Join us for a conversation with Vanessa Chang, author of The Body Digital. The Book traces the history of how bodies and technologies have grown together, from eyeglasses to player pianos to computers and beyond. Each invention has changed not only how we see, hear, and move but also how we imagine the world and our place within it. By uncovering these hidden histories, the book shows how they continue to shape our expectations today—and how they might help us imagine futures where technology supports creativity rather than erasing it.

Vanessa Chang builds communities and conversations about art, technology, people, and planet. She writes, curates, and teaches about new and old media, the history and philosophy of technology, design, disability and creative access, cities, comics, animation, circuses, and more. 

She is Director of Programs at Leonardo, the International Society for the Arts, Sciences, and Technology.  She earned a Ph.D. in Modern Thought and Literature from Stanford University, where she was a Geballe Fellow at the Stanford Humanities Center and also ran the Graphic Narrative Project. She's also taught in Visual & Critical Studies at California College of the Arts and was lead curator with CODAME Art & Tech. She grew up in Singapore and Australia and is now based in San Francisco.

This program will take place online via Zoom. Registration is required.

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