Algorithmic Mediations for Agonism was an art research project developed by the Design and Agonism group that sought to explore how technical and technological media (especially those that are algorithmically conditioned) can mobilize (or be themselves) agencies for dissent and confrontation.
The project had several phases and processes, and designed and developed several prototypes and tests (only two of which are shown here.) Among these processes, it is worth mentioning (1) the ethno-graphic tracing of associations between groups of individuals and political controversies, (2) the ethno-graphic study of associations between agonistic citizens and the use of technologies, and (3) the conceptualization, prototyping, design, and testing of speculative scenarios and devices to critically rethink the scope of technology in socially agonistic contexts.
The project was initially funded by the Research and Development Office of the Faculty of Architecture and Urban Planning at the University of Chile, and later by a research grant from the Arts and Culture Council of Chile.
Members of the Design and Agonism group were:
- Diego Gómez-Venegas, director and main researcher-creator
- Mario Marchant Lannefranque, co-researcher-creator
- Adolfo Álvarez Dumont, research-creation assistant
- Bárbara Echaíz Bielitz, research-creation assistant
- Loreto Ulloa Iglesias, research-creation assistant
- Carla Ponzano Quintana, research-creation assistant
- Natalia Hurtado Vilches, research-creation assistant
