Do We Have Your Attention?

How does the attention economy, content addiction, digital surveillance, and reductionist attitudes shape contemporary experience? The diverse research practices showcased in this programme embrace complexity, creative expression and collective experience in artistic responses to a troubled present.

In the immersive moving image work Into the Dark, Sidi Hu (MA Fine Art: Computational Arts) explores how fleeting connections mask loneliness, letting visitors walk through a reactive nightmare space.

In their short talk, Luwei Yang (MA Fine Art: Computational Arts)asks Who Owns Your Attention? Exploring the infiltration of digital platforms into our daily lives and how seemingly natural online behaviors are actually being continuously recorded and utilized by systems.

In Tattoos: More Than What We See,Kexin Ma(MA Fine Art: Drawing) explores the relational dynamics embodied by tattoos; a practice that has existed for centuries, carrying different meanings across cultures and generations. For some people, tattoos are a form of self-expression, identity, or personal memory. For others, they may still be associated with rebellion, irresponsibility, or social stereotypes.

The video essay Red Ball byLeran Pan (MA Fine Art: Computational Arts)makes the case for anti-reduction: the refusal to flatten experience into simple categories. Moving between theory, studio process and gameplay, it invites viewers to stay with complexity rather than resolve it.

Introducing Drawing into Everyday Life: To Overcome Short-Form Content Addiction by Jude Bridge (MA Fine Art: Painting) is a short first-person documentary exploring how to draw in the digital age - presented here alongside the artist's sketchbooks.

Please note: Contains discussion/depiction of death, illness and mental health. Not suitable for audiences under 18.

This event will be recorded.

To let us know about any access requirements please email Anna Bunting-Branch (a.buntingbranch@wimbledon.arts.ac.uk)

This event is part of Dispersion, a celebration of practice-led research across a vibrant spectrum of material and energetic forms, hosted by MA Fine Art Camberwell College of Arts, University of the Arts London, in the South London Gallery’s Clore Studio.

Dispersion recalls the diffusion of ideas, the dissolving of boundaries, and the interactive forces that shape art practice; not oriented towards a singular object or event but engaged in an ongoing process of transformation. At the end of fifteen months of concentrated research, the final gathering of this MA Fine Art cohort stages an experiment in dispersion via publication, performance, and participation.

Featuring a daily public programme of performances, screenings, talks and workshops, alongside artist books, essays, and zines. With work by graduating students from MA Fine Art: Computational Arts, MA Fine Art: Drawing, MA Fine Art: Painting, MA Fine Art: Printmaking, MA Fine Art: Photography, and MA Fine Art: Sculpture.

You are welcome to drop in any time to explore the work on display. Events are free to attend and open to all (18+). Explore the rest of the Dispersion programme here.

AboutCamberwell College of Arts

Camberwell College of Arts, UAL is a renowned art and design college driving positive social impact through art and design. Its unique studio culture offers students the freedom and support to explore their individual creativity using facilities that embrace both traditional craftsmanship and digital technology. The College is passionate about social citizenship whilst maintaining the view that the arts must remain committed to the rewards of free inquiry and experimentation. Its students benefit from staff who take immense pride and care in guiding students in a journey of discovery helping them develop the critical thinking, making skills and social sensibilities that equip them to thrive both individually and in their communities.