Center for Technological Pain

by Dasha Ilina
2018
Institut français program
Escape, digital generations
Mention honoraire à Ars Electronica 2020

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.

In-situ experience
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.

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In-situ experience
Experience
Terms
Multi-users
Interactivity
Interactive
Audience
Categories
Suitable for all audiences
Accessibility
Suitable for visitors with developmental and learning disabilities, Suitable for people with reduced mobility, Audio description, Sign language
Prices
This creation is part of the exhibition Escape, Digital Generations initiated by the Institut français Find out more
Languages
Original language
English
Dubbing
Subtitles
French, English
Team
Interpreter
no
Public outreach
yes
Technician
yes
Material
Equipment
Screen ; Video projector
Minimum space required
A partir de 5 m 2
Internet connection
Not required to broadcast the artwork
A workshop may accompagny this artwork.
Awards
Mention honoraire à Ars Electronica Interactive Art+ (Austria) - 2020
Prix #Makeuses (France) 2018
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Programming
Escape, voyage au coeur des cultures numériques Alliance Française, Paris (France), 2021
Working towards our own obsolescence NeMe, Limassol (Cyprus), 2021
Ars Electronica Festival OÖ Kulturquartier, Linz (Austria), 2020
Mensch Maschine Le Botanique, Brussels (Belgium), 2020
Computer Grrrls La Gaîté Lyrique (France), 2019
Die Digitale Weltkunstzimmer, Düsseldorf (Germany), 2019
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Direction
Artist
Dasha Ilina
 
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