Tara Kelton is an Indian-American artist living in Bangalore. She investigates forms of drawing and the relationship between human and machine in light of new technology and tools of image production. Her practice focuses on the diminishing role of the human in contemporary society as it is being replaced by automation, AI, and digital mediation, and the remote control of labor by Western bodies and corporations. Tara is also co-editor of the publishing series Silicon Plateau, an art project and publishing series that explores the intersection of technology, culture and society in Bangalore.

In this episode, we talk about her life, work, and opinions on internet, automation and techno-utopian/dystopian future we are heading into. 

RELEVANT LINKS (Chronological)

Tara Kelton - https://tarakelton.com

Silicon Plateau - https://siliconplateau.info

Yes my wish project - https://tarakelton.com (Scroll Down)

Magic 8 Ball - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magic_8_Ball

Arlington, Texas - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arlington,_Texas

Ali Akbar Khan - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ali_Akbar_Khan

Millennium (Indian band) - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Millennium_(Indian_band)

VHS - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/VHS

Parsons Design - https://www.newschool.edu/parsons/

Zach Lieberman - http://zach.li

Open Frameworks - https://openframeworks.cc

Processing - https://processing.org

Undergraduate Thesis Project - Outsourced Typeface (Mentioned as Untitled Project in the Podcast) - https://tarakelton.com (Scroll Down)

Black Box Project - https://tarakelton.com (Scroll Down)

No Storage Search Engine - https://tarakelton.com (Scroll Down)

Unproductive Solutions Exhibition - https://unproductivesolutions.com

Marialaura Ghidini - https://marialaura-ghidini.hotglue.me

Rebekah Modrak - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rebekah_Modrak

Autopotraits - https://tarakelton.com (Scroll Down)

Microwork - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microwork

Amazon Mechanical Turk - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amazon_Mechanical_Turk

Mechanical Turk Original Story - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mechanical_Turk

Amazon 'Just Walk Out' AI tech News Report -  https://www.livemint.com/companies/news/amazons-ai-based-just-walk-out-checkout-tech-was-powered-by-1000-indian-workers-manually-11712196827721.html

News Story on Mechanical Workers by BBC - https://www.bbc.com/news/business-48881827

John Cleese - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Cleese

Kevin Roose’s Chat with AI Bot named ‘Sydney’ - https://x.com/kevinroose/status/1626216340955758594?lang=en

Northern Lights for Sydney - https://tarakelton.com (Scroll Down)