The case for making art in a crisis | Yiyun Kang | Your Body on Tech
Summary
In this TED Talks Daily episode, host Manoush Zomorodi interviews mixed-media artist Yi-Yoon Kang about her mission to render invisible technological forces visible. Kang discusses her immersive works, including "Passage of Water," which visualizes NASA satellite data on freshwater loss, and "SOTA," a project that maps the internal architecture of AI models to demystify the "black box." Through these pieces, Kang argues that art serves as a crucial bridge between complex data and human emotion, helping audiences sense and care about "wicked problems" like climate change and artificial intel…
Topics discussed
Introduction to the special series on tech and self
Manoush Zomorodi introduces artist Yi-Yoon Kang
Sponsorship and Planet Visionaries promotion
TED Talk: Vanishing and the crisis of invisible problems
TED Talk: Passage of Water and visualizing climate data
TED Talk: SOTA and opening the AI black box
TED Talk: Light Architecture and reclaiming human agency
Transition and sponsorship segments
Interview: Background and the concept of wicked problems
Interview: The Passage of Water project and COP28 impact
Sponsorship segments
Interview: Demystifying AI and the danger of the black box
Interview: Art as a bridge and navigating AI ambiguity
Closing remarks and credits
Sponsorship and preview of next episode
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