{"version":"1.0","provider_name":"Microsoft Research","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research","author_name":"Alyssa Hughes","author_url":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/people\/v-alyhu\/","title":"Acrylic, metal, blue and a means of preparation: Imagining and living Black life beyond the surveillance state - Microsoft Research","type":"rich","width":600,"height":338,"html":"<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"xS1DxpmBCL\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/video\/acrylic-metal-blue-and-a-means-of-preparation-imagining-and-living-black-life-beyond-the-surveillance-state\/\">Acrylic, metal, blue and a means of preparation: Imagining and living Black life beyond the surveillance state<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" src=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/video\/acrylic-metal-blue-and-a-means-of-preparation-imagining-and-living-black-life-beyond-the-surveillance-state\/embed\/#?secret=xS1DxpmBCL\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" title=\"&#8220;Acrylic, metal, blue and a means of preparation: Imagining and living Black life beyond the surveillance state&#8221; &#8212; Microsoft Research\" data-secret=\"xS1DxpmBCL\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\"><\/iframe><script type=\"text\/javascript\">\n\/* <![CDATA[ *\/\n\/*! This file is auto-generated *\/\n!function(d,l){\"use strict\";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&\"undefined\"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!\/[^a-zA-Z0-9]\/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),c=new RegExp(\"^https?:$\",\"i\"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display=\"none\";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute(\"style\"),\"height\"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):\"link\"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute(\"src\")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener(\"message\",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll(\"iframe.wp-embedded-content\"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute(\"data-secret\"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+=\"#?secret=\"+t,e.setAttribute(\"data-secret\",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:\"ready\",secret:t},\"*\")},!1)))}(window,document);\n\/* ]]> *\/\n<\/script>\n","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/uploads\/prod\/2021\/10\/MSR_Simone_Browne_RT_Social_logo_1200x627.jpg","thumbnail_width":1200,"thumbnail_height":627,"description":"This talk is a series of \u201csmall comments in no particular order\u201d on the interventions and innovations made by artists whose works grapple with the surveillance of Black life, from policing to encryption, electronic waste, and artificial intelligence. The interventions under study trouble surveillance and its various methodologies, and are \u201ca means of preparation\u201d for [&hellip;]"}