FINE ARTS

The short film AI ANALOG – BREAKING THE CHINESE ROOM explores and questions Searle’s thought experiment. The protagonist seeks answers from Alexa and ChatGPT but receives unsatisfactory responses.

Wohin denn sonst? / Where else? My activism and art desires to highlight the misery of city pigeons. Not only their role as residents of our urban spaces, but also how governments apply unethical and unproductive measures to control their population.

The artwork Emergence Layout integrates traditional stained-glass motifs and Islamic patterns with contemporary digital technology and intricate fractal mathematics.

An AI-generated image shows parts of a toilet and its glitchy connection to the sewer system. The toilet is an object we are all familiar with and an interface to the canal system that forwards our excretory products.

DIY synth noise Malassezia is music for introverts, who would have preferred to stay at home with the houseplants. The live performance uses a setup consisting of small, self-soldered synthesizers and a vintage, out-of-tune zither, instead of new, expensive equipment.

Plastic Flowers is an audio-visual installation about personal narrative, cultural symbolism, and societal dynamics through the lens of an Iranian artist in Austria. Reflecting the rich pictorial and literary history of flowers in Iranian culture, this experimental biography delves into the shifting cultural meanings in both the artist’s journey and the broader societal context.

A voyeuristic stare at a lifeless animal body being autopsied: a sound is created by the contact between the flesh and the guided scalpel blade. Keeping non-human animals godless is an idea of power that human animals can have over anything that can be suppressed.

Simurgh: Wings of Existence Simurgh: Wings of Existence is an interactive kinetic sculpture inspired by Object-Oriented Ontology and Persian mythology. Reflecting on the interwoven nature of existence, the sculpture embodies Simurgh’s wisdom and unity.