November 6th - November 22nd

INSTALLATION:
FIREWALL Internet Cafe
by Joyce Yu-Jean Lee

Drop by JACK’s lobby during open gallery hours to view FIREWALL Internet Cafe, an interactive software program created by artist Joyce Yu-Jean Lee. Laying bare limits to Internet freedom, FIREWALL is a software which compares image search results from Google in the U.S. with Baidu in China. Visitors can search for internet images through FIREWALL and, with side-by-side results from the two browsers, vote on perceived censorship in the search results. Each vote is archived in a public research database through this socially engaged research project. Visualizing the urgent and rapidly-evolving issue of Internet censorship, FIREWALL offers users first-hand interaction with information manipulation on the Internet. The work explores user’s perception of censorship, a key consideration for netizens in the U.S. amidst legislative debates over federal bans on the cultural content leader and Chinese app TikTok.

Gallery Hours
Saturday, November 9th from 12pm - 7pm
Sunday, November 10th from 12pm - 7pm
Wednesday, November 13th from 12pm - 7pm
Saturday, November 16th from 12pm - 7pm
Sunday, November 17th from 12pm - 7pm
Friday, November 22nd from 12pm - 7pm

No ticket required, the installation is free and open to the public.

About the Artist

Joyce Yu-Jean Lee is a visual artist who combines video, glass sculpture, and interactive installation with social practice and institutional critique. Her artwork examines how media, technology, and culture shape notions of truth and understanding of the "other." She recently exhibited at The Delaware Contemporary and Kreeger Museums; and her artwork has been covered in The New York Times, The Washington Post, Hong Kong Free Press, Huffington Post, Hyperallergic and on BBC Radio. She received grants from the Lower Manhattan Cultural Council; Arts Mid-Hudson, Asian Women Giving Circle; Franklin Furnace Fund, Maryland State Arts Council and The Walters Art Museum; and fellowships from the Vermont Studio Center, Bromo Seltzer Arts Tower and Hamiltonian Artists. Her project about Internet censorship, FIREWALL, garnered backlash from Chinese state authorities in 2016 and has been presented at the Hong Kong Center for Community Cultural Development, Austrian Association of Women Artists (VBKÖ), and the Oslo Freedom Forum in New York, Norway, and Taiwan. Joyce received her BA from the University of Pennsylvania and her MFA from Maryland Institute College of Art (MICA). She is currently an Assistant Professor of Art at Pratt Institute in NYC.