Projects

Decline All

Marie Dvorzak (AT)

This work explores the persistence of third-party cookies, a technology Google has repeatedly tried—and failed—to phase out. Known to most EU citizens as the cause of those annoying consent pop-ups on websites, these cookies highlight the difficulty of moving beyond entrenched digital practices and the influence of surveillance capitalism.
Alignment Problem

Thomas Thwaites (GB)

What can we do in the face of the ever-worsening climate crisis? This project titled Alignment Problem presents two apps that attempt to have an effect. The first app limits your screentime on your phone based on the carbon emissions associated with its usage.
transreal

Hannah Wimmer (AT), Maximilian Prag (AT)

In the face of digital (dis)continuities between overload and intuitive understanding of the body, doublings of worlds are renegotiated in transreal. The two artists dedicate themselves to the inseparable relationship between bodies and digital space and venture a look under the skin, at the structures and meta-physical conditions of our time.
Wenming Constructs

Phoebe Lemon (US)

The work explores “Wenming” (civilization) as interplay between identity, ethnicity and cyberspace. Often seen in propaganda and policy for economic progress, Wenming is also constructed digitally and corporeally on social media platforms like Kuaishou, where ethnic identity and cultural authenticity are circulated.
Weird Creatures

Siwei Chen (CN), Haoran Wang (CN), Rebecca Xiong (CN), Nuo Xu (CN), Jiapei Yao (CN), Xinyu “Torico” Chen (CN), Wes Firestone (US), Michelle Hua (CN), Jinhe “Anny” Jiang (CN), Zoe Kalamaros (US), Cindy Liu (CN), August Wang (US), Jinyuan (Jack) Xu (CN), Neo Alabastro (US)

This project presents a framework for analyzing the human condition: from the superficial self to the emotional and affective dimensions, and the underlying mechanisms of identity, perception, and consciousness.
NeoHarmony

Denny Wang (CN), David Wang (CN)

This project thematizes the future of news reporting and in general the death of the Internet. In a fully-automatic setup, Large Language Models (LLMs) and Image Generation Models are used to produce an infinite stream of newspaper front pages, informing the reader about ever-different variants of imagined futures.
M(other)hood

Robin Xie (CN)

This work explores the impact of ectogenesis on motherhood, considering historical perspectives, scientific developments, and artistic interpretations. It aims to foster a comprehensive understanding of the evolving dynamics in reproductive technology.
Exoskins

Yelena Ye (CN), Korrina Poindexter-Benbow (US), Tania Hartanto (ID), Xinran Tong (CN), Jiachen Zhou (CN), Hazel Dai (CN), Peijun He (CN), Jia Xu (CN), Zhiyu Guo (CN), Yasmin Pang (US), Rainee Wang (CN), Jiayin Fan (CN), Feiyang Zhuang (CN), Ziqi Yan (CN), Jiani Yang (CN), Mia Zhang (CN), Yinyin Lu (CN), Huiwei Wen (CN), Ran Xu (CN), Younian Liu (CN)

Exoskins is a project that focuses on the creation of interactive wearables as a dynamic form of expression and offers speculative insights into the human condition. The work aims to extend the perceived limits of the human body and to provide commentary that engages with and reflects upon contemporary religious, social and political discourse.
VJ Conference: Super-Structure

Urich Lau (SG)

Digitization and archiving are acts of preservation of our collective consciousness, of heritage and history. This immersive virtual reality work titled VJ Conference: Super-Structure is an investigation of the history of Singapore through its colonial buildings that held various branches of government and now house natonal museums and galleries.
Ssitgim

Seungpyo Kang (KR)

Ssitgim is an immersive virtual reality (VR) experience of Jindo ssitgimgut, a traditional Korean shamanistic cleansing ritual. The ritual is performed by renowned pansori (epic storytelling through song) singer Chae Soojung and set against the historic backdrop of the Unhyeongung Royal Residence.
Redial

Minkyung Kim (KR), Gaeun Kim (KR)

Redial narratively depicts the reconciliation of a family torn apart by a missing child. After their youngest sister was lost, the remaining sisters confront their longing, anger, and wounds.
Pasi

Eunsil Jung (KR)

Wandering the vast sea of Mokpo, South Korea, the audience encounters lonely characters from Mokpo’s folklore. Together they reminisce about tales of the past and memories of the lost sea market of Pasi.