For this Artists at Work, ISCP artist-in-residence Anaïs Goupy will be joined by curator and writer Chiarina Chen. Goupy will present on her practice and speak with Chen about historical representations of women in painting, the commodification of the female body in the age of social media and the use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and internet culture to disrupt this commodified body. They will also discuss the power of the gaze and the role it plays today in AI systems when determining what is real versus fake and what is desirable. A Q&A with the audience will follow. 

Anaïs Goupy is a French artist and researcher exploring the relationship between humans and machines through a transdisciplinary practice. She is influenced by digital social network trends and examines themes of female representation across history, pop culture, and the internet, especially as it relates to ideas of emancipation and aesthetics. Goupy has exhibited work at ASPN Gallery, Germany; Kunstverein Bielefeld, Germany; and Spazio Bidet, Italy, among others.

Chiarina Chen is a New York-based independent curator and writer. From a psychology and art history background, her curatorial praxis explores diasporic conditions and posthuman subjectivity. She has produced international projects that merge art and emotional technology and range from mixed media, sound installations, cyborg performances, and experimental theater. Chen has curated exhibitions at The Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Massachusetts; Chain Theater, New York; University of Applied Arts Vienna and Krinzinger Projekte, both in Vienna; Posthuman Research Center, New York University, New York; and the Shanghai Himalayas Museum and Art and Philosophy Center, Fudan University, Shanghai.

This program is supported by KdFS Kulturstiftung des Freistaates Sachsen; Hartfield Foundation; James Rosenquist Foundation; Joe Sultan; Lèna Saltos; Milton and Sally Avery Arts Foundation; New York City Department of Cultural Affairs, in partnership with the City Council; Brooklyn Borough President Antonio Reynoso; New York City Council District 34; New York State Council on the Arts with the support of Governor Kathy Hochul and the New York State Legislature; Royal Norwegian Consulate General; Dr. Samar Maziad; Sarah Jones; van Beuren Charitable Foundation; William Talbott Hillman Foundation; and Woodman Family Foundation.
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This in-person event will be live streamed through Instagram: @iscp_nyc.

Accessibility information: Please note that the entrance to ISCP has seven steps and a ramp, which is ADA compliant. There are seven artist studios and one exhibition space which can be accessed on the first floor of ISCP. There is an accessible bathroom on the first floor at the end of the hallway, up one step, where the artist studios are located. To access the second floor there is a staircase with a grab bar installed on the right side with 22 steps. The second floor has 22 artist and curator studios, one exhibition space, and a lounge where remarks by our guest speaker will take place. To access the third floor there is a staircase with a grab bar installed on the right side with 24 steps. The third floor has five artist and curator studios. ISCP  can access a freight elevator to bring visitors between the first and second floors on request.

ISCP can offer two reserved parking spaces on request for people with disabilities. Please email Veronica Sanchez at vsanchez@iscp-nyc.org to request a parking space and/or freight elevator usage.