A series of online talks by photographers from home and abroad.
These meetings are held via Zoom on the first Monday of each month for Dunedin Photographic Society members. If you are not a member and are interested in participating, please contact secretary@dps.org.nz
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UPCOMING TALKS for 2026
3 August – Nye Thompson
No eye behind the camera lens: a journey into machine vision
Nye Thompson is an artist turned software designer turned artist. Her work spans video and sculptural installation, image-making, experimental software architectures and process-based performance. She made the world’s first AI horror film for machines and has exchanged postcards with orbiting satellites. Her very first solo show in 2016 – described by C4 News as “too shocking to broadcast” – became global clickbait and triggered an international government complaint. International exhibitions include Tate Modern, The Barbican, The Lowry, The V&A, ZKM Karlsruhe, Ars Electronica and The Louvre.
About the presentation
Back in 2016, early in my art career when I was still working in software, I came across a set of images that would radically transform my art practice. They were photographic images taken through compromised security cameras around the world, automatically captured by a search engine. Thinking about these images – what they are and what they mean has formed the basis of many of my projects in the last 10 years. I’m going to talk about how those images took me on a journey exploring surveillance, machine vision and AI technologies, and how I inadvertently caused an international diplomatic incident on the way.
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