quasimatt

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quasimatt is matt van ommeren, a new york–based founder, writer, artist, speaker, and event organizer working on scenetech and consumer technology. his art and media often explore artificial intelligence, anti-privacy, information in economics, and internet culture. he created shake social, co-organized the ai psychosis summit, and develops ideas through software, essays, talks, exhibitions, media, and events.

recent activity:

on , quasimatt joined ruby justice thelot, charlotte kent, and auriea harvey for honoring our pictures, a panel at heft about the value of images in the age of ai.

on , quasimatt appeared in an interview with adin for its warm intro series.

on , quasimatt demonstrated shake social at vibe scene at heft, an event featuring demonstrations of new artist-made apps.

on , quasimatt gave a talk on scenetech at fwb fest with macy gettles, defining scenes as social networks that develop culture, taste, and products and considering how technology can make those networks legible.

on , quasimatt appeared with macy gettles and kevin esherick on le random’s podcast about the ai psychosis summit to discuss the community around the event and its place at the intersection of art and technology.

on , quasimatt was featured in kevin esherick’s le random article about the ai psychosis summit.

on , quasimatt appeared with macy gettles on the defi dave podcast to discuss micro-neighborhoods and shake social.

on , quasimatt showed his written piece against privacy in matrixed systems at glo modern, arguing that democratized access to information can reduce asymmetry and coercive power.

on , quasimatt co-hosted a boys club technology and culture livestream with natasha hoskins.

on , quasimatt exhibited shake social in the group show sound and architecture at the gallery.

on , quasimatt co-hosted a boys club technology and culture livestream with natasha hoskins.

on , reason quoted quasimatt about organizing the ai psychosis summit, creating a less corporate kind of ai gathering, and bringing together technology and art in new york in a dispatch from the ai psychosis summit.

on , business insider featured and quoted quasimatt in its coverage of the ai psychosis summit, identifying quasimatt as matt van ommeren and describing the event’s mix of ai builders, artists, and internet culture.

on , boys club covered and quoted quasimatt in its report on the ai psychosis summit.

on , quasimatt appeared in itm’s interview with the organizers of the ai psychosis summit.

on , quasimatt appeared in kevin esherick’s portrait series homages, shown at the ai psychosis summit.

on , quasimatt co-organized and hosted the ai psychosis summit in downtown new york with macy gettles, mauricio “bunny” trujillo ramirez, and wesam jawich, bringing together hundreds of ai builders, artists, and cultural participants with sponsorship from a16z.

on , quasimatt co-hosted a boys club technology and culture livestream with natasha hoskins.

on , quasimatt appeared as a fan of kyle in his music video kyle xy.

on , quasimatt created and released shake social, an iphone app that turns in-person phone shakes into a living social graph and supports verified event attendance, chats, achievements, and privacy controls.

past projects:

quasimatt wrote and published it’s not abstraction it’s literally just lying.

quasimatt wrote and published i lost my cube.