R. Luke DuBois

Artist R. Luke DuBois is a multidisciplinary artist mining the intersection of art, culture and technology, often expanding or contracting perspectives or timespans to accentuate aspects of each work.  Luke makes unique portraits of presidents, cities, himself and even Britney Spears using data and personality. Luke will share several projects that illuminate how the way we use technology reflects on us and our culture, and when we reduce others to data points, we do so at our own peril.

Artist R. Luke DuBois makes unique portraits of presidents, cities, himself and even Britney Spears using data and personality. In this talk, he shares nine projects - from maps of the country built using information taken from millions of dating profiles to a gun that fires a blank every time a shooting is reported in New Orleans.