Lecture: Marc Rotenberg

Mark Rotenberg will speak on "Watching the Watchers: Fighting Back in an Age of Ubiquitous Surveillance." Rotenberg is President and Executive Director of the Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC) in Washington, D.C. and Professor of Information Privacy Law at Georgetown University Law Center.

This lecture is presented as part of Surveillance & Privacy: Art, Law, and Social Practice, a multi-day symposium (November 20-22) focusing on the response of artists and cultural institutions to issues related to privacy and surveillance. Examining historical attitudes, contemporary perspectives, and prognostications about the future of privacy, the symposium will explore how changes in technology, law, and social practices intermingle and impact public perceptions and cultural behavior. Among the works featured for analysis during the symposium is the Henry’s interactive art installation Sanctum, created by UW professors and artists James Coupe and Juan Pampin and installed on the museum’s façade. In addition to project-focused sessions and panel discussions (November 22, Henry Auditorium), the symposium will also feature a lecture by Edward A. Shanken (November 21, Henry Auditorium).