{"id":54244,"date":"2018-11-06T14:37:10","date_gmt":"2018-11-06T19:37:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/?p=54244"},"modified":"2019-02-28T13:44:55","modified_gmt":"2019-02-28T18:44:55","slug":"brock-prof-unveils-invisible-histories-at-toronto-exhibition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/2018\/11\/brock-prof-unveils-invisible-histories-at-toronto-exhibition\/","title":{"rendered":"Brock prof unveils Invisible Histories at Toronto exhibition"},"content":{"rendered":"

The work of Brock Professor Donna Szoke on the hidden history of nuclear waste is being featured in a Toronto group exhibition that opened last week.<\/span><\/p>\n

Szoke, a researcher and Visual Arts Chair, has her work on display as part of Digital Animalities \u2014 a two-venue exhibition of artworks that examines how human-animal understandings and relationships are changing through the use of ubiquitous media and new technologies.<\/span><\/p>\n

The exhibition is part of a Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada<\/span><\/p>\n

(SSHRC)-funded research project titled \u201cDigital Animalities: Media Representations of Nonhuman Life in the Age of Risk,\u201d led by Jody Berland of York University.<\/span><\/p>\n

It brings the work of artists and researchers together to highlight the challenges and opportunities for new understandings of animals in contemporary digital culture.<\/span><\/p>\n

Co-curated by Giovanni Aloi, Matthew Brower and Curatorial Assistant Seb Roberts, Digital Animalities divided the works into two exhibitions: Mapping (at the James B. Aird gallery) and Rendering (at CONTACT Gallery).<\/span><\/p>\n

Szoke\u2019s Invisible Histories (a geolocative smartphone\/tablet app she developed in 2015) is featured in the Mapping exhibition.<\/span><\/p>\n

The free app maps nuclear waste at a Niagara Falls, N.Y., storage site, where more than 270,000 mice used in radioactive experiments have been buried.<\/span><\/p>\n

The app brings public awareness to the fact that there is radioactive evidence of secret atomic testing that took place during the infamous Manhattan Project in Niagara.<\/span><\/p>\n

Users are guided through the app to the rodent burial site through the leadership of green, glowing 3D mice that become more prevalent on-screen as the site grows near.<\/span><\/p>\n

Szoke said it\u2019s ironic, because no one actually wants to go towards nuclear waste, but the mice guide users to their graves to reveal their tragic end.<\/span><\/p>\n

Szoke was awarded the 2017 Faculty of Humanities Award for Excellence in Research and Creative Activity. Her artistic work includes media art, interactive animation, installation, drawing, experimentation and printmaking.<\/span><\/p>\n

Digital Animalities runs at the John B. Aird Gallery and CONTACT Gallery in Toronto until Nov. 23.<\/span><\/p>\n

The Invisible Histories app is available for free download at the iTunes store (OsX) and Google Play (Android).<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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