manual reading club: the practice of machine reading

When

Thursday, November 5, 7 PM to 8 PM

Where

tiat, 151 Powell St, San Francisco, CA 94102, USA

Price

$10

Source fetched

Fri, Oct 30

Before technology became seamless and invisible, electronic objects arrived with manuals that revealed how each machine imagined its user and everyday life. Inspired by palm reading, participants will choose a secondhand manual and practice “machine reading,” interpreting its instructions, diagrams, warnings, and promises as clues to the future its makers…

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