Conferences & Lectures
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Crafting Futures Conversation with: Yuima Nakazato. From the Relation of Fashion and Dust
Yuima Nakazato (JP)
Ein Gespräch über die Zukunft des Handwerks, das Handwerk der Zukunft und das Erschaffen der Zukunft.
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Town Hall Meeting: EIKON—Say Hello! to New Images
Moderation: Wolfgang Giegler (AT), Member of the Board, Austrian Institute for Photography and Media Art—EIKON
Ars Electronica connects: In 2024, the Festival is focused on the protagonists of positive development. Our extensive network of partners consists of these protagonists, who make us hopeful for better futures: academic institutions, public bodies, cultural organizations, and creative industries as well as the private sector, from sustainable industries to innovative technologies, come together at…
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Crafting Futures Conversation with: Noor Stenfert Kroese. The Dynamics of Living Systems in Art and Design
Noor Stenfert Kroese (NL)
Ein Gespräch über die Zukunft des Handwerks, das Handwerk der Zukunft und das Erschaffen der Zukunft.
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ARTificial: Legality, Ethics and Aesthetics of Generative AI
Micaela Mantegna (AR)
This session begins by examining the concept of creativity: Can we truly conceive of „artificial creativity“? Is AI capable of true innovation, or is it a tool reflecting human input? As AI-generated art becomes indistinguishable from human-created works, should we think of a “Turing test” for creativity? Does this blurring of lines influence how we legally…
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Creative Europe
Creative Europe Desk Austria
Creative Europe ist das Förderprogramm der Europäischen Kommission für den Kultur- und audiovisuellen Sektor. Während der Veranstaltung werden Vertreter der Creative Europe Desks die Bereiche Kultur, MEDIA und Cross-Sector des Programms vorstellen.
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Welcome & Introduction to the day
Rachel Donald (GB)
Credits Presented in the context of the Studiotopia project. Studiotopia is co-funded by the Creative Europe Programme of the European Union.
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Welcome & Introduction to the day
Frederike Kaltheuner (DE)
Bios Credits This project has been developed and is presented in the context of the STARTS in the City project. STARTS in the City has received funding from the European Commission’s Directorate-General for Communications Networks, Content and Technology under grant agreement No. LC-01984766.
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Frischer Wind
Mary Mayrhofer (AT), Konstantin Redl (AT), Emma Gruber (AT), Linda Michelitsch (AT)
Junge Menschen stehen vor großer Unklarheit. In unserem Zustand der Dauerkrise diskutiert man viel, streitet und resigniert. In der Dämmerung der Demokratie bleibt die Debatte um Wandel aber auffallend leise. Genau diese Debatte soll jetzt aber geführt werden: Brauchen wir Wandel? Ist Wandel möglich? Und wenn ja, wie? Das Publikum diskutiert mit jungen Menschen, Expertinnen,…
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Sense and Sensuality of Immersive Spaces
Holunder Heiß (AT), Razieh Kooshki (IR), Nohlab (TR), Ars Electronica Solutions
Immersive Räume gewinnen immer mehr an Bedeutung. Unser Salongespräch widmet sich der Frage, warum immersive Räume geschaffen werden und welche Rolle sie bei der Demokratisierung von Kunst und Kultur spielen. Immersive Räume bringen das Unerreichbare näher und eröffnen neue Möglichkeiten, tiefere Erfahrungen zu machen. Der Mensch als sinnliches Wesen entwickelt durch Immersion Empathie und ein…
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Reclaiming Digital Technologies | Is breaking up Big Tech enough?
Francesca Bria (IT), Jillian C. York (US), Christoph Knogler (AT), Frederike Kaltheuner (DE)
The concentration of power that makes and runs the present digital ecosystem signals a need to reclaim digital technologies. But in a paradigm that allows, if not encourages, monopolistic tendencies, is breaking up Big Tech enough to ensure new technologies – even when developed by a more diverse range of actors – operate differently? Reclaiming…
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Calculating Empires: Mapping Technology and Power Across Time
Kate Crawford (AU), Vladan Joler (RS), Frederike Kaltheuner (DE)
How can we understand the operations of technology and power in our era? Our technological systems are increasingly complex, interconnected, automated and opaque. The industrial transformations in AI are further concentrating power, while accelerating polarization and alienation.
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Alternatives | Digital Technologies for New Economic Models
Petia Niederländer (AT), Rafael Madureira dos Anjos (BR), Agnes Aistleitner Kisuule (AT), Rita Isiba (AT)
Can alternative, individual uses of technologies give us a glimpse into how systemic change might look like? We spotlight three examples that use new technologies to reimagine financial and economic models or hold governments accountable for their spending.