERVISIONS commissions exhibitions and events that centre accessibility and experimental practices within digital culture. Zaiba’s curatorial practice champions artists using emerging technologies to reimagine storytelling, identity and representation. Zaiba is also a PhD candidate at the Royal College of Art.
About Manuela Barczewski
Manuela Barczewski is a multidisciplinary artist and educator in alternative holistic voice practices. She is currently completing her training at the British Academy for Sound Therapy (BAST).
Manuela Barczewski is a multidisciplinary artist and educator in alternative holistic voice practices. She is currently completing her training at the British Academy for Sound Therapy (BAST).
Header image: Zaiba Jabbar, founder of HERVISIONS