Art + Science

Writing at the Intersection of Art and Science

Nostalgia and the Collapse of Imagination
Photography, Memory, Nostalgia, Cultural Analysis, Art and Technology, Psychology, Perception, Social Media, History of Photography Joshua Sariñana Photography, Memory, Nostalgia, Cultural Analysis, Art and Technology, Psychology, Perception, Social Media, History of Photography Joshua Sariñana

Nostalgia and the Collapse of Imagination

Photography emphasizes nostalgia to visualize and understand a future that we cannot—or try not—to imagine. The ever-increasing use of retro nostalgia within the space of photo-sharing may collapse the ability to imagine a coherent future by altering the region of the brain that forms autobiographical memories.

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Instagram and Anxiety of the Photographer – Part III
Photography, Photography and Technology, Neuroscience, Psychology, Perception, Social Media, Social Analysis Joshua Sariñana Photography, Photography and Technology, Neuroscience, Psychology, Perception, Social Media, Social Analysis Joshua Sariñana

Instagram and Anxiety of the Photographer – Part III

Over the past few years, iPhoneography has created a new form of photography that has and will continue to re-structure how we interface with technology, gather and generate data, and how we create narratives. iPhone (and similar smartphone) users employ mobile photography to disseminate mass amounts of information, to subvert cultural institutions, and for political rallying. These behaviors parallel the same strategies of the radical Avant-Garde art movements of the 20th century.

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How Artificial Intelligence Reconstructs Our Minds and Lives Using Our Photos
Artificial Intelligence, Photography and Technology, Neuroscience, Human Brain, Data Privacy and Surveillance, Social Media, Data Mining Joshua Sariñana Artificial Intelligence, Photography and Technology, Neuroscience, Human Brain, Data Privacy and Surveillance, Social Media, Data Mining Joshua Sariñana

How Artificial Intelligence Reconstructs Our Minds and Lives Using Our Photos

AI software analyzes digital images to reconstruct and map out the architecture of the brain. I will also show how the same software uses digital photos from social media sites to stitch together 3D models of entire cities. I will end by showing how this very type of AI analysis is used to reconstruct an individual’s personal information as a way of predicting human behavior.

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