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C-Lab

Marko Damiš (SI), Jurij Krpan (SI)

Interactive collaborative platform

The C-Lab facilitates a creative process involving an interdisciplinary group of creatives. The innovative process acts like a catalyst, employing art thinking, design thinking and machine-related thinking. The collaborative platform enables participants to visualize their spoken, uploaded contributions with semantic networks. These can be additionally manipulated by connecting the nodes and provoking a chain of unexpected interconnections between concepts.

Bios

  • Photo: Hana Marn

    Jurij Krpan

    SI

    Jurij Krpan founded the Kapelica Gallery for contemporary investigative art in 1995. As a curator, he has contributed to numerous national and international exhibitions. As the artistic director of Kersnikova Institute, he oversees R&D laboratories and integrates artistic ideations into innovation design. He has served on the Prix Ars Electronica jury, and was named Ambassador of Smart Specialisation (Government Office for Development and EU Cohesion) and president of the National Council for Culture.

  • Photo: Andrej Lamut

    Marko Damiš

    SI

    Marko Damiš (b. 1992, Maribor) is an interdisciplinary artist working at the intersection of technology, art and design. His practice explores the relationship between technology and users, artificial intelligence and the influence of devices on human perception. Grounded in artistic research and collaboration, his intermedia works feature generative storytelling and interactive approaches, bridging the gaps between art, science, and technology.

Credits

Designer: Marko Damiš (SI)
Coder: Mario Dobaj (SI)
Innovation catalyst: Jurij Krpan (SI)

The methodology of the C-Lab collaborative platform was developed at the S+T+ARTS residency Repairing the Present funded by European Commission, while the technical solutions were developed during the konS≡Platform for Contemporary Investigative Arts funded by European Cohesion policy Fund and the Ministry of Culture of Slovenia.

Funded by: GO! 2025 – Nova Gorica European Capital of Culture, Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Slovenia, S+T+ARTS – Science, Technology & the Arts, European Union, Kersnikova Institute, konS ≡ Platform for Contemporary Investigative Art.