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The Arts Council of Greater New Haven, in collaboration with
Haskins Laboratories, presents "Status Update." Curated by Debbie Hesse
and Donna Ruff, "Status Update" explores the use of emerging social
networking technologies in art. Featured artists include Kevin Van
Aelst, Cat Balco, Sharon Butler, Heather Freeman, Greg Garvey, Matt
Held, Keith Johnson, Katie Ring, Jeremiah Teipen, Lee Walton, Rachel
Perry Welty, and An Xiao. Social networking platforms such as Facebook,
MySpace, and Twitter offer artists unique forums for communication and
expression. Philip Rubin, chief executive officer and senior scientist
at Haskins Laboratories, a nonprofit research institute that studies
speech, reading, and related technologies, talked about the connection
between the research conducted at Haskins Laboratories and Status
Update.
“One area of interest to us is … literacy in a digital age,” Rubin
said. Haskins Laboratories, Rubin said, has always been interested in
what exists at the intersection of human communication, literacy, and
technology. With funding from The Teagle Foundation, Rubin said,
Haskins Laboratories is developing plans for a project that will
explore the impact of social networking tools, technologies, and
practices such as Facebook, hand-held devices, and text messaging on
how we read and whether or not the act of reading has changed.
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