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Valentina Peri is an independent curator, artist and author based in Paris.
Her work examines the role of technology in contemporary culture, with a focus on love and intimacy in the digital age, media histories and technologies in the anthropocene. She has curated exhibitions, published writing and given lectures on a broad range of topics in these areas.
Her traveling exhibition Data Dating about love in the Internet age has been presented in Paris, Tel Aviv, London, Brussels, Geneva and Brescia. In the context of this exhibition, she co-edited an essay collection published by Intellect : Data Dating. Love, Technology, Desire (2021).
In 2022, she started researching the phenomenon of Internet romance scams in West Africa, and published the book The New Romance Scammer’s Instructor, a collection of original messages from Ghanaian love scammers. She is currently working on a new book based on her research in Ivory Coast about &#8220;les brouteurs&#8221;, or love fraudsters.
She received a Fluxus Art Projects Grant in 2022 for her curatorial research on the history of dating : The Museum of Dating, presented in London in 2023. At this occasion, she wrote and directed the film Joan Ball. The Lady of Computer Dating.
Since 2021 she has collaborated as a curator with peer-to-space, an independent exhibition platform based in Berlin. From 2011-21, Valentina was associate director and curator at Galerie Charlot Paris – Tel Aviv, a contemporary art gallery focusing on new media art. Valentina Peri is also a co-founder of SALOON Paris, an international and diverse network of women identifying art professionals, part of the SALOON Network.

Valentina Peri

The conference Love, Lies and Romance Scam delves into the intriguing world of online dating and the realm of romance scams. Independent curator, artist, and author, Valentina Peri, will guide us through an exploration of love, intimacy, and deception in the digital age.
Valentina Peri has dedicated her career to examining the role of technology in contemporary culture, with a particular focus on love and intimacy in the digital age. Her thought-provoking traveling exhibition, Data Dating, showcases the profound impact of technology on romantic relationships. By challenging our perceptions of love, desire, and connection in the era of online dating and virtual interactions, Valentina offers fresh insights into the complex dynamics of modern romance.
In 2022, Valentina embarked on a groundbreaking research project centered around the phenomenon of Internet romance scams in West Africa. These scams, also known as online dating scams, involve individuals being tricked into believing they are in a romantic relationship with someone they met online. In reality, their supposed partner is a swindler using a fake identity to gain their trust and ultimately ask money from them. 
Valentina&#8217;s discoveries and firsthand experiences in Ghana are chronicled in her thought-provoking book, The New Romance Scammer&#8217;s Instructor, published in 2022. This insightful publication presents a collection of original messages from Ghanaian love scammers, shedding light on their deceptive practices. Valentina&#8217;s main focus is on exploring contemporary love language through digital tools and creating a bridge with the tradition of love letter-writing manuals from the 18th and 19th centuries. These manuals, known as The Lover’s Instructor in the UK, Secrétarie Galant in France, and Segretario Galante in Italy, offered guidance on composing love letters, providing examples, templates, and tips for lovers lacking linguistic prowess or imagination.
Continuing her research in 2023, Valentina ventured into Ivory Coast, a French-speaking country, where she collected romantic texts used by &#8220;les brouteurs&#8221; (scammers in Ivorian French) of the capital Abidjan and conducted interviews with a group of these romance fraudsters. 
She is currently working on a new book, resulting from the results gained during this fieldwork.
Valentina Peri&#8217;s expertise and firsthand research will provide unique insights into the fascinating realms of the complexities of love, deceit, and the digital landscape in the context of online dating.

Love, Lies and Romance Scam

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OMSE is a creative studio crafting simple, striking brands.
Since 2016, they’ve been working with household names and future visionaries to help them have an impact on the world around them and build their legacy. With an ethos based around forming tight creative partnerships, they’ve been able to collaborate with an incredible number of artists and to partner with clients ranging from the UK’s largest sushi chain, a night club once home to the largest printing factory in Western Europe through to China’s first gin, and many more.

OMSE  (James Kape & Pedro Messias)

This talk will take you underneath the surface. OMSE will dive into the studio background and share the stories behind the projects you’ve seen out in the world.

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Zachary Lieberman is an artist, researcher, and educator with a simple goal : he wants you surprised. In his work, he creates performances and installations that take human gesture as input and amplify them in different ways : making drawings come to life, imagining what the voice might look like if we could see it, transforming people&#8217;s silhouettes into music.
He&#8217;s been listed as one of Fast Company&#8217;s Most Creative People and his projects have won the Golden Nica from Ars Electronica, Interactive Design of the Year from Design Museum London as well as listed in Time Magazine&#8217;s Best Inventions of the Year. He creates artwork through writing software and is a co-creator of openFrameworks, an open source C++ toolkit for creative coding and helped co-found and teaches at the School for Poetic Computation, a school examining the lyrical possibilities of code. He’s also a professor at MIT’s Media Lab, where he runs the Future Sketches group.

Zach Lieberman

When he was turning 40, Zach decided to start a practice of daily sketching — making small artworks with code that he posts on social media as a way of saying hello to the world. This way of working openly has radically reshaped the way he thinks about making. In this talk, Zach will explore how small things can become big things, and what he has learned by reshaping his practice.