Two upcoming UK shows explore the conversation between art and technology

Networking Serendipities – Taline Temizian

Armenian-British artist Taline Temizian, who was born in California, grew up in Syria, and is currently based in London, explores human interactions and experiences through the intersection between art and technology. Her artistic practice is inspired by philosophers, scientists, technologists and filmmakers alike, taking a transhumanist approach towards trauma and memory and exploring ways to improve human life from a mental and emotional perspective. In her work, Temizian makes reference to developments and research in cardiology and neuroscience. She uses a broad range of media — from paper, oil, collage, digital media, installations, light, coding, and electronic media to performance, video, poetry and the moving image.

The series of multimedia works in her ‘Networking Serendipities’ exhibition resemble charts and shapes forming all kind of systems and connections. Temizian creates a sensory experience using olfactory, audio and visual elements. Her piece ‘It’s an Overkill,’ for example, could be called a self-portrait of the artist — a video of Temizian’s own brain is attached to a padded velvet shape and plays on a loop.

‘Through my work I look to explore the relationship between the signifier and the signified, forming imaginative orders that transform into visual realities. Computers and technologies which we are surrounded by in day-to-day life become extended versions of ourselves. Concomitant variants rule our universe and I am most interested in identifying these, playing with their nature, grammar, grids and possibilities, observing myself through each viewer who will have a unique experience transforming themselves, the artwork and therefore me.’ – Taline Temizian