Spencer Chang
By ARTEX Artist
Spencer Chang is a featured artist of the [CODAME](/orgs/codame) [ART+TECH Festival](/orgs/codame/events/codame-art-tech-festival-2013) (2024) #Essence Spencer Chang (he/they) is an internet artist and engineer creating and stewarding speculative communal infrastructure. Their interdependent practice spans participatory installations, creative infrastructure, and interactive sculptures that invite visitors to imagine and create their own dreams of technology. These works act as "interventions" that prompt people to reflect on their wishes for what technology could be, rooted in our historical reality. He is primarily concerned with dismantling the use of technology as a tool of institutional oppression in favor of a folk practice of collective play, craft, and care. Emphasizing longevity, they investigate technological practices that enable us to take care of both our systems and each other. Their work has been featured in and supported by the de Young Museum, Gray Area, CultureHub, the Ethereum Foundation, MIT Technology Review, APOSSIBLE and Frieze. They are a NEW INC Y11 Art & Code member and have hosted exhibitions and workshops internationally in San Francisco, Los Angeles, New York, Berlin, and Amsterdam. Explore More of Spencer's Work Website | X | Instagram Spencer Chang is a featured artist of the [CODAME ART+TECH](/orgs/codame/events/codame-arttech-c1a) Festival (2024) #Essence