Real Feelings: Emotion and Technology

The barriers between human and machine, emotion and intelligence seem to be breaking down – a process that has been rapidly accelerating due to the pandemic. Our heartbeat, perspiration, speech, facial expressions and body language are being monitored by trackers, sensors, apps and webcams that increasingly infiltrate and manipulate our daily lives.

Are we at the brink of an emotional revolution that we can hardly imagine, leave alone understand? These stimulating questions and more are raised in Real Feelings, in connection to the provocative and investigative work of twenty international artists.