TJ Shin's 'Delta' Uses Game Theory to Explore Asian American Identity
Ehrlich Steinberg gallery in Los Angeles presents 'Delta', a solo exhibition by TJ Shin featuring a multi-channel video installation, drawings, and a text by Sunny Xiang. The installation reenacts the Prisoner's Dilemma, a game theory concept from the RAND Corporation (1950), where participants choose cooperation or defection. Shin recruited sixteen Asian American Pacific Islander participants via Craigslist, who played games from a deck of twenty prompts covering finance, legality, politics, and information exchange. The exhibition runs across the gallery's upper rooms.
Key facts
- Ehrlich Steinberg presents 'Delta', a solo exhibition by TJ Shin.
- Exhibition includes multi-channel video installation, drawings, and text by Sunny Xiang.
- Installation stages a modified Prisoner's Dilemma from game theory.
- Prisoner's Dilemma developed by RAND Corporation in 1950.
- Shin recruited sixteen Asian American Pacific Islander participants via Craigslist.
- Participants played eight games from a deck of twenty prompts.
- Prompts cover scenarios in finance, legality, politics, and information exchange.
- Exhibition takes place across the gallery's upper rooms.
Entities
Artists
- TJ Shin
- Sunny Xiang
Institutions
- Ehrlich Steinberg
- RAND Corporation
Locations
- Los Angeles
- United States