The 2018 Work Marathon invites artists, sociologists, anthropologists, writers, musicians, architects, scientists and philosophers to address the complex and timely questions of work, labour, automation and leisure.
Building on the 2017’s GUEST, GHOST, HOST: MACHINE! Marathon, which focused on artificial consciousness and machine learning, the 2018 Work Marathon explores issues including: technological developments leading to automation and its impact on labour; the political urgencies of coerced and invisible labour; and the role of non-human agents, including artificial intelligence, animals and materials, in the context of planetary ecologies.
The Work Marathon is conceived in collaboration with Professor Bernard Stiegler who will gather experts from around the world to consider economics for an age of planetary-scale environmental crisis, looking to reduce the human footprint on the planet and reverse the phenomenon of entropy that follows. With Stiegler’s advice, the 2018 Serpentine Marathon has the goal of contributing to the writing of a manifesto, the first version of which will be issued on 23 September, and the definitive version of which will be sent to the United Nations, in Geneva, on 10 January 2020 – the day of the centenary anniversary of the League of Nations.
PROGRAMME
*denotes remote or pre-recorded contribution
10am – 10pm: Ondaatje Theatre, Royal Geographical Society, 1 Kensington Gore, London SW7 2AR
11am – 4pm: Interventions in and around the Serpentine Pavilion, designed by Frida Escobedo, W2 3XA
Livestream: radio.serpentinegalleries.org
Polemic Tweet: All Bernard Stiegler-convened sessions including the workshop on 23 September will be streamed on the platform Polemic Tweet (polemictweet.com). Join the conversation via #workmarathon on Twitter
For the full schedule please visit:
http://radio.serpentinegalleries.org/events/work-marathon/
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