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Sean Dockray is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Fine Art at Monash University. His work as an artist and writer explores the politics of technology, with a particular emphasis on artificial intelligences and the algorithmic web. Dockray is the founding director of the Los Angeles non-profit Telic Arts Exchange and has initiated several knowledge-sharing platforms, including Public School AAAARG.ORG. Recent exhibitions include 'Data Relations' at ACCA, Melbourne, and 'House Mirrors: Artificial Intelligence Phantasm' in Dortmund, Germany. He has also participated in various performances and presentations that animate algorithmic processes and errors. Dockray's written essays address topics such as artificial intelligence in Artlink, online education in Frieze, and issues surrounding university militarization. He has been awarded the New York Prize Fellowship from the Van Alen Institute and has a practice-led PhD from the University of Melbourne, which investigates the encounters people have with algorithms in a post-industrial society. His research has contributed to discussions on listening and machine learning, co-founding the Machine Listening Curriculum to foster research and artistic experimentation in these fields.
Monash University • Melbourne, Australia
Teaches and conducts research in the field of Fine Art, focusing on the intersection of technology and art.
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