Dries Depoorter - Surveillance Art, Dying Phones and Fake Likes / KIKK Festival 2021

During his conference, Dries talked about his recent and upcoming works and their thrilling process. At KIKK Festival 2017, Dries talked for the first time about his app ‘Die With Me’. It’s a chat app that you can only use when you have less than 5% battery. After the release, it went instantly viral. During this 10th edition, he has told us the story about what happened before and after the release. He showcased as well his interactive installation ‘Quick Fix’ by giving someone in the audience hundreds of Instagram likes in a few seconds. He talked as well about his interactive installation 'The Lookout' where you can control physically CCTV with a Playstation controller. He showcased how to control a camera at the other side of the world with a Playstation controller. Dries Depoorter is a Belgium artist working with technology. His catchy and humorous work addresses themes such as privacy, social media, artificial intelligence and surveillance. Among his creations are several products such as apps, games and interactive installations. He studied electronics for six years before making the switch to art school. Today Dries Depoorter is exhibiting and holding talks internationally while working as a freelance concept provider that focus on digital processes. Dries exhibited at the Barbican London, Art Basel, Mutek Festival Montreal, Bozar, Para Site Hong Kong, Mozilla The Glass Room San Francisco, IDFA Doclab, Mundaneum. FOMU, Ars Electronica, NRW, World Press Photo, WIRED25, HEK. Dries did talks for TEDx, MoMA, SXSW, Chanel, Adidas, Mutek Festival, STRP festival, Dutch Design Week and web2day. KIKK is an international festival of digital and creative cultures that explores the economical and artistic implications of new technologies. www.kikk.be Follow us: https://galaxy.kikk.be/en/home/ Facebook:   / kikk.festival   Twitter:   / kikk_festival   Instagram:   / kikk_festival