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<p class="gmail-p1" style="margin:0px;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-kerning:auto;font-feature-settings:normal;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal"><font face="arial, sans-serif">Dear all, (sorry for crossposting)</font></p>
<p class="gmail-p2" style="margin:0px;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-kerning:auto;font-feature-settings:normal;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal;min-height:15px"><font face="arial, sans-serif"><br></font></p>
<p class="gmail-p1" style="margin:0px;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-kerning:auto;font-feature-settings:normal;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal"><font face="arial, sans-serif">It is a pleasure to invite you to this very special Internet Tour. </font></p>
<p class="gmail-p1" style="margin:0px;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-kerning:auto;font-feature-settings:normal;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal"><font face="arial, sans-serif">4 hours, a fake tech bus, unlimited fun</font></p>
<p class="gmail-p2" style="margin:0px;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-kerning:auto;font-feature-settings:normal;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal;min-height:15px"><br></p>
<p class="gmail-p1" style="margin:0px;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-kerning:auto;font-feature-settings:normal;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal"><b><font face="arial, sans-serif">Internet Tour: Invisible Infrastructures and AI Hallucinations</font></b></p>
<p class="gmail-p1" style="margin:0px;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-kerning:auto;font-feature-settings:normal;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal"><font face="arial, sans-serif">San Francisco Bay Area. Berkeley, Emeryville, and Oakland.</font></p>
<p class="gmail-p2" style="margin:0px;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-kerning:auto;font-feature-settings:normal;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal;min-height:15px"><font face="arial, sans-serif"><br></font></p>
<p class="gmail-p1" style="margin:0px;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-kerning:auto;font-feature-settings:normal;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal"><font face="arial, sans-serif">12 Oct 2023</font></p>
<p class="gmail-p2" style="margin:0px;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-kerning:auto;font-feature-settings:normal;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal;min-height:15px"><font face="arial, sans-serif"><br></font></p>
<p class="gmail-p1" style="margin:0px;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-kerning:auto;font-feature-settings:normal;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal"><font face="arial, sans-serif">An in-person journey through the physical Internet infrastructure, a tourist route of non-touristic places.</font></p>
<p class="gmail-p2" style="margin:0px;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-kerning:auto;font-feature-settings:normal;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal;min-height:15px"><font face="arial, sans-serif"><br></font></p>
<p class="gmail-p1" style="margin:0px;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-kerning:auto;font-feature-settings:normal;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal"><font face="arial, sans-serif">With Alex Saum-Pascual, Digital Artist, Poet, and Associate Professor of Contemporary Spanish Literature and New Media, University of California, Berkeley; Jill Miller, Visual Artist and Assistant Professor, Department of Art Practice, University of California, Berkeley; Asma Kazmi, Research-Based Artist and Associate Professor, Department of Art Practice, University of California, Berkeley; Beth Piatote, Writer, Playwright, Associate Professor of English and Comparative Literature, and Director of Arts Research Center, University of California, Berkeley.</font></p><p class="gmail-p1" style="margin:0px;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-kerning:auto;font-feature-settings:normal;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal"><font face="arial, sans-serif"><br></font></p>
<p class="gmail-p1" style="margin:0px;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-kerning:auto;font-feature-settings:normal;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal"><font face="arial, sans-serif">Like any other digital technology, or the Internet itself, the current explosion of AI research and applications relies on their conceptualization as immaterial technologies. The idea of clean, ethereal networks whose data is stored in a bodiless Cloud is nothing but a fallacy that hides thousands of miles of fiber optic cables, innumerable data centers, and increasing global energy consumption. The Internet that feeds and fuels AI is made up of a series of materials, constructions, and interventions that are hidden from the naked eye; from inconspicuous buildings in the centers of our cities, to urban beaches where the undersea cables that connect countries and continents are buried under the sand.</font></p><p class="gmail-p1" style="margin:0px;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-kerning:auto;font-feature-settings:normal;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal"><font face="arial, sans-serif"><br></font></p>
<p class="gmail-p1" style="margin:0px;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-kerning:auto;font-feature-settings:normal;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal"><font face="arial, sans-serif">“Internet Tour” is an initiative by Barcelona-based artist Mario Santamaría, whose successful bus tours have explored the hidden digital infrastructures of many European cities. Now in Berkeley, in collaboration with Alex Saum-Pascual, and together with the Berkeley Center for New Media and the Arts Research Center, we’ll embark on a collective exploration of the world’s preeminent technology hub, the San Francisco Bay Area, as we unearth its Internet infrastructure. Traveling by bus and on foot across Berkeley, Emeryville, and Oakland, this guided tour will also feature poetic and artistic experiences. We’ll visit the places through which our voices, images, cryptocurrencies, and future intelligences circulate as cursed matter that flows from the same wound. Where to go from there?<br>
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An Art, Technology, and Culture Colloquium special event, presented with the Arts Research Center and as part of BCNM's Critical Infrastructures and Cultural Analytics program. Co-sponsored by Institut Ramon Llull, the Peder Sather Center for Advanced Study, and the Department of Spanish and Portuguese at UC Berkeley.</font></p><p class="gmail-p1" style="margin:0px;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-kerning:auto;font-feature-settings:normal;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal"><font face="arial, sans-serif"><br></font></p>
<p class="gmail-p1" style="margin:0px;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-kerning:auto;font-feature-settings:normal;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal"><font face="arial, sans-serif">Also part of the exhibition: <i>More Than Meets AI.</i> Curated by Jill Miller, Eamon O'Kane, and Scott Rettberg, this exhibition emerges from a Peder Sather Center for Advanced Study research project titled “Transformation and Disruption: The Challenges and Opportunities of AI for Human Creativity.” The project is focused on the aesthetic and cultural impacts of AI, and will result both in art exhibitions and research cooperation between the University of Bergen’s Center for Digital Narrative and UC Berkeley.</font></p>
<p class="gmail-p3" style="margin:0px;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-kerning:auto;font-feature-settings:normal;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal;color:rgb(220,161,13)"><span class="gmail-s1" style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><font face="arial, sans-serif"><br></font></span></p><p class="gmail-p3" style="margin:0px;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-kerning:auto;font-feature-settings:normal;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal;color:rgb(220,161,13)"><span class="gmail-s1" style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><font face="arial, sans-serif">More info and tickets: <a href="https://events.berkeley.edu/arc/event/205768-internet-tour-invisible-infrastructures-and-ai"><span class="gmail-s2">https://events.berkeley.edu/arc/event/205768-internet-tour-invisible-infrastructures-and-ai</span></a></font></span></p>
<p class="gmail-p2" style="margin:0px;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-kerning:auto;font-feature-settings:normal;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal;min-height:15px"><font face="arial, sans-serif"><br></font></p>
<p class="gmail-p1" style="margin:0px;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-kerning:auto;font-feature-settings:normal;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal"><b><font face="arial, sans-serif">Others Internet Tour editions:</font></b></p>
<p class="gmail-p2" style="margin:0px;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-kerning:auto;font-feature-settings:normal;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal;min-height:15px"><font face="arial, sans-serif"><br></font></p>
<p class="gmail-p1" style="margin:0px;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-kerning:auto;font-feature-settings:normal;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal"><font face="arial, sans-serif">Barcelona (2018, 2019, 2020, 2022, 2023)</font></p>
<p class="gmail-p1" style="margin:0px;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-kerning:auto;font-feature-settings:normal;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal"><font face="arial, sans-serif">Madrid (2018, 2023)</font></p>
<p class="gmail-p1" style="margin:0px;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-kerning:auto;font-feature-settings:normal;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal"><font face="arial, sans-serif">Zaragoza (2019)</font></p>
<p class="gmail-p1" style="margin:0px;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-kerning:auto;font-feature-settings:normal;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal"><font face="arial, sans-serif">Bizkaia (2020)</font></p>
<p class="gmail-p1" style="margin:0px;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-kerning:auto;font-feature-settings:normal;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal"><font face="arial, sans-serif">Urbino (2020)</font></p>
<p class="gmail-p1" style="margin:0px;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-kerning:auto;font-feature-settings:normal;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal"><font face="arial, sans-serif">Hospitalet (2022)</font></p>
<p class="gmail-p1" style="margin:0px;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-kerning:auto;font-feature-settings:normal;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal"><font face="arial, sans-serif">Lleida (2022)</font></p>
<p class="gmail-p1" style="margin:0px;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-kerning:auto;font-feature-settings:normal;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal"><font face="arial, sans-serif">Berlin (2022)</font></p>
<p class="gmail-p1" style="margin:0px;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-kerning:auto;font-feature-settings:normal;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal"><font face="arial, sans-serif">Burgos (2023)</font></p>
<p class="gmail-p1" style="margin:0px;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-kerning:auto;font-feature-settings:normal;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal"><font face="arial, sans-serif">Palma (2023)</font></p>
<p class="gmail-p2" style="margin:0px;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-kerning:auto;font-feature-settings:normal;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal;min-height:15px"><font face="arial, sans-serif"><br></font></p>
<p class="gmail-p3" style="margin:0px;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-kerning:auto;font-feature-settings:normal;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal;color:rgb(220,161,13)"><span class="gmail-s1" style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><font face="arial, sans-serif">More info: <a href="http://internetour.com/"><span class="gmail-s2">http://internetour.com/</span></a></font></span></p>
<p class="gmail-p2" style="margin:0px;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-kerning:auto;font-feature-settings:normal;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal;min-height:15px"><font face="arial, sans-serif"><br></font></p>
<p class="gmail-p2" style="margin:0px;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-kerning:auto;font-feature-settings:normal;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal;min-height:15px"><font face="arial, sans-serif"><br></font></p>
<p class="gmail-p1" style="margin:0px;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-kerning:auto;font-feature-settings:normal;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal"><font face="arial, sans-serif">best,</font></p></div><br clear="all"><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div><span style="color:rgb(68,68,68)"><font size="2">Mario Santamaría</font><span style="color:rgb(204,204,204)"><span><span><font size="2"><span></span></font></span></span></span></span><span style="color:rgb(204,204,204)"><br><font size="2"><span><font size="2"><font size="2"><a href="http://www.mariosantamaria.net" target="_blank">www.mariosantamaria.net</a><span style="color:rgb(102,102,102)"><br></span></font></font></span></font></span><div><span style="color:rgb(102,102,102)"><font size="2"><span>-------</span></font><span><font size="2"><span>-------</span></font></span><span><font size="2"><span>-------</span></font></span><span><font size="2"><span>-------</span></font><span><font size="2"><span>-------</span></font></span><span><font size="2"><span></span></font></span></span></span></div></div><div><span style="color:rgb(102,102,102)"><font size="2"> </font><font size="2"><a href="http://www.mariosantamaria.net" target="_blank"><span><span></span></span></a></font><span></span><span><font size="2"><span></span></font></span><span></span></span><div><span style="color:rgb(102,102,102)"><font size="2"><span></span>Tourist Guide<br></font><font size="2"><a href="https://t.co/VRcqZjU2D6" rel="nofollow noopener" dir="ltr" title="https://internetour.com/" target="_blank"><span>https://</span><span>internetour.com</span></a><br></font></span></div><span style="color:rgb(102,102,102)"><font size="2"><span><font size="2"><span>-------</span></font></span></font><span><font size="2"><span><font size="2"><span><span><font size="2"><span>-------</span></font></span></span></font></span></font></span><span><font size="2"><span><font size="2"><span><span><font size="2"><span><span><font size="2"><span>-------</span></font></span></span></font></span></span></font></span></font></span><span><font size="2"><span>-------</span></font><span><font size="2"><span>-------</span></font></span><span><font size="2"><span></span></font></span></span><font size="2"><span></span></font><br><font size="2"><span></span></font></span></div><div><span style="color:rgb(102,102,102)"><font size="2">Studio: Trama 34. L'Hospitalet, Barcelona<br></font></span></div><div><span style="color:rgb(102,102,102)"><font size="2">e: <a href="mailto:info@mariosantamaria.net" target="_blank">info@mariosantamaria.net</a>  tw: @m_msanta<br></font></span></div><div><span style="color:rgb(102,102,102)"><font size="2">m: +0034 651 109 724 <br></font></span></div><div><span style="color:rgb(102,102,102)"><font size="2"><span><font size="2"><span><span><span><font size="2"><span>-------</span></font><span><font size="2"><span>-------</span></font></span><span><font size="2"><span>-------</span></font></span></span><span><font size="2"><span>-------</span></font><span><font size="2"><span>-------</span></font></span></span></span></span></font></span></font></span></div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><font size="2"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"></span><span></span></font><div><a href="https://t.co/VRcqZjU2D6" rel="nofollow noopener" dir="ltr" title="https://internetour.com/" target="_blank"><span></span><span><span></span></span></a> </div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>