{"id":1194,"date":"2025-02-05T09:26:00","date_gmt":"2025-02-05T08:26:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/aksioma.org\/ayasu\/?p=1194"},"modified":"2025-05-07T13:49:21","modified_gmt":"2025-05-07T11:49:21","slug":"material-outcomes-in-the-digital-subject","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aksioma.org\/ayasu\/artist-talks\/material-outcomes-in-the-digital-subject\/","title":{"rendered":"Material Outcomes in the Digital Subject"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Alan Butler: Material Outcomes in the Digital Subject\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/udQsWCbL2ZA?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>In this lecture, artist Alan Butler discusses <em>The Production of Space<\/em>, a site-specific exhibition project he created for the Aksioma gallery. Building on a practice that examines the ontology of digital spatial design and video game assets, Butler explores how these digital building blocks produce reality\u2014both online and off. He reveals how the technical creation of images and their origins can shape culture and digital space, and how digital objects can affect the physical world.&nbsp;<br><br>Butler also shares the theoretical perspectives informing his creative process, illuminating how a series of works emerged around the physical performativity of digital objects. 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