EVENT: RICARDO MIRANDA ZÚNIGA'S FINTECH FOR THE PRECARIAT (OCTOBER 29 2021, NEW YORK)
It has been projected that the 2020s will be the decade of the FinTech (Financial Technology) Revolution. Yet who will this revolution ultimately serve? On Halloween weekend, game designer and artist Ricardo Miranda Zúñiga will invite museum guests to play FinTech for the Precariat, set in a fantastical New York City where the player hears the voices of people Miranda interviewed over the past year from across the financial spectrum, as well as ghoulish figures embodying such sins as Lust, Gluttony, Greed, and Envy. Taken together, these voices create a rich tapestry considering how our lives have been financialized. The game play will be preceded by a presentation from Miranda of his research, and will take place in the Museum's Café area. Recommended for ages 14+ for nudity.
Ricardo Miranda Zúñiga approaches art as a social practice that seeks to establish dialogue in public spaces. Having been born of immigrant parents and grown up between Nicaragua and San Francisco, a strong awareness of inequality and discrimination was established at an early age. The ways that inequality and power manifest themselves in our lives are consistent threads in Ricardo's work. Themes such as immigration, discrimination, gentrification and the effects of commodification/monetization extend from highly subjective experiences and observations into works that tactically engage others through popular metaphors while maintaining critical perspectives. Ricardo maintains a research-based practice that combines the hand-made with emerging technologies to present content in a manner that may generate interaction and discussion amongst participants/viewers/users.
: MoMi - Museum of the Moving Image
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