Urgent Inquiries with Bahareh Khoshooee and Xin Xin, Moderated by Julia Kaganskiy(Nov 17)

Urgent Inquiries with Bahareh Khoshooee and Xin Xin, Moderated by Julia Kaganskiy, Monday, November 17, 6 to 8:30 PM Eastern, Secret Riso Club, 122 Central Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11221

The second iteration of Urgent Inquiries welcomes curator and cultural strategist, Julia Kaganskiy, in conversation with Eyebeam alum artists Bahareh Khoshooee, whose use of technology captures the slippier qualities of diasporic geographies, surveillance, and erasure, and Xin Xin of Processing Foundation, whose work in creating alternative digital spaces of social engagement is based on the principles of data transparency, community practice, and consent.

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Artist bios

Bahareh Khoshooee is a multidisciplinary artist, educator, feminist activist, and the co-founder of two collectives –Blockbusters (an international group of New Media artists), and █████ (a network of feminist artists, activists, and technologists). Born in Tehran, Iran, Khoshooee uses time-based strategies in presenting work that fuses 3D environments, video projection mapping, sculpture, performance, and sound. Her practice explores the complex dualities of technology: its oppressive role in surveilling, documenting, and criminalizing BIPOC bodies, and its radical potential for futurity and alternative solidarities. Her work unearths how technology mediates the intimate and collective experiences of grief, violence, and memory, reclaiming these spaces as arenas for liberation, and reimagined futures.

Xin Xin (林心瑜) is a Taiwanese-American cultural producer exploring community-driven technology in creative and educational spaces. As creator of TogetherNet and co-editor of the Critical Coding Cookbook, Xin advocates for liberatory software culture through the reclamation and subversion of power dynamics embedded within digital systems. Born in Taipei and raised in Massachusetts, Xin brings a multicultural perspective to questions of technology and sovereignty. Identifying as non-binary and anarcho-feminist, their genre-nonconforming practice weaves together art, education, organizing, and technological experimentation—interrogating who controls technology, who benefits from it, and the power of collectives in building a more equitable digital future. An Eyebeam Rapid Response for a Better Digital Future Fellow and Sundance Art of Practice Fellow, Xin’s work has been exhibited internationally at Ars Electronica, Human Resources, Z/KU, and Kunstverein Wolfsburg. They have been a resident artist at MASS MoCA, Santa Fe Art Institute, and Plug In Institute of Contemporary Art. Xin works with the Processing Foundation to support open-source software for artists and teaches as Assistant Professor of Interaction and Media Design at the New School, where they work with emerging practitioners to develop critical and socially-engaged approaches to technology and design.

Moderator bio

Julia Kaganskiy is a curator and cultural strategist working across art, science, and technology. She is passionate about interdisciplinary collaboration, developing new cultural models, and re-imagining cultural institutions as inclusive spaces for artistic experimentation. Since starting her career in 2008, she has been recognized as a leading voice in art and technology and helped launch several groundbreaking programs in the field, including The Creators Project (VICE/Intel) and NEW INC (New Museum).

Her curatorial practice explores the potential of art as a key interlocutor of emerging science and technology. Until recently, she served as Curator-at-Large at LAS Art Foundation in Berlin, where she oversaw the Interspecies Future research stream and co-edited the book Interspecies Future: A Primer (Distanz, 2024). As an independent curator, she has worked with 180 Strand (London, UK), Matadero Madrid (Madrid, ES), Espacio Fondación Telefónica (Madrid, ES), Borusan Contemporary (Istanbul, TY), Science Gallery (Dublin, IE), Barbican Centre (London, UK), Eyebeam Center for Art & Technology (New York, US), Mana Contemporary, (Jersey City, US), Feral File and many others.

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