Push Dance Company Celebrates the Future of Creative Technology with Public Performance & Symposium

PUSH Dance Company and the Ruth Williams Opera House (RWOH, formerly Bayview Opera House) host a one-day tech symposium and dance performance to kick off PUSH Dance Company's 19th Anniversary in San Francisco on Saturday, March 16, from 1 to 3 pm. The event gathers leading Black technologists in a symposium including flying drone operator John Eric Henry and AI Developer Philip Butler.

Partnering with RWOH, PUSH builds upon the successful grand opening of its BIPOC Sanctuary in an event filled with networking, a live music and dance performance, and a chance to view test runs of new technology and dance science. In the dance performance, Simpson will demonstrate what happens when humans and tech collide in harmony and chaos in the world premiere of Performable Posthumanism.

The symposium and performance comprise a culture- driven experience empowering creatives, technologists and artists to uplift and amplify the stories of Black founders. Leaders in the field of robotics and artificial intelligence will take the space to perform demonstrations alongside their inspirational stories in a field where Black/African American individuals make up only 7% of tech jobs according to Zippia.

In creating Performable Posthumanism, Simpson examines potential outcomes of AI technology in the judicial system for people of African descent. In particular, the project illuminates the dangers of AI tools and their inevitable biases, discriminatory outcomes, and unintelligible decisions for humans caught in the legal system. The work features technology collaborators including Miles Lassi, jamil nasim, Ryan Wu, Philip Buter, and flying drone operator John Eric Henry. For Simpson, Performable Posthumanism continues to spark creative interaction with technology tools she first experimented with in the success of a past project titled, Codelining.

Price: General Admission: USD 20.00

Category: Arts | Performing Arts | Dance