YOUR LIFE MATTERS

Nuit Blanche 2023 at stackt market 

Your Life Matters is a collection of wearable art tech pieces that both critique the ridiculous lengths protestors have to take to safely interact with police and the intersections between social justice and capitalism. The project takes the form of a collection of wearable tech pieces, designed to help protestors safely navigate police interactions. They are additionally framed as products sold by the fictitious tech company, Sentinel Technology. The framing of the pieces as products ask the audience to question the intersections between social justice and capitalism. How does capitalism feed off of, and often devalue, important social movements for profit? How do we as consumers practice resistance with our money? And would we be ok living in a future where these “products” are available for sale?

FUNDED BY THE CANADA COUNCIL FOR THE ARTS, THE TORONTO ARTS COUNCIL AND THE ONTARIO ARTS COUNCIL

  • Two men with dark hair in a dark room with purple and blue lighting. The man in the foreground is holding a light in his hand, and the man in the background is pointing towards the camera.
  • A person with dark skin and short curly hair wearing a black mask and a dark shirt, illuminated by red and yellow lighting.
  • Young man with curly hair wearing a face mask and headphones, illuminated by blue and purple lights.
  • Person with curly hair wearing virtual reality goggles in a dark, red-lit environment.
  • Person wearing a black virtual reality headset in a dark, colorful environment with pink and blue lighting.
  • Two men in black clothing, one man is helping the other with his shirt inside a photography or film studio. The man on the left is wearing a virtual reality headset and is adjusting it with his hands, while the man on the right is assisting him. There are black walls, studio lights, and equipment visible in the background.
  • Three people working on a camera equipment setup in a studio with professional lighting.