Center for Technological Pain

by Dasha Ilina

2018

Center for Technological Pain

by Dasha Ilina

2018

Digital art

Cultural outreach and education

Workshop

Installation

Video art

Health and body

Science and technology

Digital art

Cultural outreach and education

Workshop

Installation

Video art

Health and body

Science and technology

Institut français program

Escape, digital generations

Mention honoraire à Ars Electronica 2020

Screen, Video projector

Suitable for all audiences

Multiple languages

Update : 04/06/2024

Center for Technological Pain installed at Ars Electronica

Still from 'Self-Defense Against Technology'

Image from the Center for Technological Pain workshop at Meta Marathon (Düsseldorf)

Center for Technological Pain installed at Control Shift (fesival in Bristol) together with objects made during the workshop

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Center for Technological Pain (CTP) is a mock company conceived by Dasha Ilina that offers DIY and open source solutions to solve health problems caused by digital technologies such as smartphones and laptops. Among the prototypes it has developed are mechanical eye shields that reduce eye-strain, a headset to free the user’s hands, an insomnia-free box and various more or less absurd contraptions to relieve strained elbows and fingers. Ilina, who is part of a generation of millennials who never take their eyes off their smartphone, also offers DIY manuals on how to build low-tech accessories from cheap materials. CTP further questions the negative effects of technology by adapting self-defense techniques to fight this contemporary addiction, hosting workshops on creating your own DIY solutions, and proposing yoga moves to peacefully browse your social media apps.