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Jonathon Keats: Roadable Synapse
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About the Film
In 2015, LACMA’s Art + Technology Lab awarded Jonathon Keats a grant to explore how wearable technology could enhance, diminish, or alter the identity of the wearer. The artist worked with Lab advisor John Suh and his team from Hyundai Motor Company to extend his ideas about wearables into the automotive realm. Titled the Roadable Synapse, the project’s first iteration underwent more than two years of research and development before it was realized in the summer of 2017.
About LACMA
The experimental spirit of Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA) is reflected in its work with artists, technologists, and thought leaders, as well as in its partnerships, to share collections and programs, create pioneering initiatives, and engage new audiences. Founded in 1961, LACMA is the largest art museum in the western United States. In 2015, Hyundai Motor partnered with the museum to further our shared commitment to the values of openness, flexibility, and creative thinking. Under the umbrella of The Hyundai Project at LACMA, this ten-year partnership—the longest and largest programmatic commitment in LACMA's history—encompasses acquisitions, exhibitions, and publications, with a focus on two important fields: Art + Technology and the Korean Art Scholarship Initiative.
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