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SPLEEN MACHINE

Alex Braga (IT)

SPLEEN MACHINE dokumentiert die jahrelangen Forschungen von Alex Braga auf dem Gebiet von A.I. und die Kreation eines neuen Musikinstruments namens A-MINT, das der Schlussstein der sogenannten ‘Augmented Music’ ist.

Expanded Animation: Synaesthetic Syntax

These interviews will discuss the work of the artists throughout their MindSpaces residency. They will present their work so far and their collaboration with the technical partners of the MindSpaces consortium.

STEAM Popup Lab

JKU Linz School of Education (AT)

STEAM Popup Lab bietet eine virtuelle Reise, die uns erlaubt, die Bedeutung der Muster um uns herum zu verstehen. Muster finden sich überall: in Fraktalen in der Natur, in den Blutgefäßen im menschlichen Körper genauso wie in den oszillierenden Signalen, die von den Sensoren eines Telefons erzeugt werden. Sie können Roboter steuern, Origami-Muster falten, das Signal einer Spielplatzschaukel messen, an einer Live-Chemielaborsitzung teilnehmen und vieles mehr.

Expanded Animation: A new media manifesto

These interviews will discuss the work of the artists throughout their MindSpaces residency. They will present their work so far and their collaboration with the technical partners of the MindSpaces consortium.

Hege Tapio and Norwegian BioArt Arena

NOBA - Norwegian Bioart Arena (NO)

Introduction of NOBA – Norwegian Bioart Arena with our team, facilities and our collaboration partners across Norway. Featuring Hege Tapio (NO), Annike Flo (NO), Nora Vaage (NO), Solveig Arnesen (NO), Hanan Benammar (FR/DZ), Simon Daniel Tegnander (NO), FAEN-Female Artistic Experiments Norway (NO), Eva Bakkeslett, Centre for Genomic Gastronomy (NO/US) ,The Dinghy AiR (NO) , Steven Barstow(NO) , Marita Isobel Solberg and Trond Ansten (NO), Elind Rui Blix (NO) , NIBIO- The Norwegian Institute of Bioeconomy Research (NO)

NOBA- Norwegian BioArt Arena

NOBA - Norwegian Bioart Arena (NO)

Introduction of NOBA – Norwegian Bioart Arena with our team, facilities and our collaboration partners across Norway.

Human Oil – the last oil

Hege Tapio

Watch our premiere of Humanoil, a recorded performance by artist Hege Tapio, followed by the introduction of NOBA – Norwegian Bioart Arena. NOBA is the hub for the expanded field of bioart in Norway, and exists to bridge the gap between artists and scientists working on ecology, biology, technology, activism and art.

Bias, for bass clarinet and Interactive Music System

Artemi-Maria Gioti (GR), Szilárd Benes (HU)

Ein neuronales Netz, das darauf trainiert ist, meine eigenen ästhetischen Urteile zu simulieren, ist verantwortlich für die Entscheidungen des Computers während seiner Interaktion mit dem Musiker: d.h., ob es die von ihm gespielten Klänge "spiegelt", neues Klangmaterial vorschlägt oder einfach nur schweigt.

Machine folk music school

Bob L. T. Sturm (US)

Die "Machine Folk Music School" wird von Bob L. T. Sturm (US) per Videokonferenz geleitet. Er lehrt eine KI-generierte Volksmelodie in der klanglichen Tradition. Alle Musikinstrumente sind willkommen.

Folk the Algorithms

Bob L. T. Sturm (US)

Sturm builds, learns from and collaborates with AI systems trained on transcriptions of traditional music. These systems effectively generate an unlimited supply of new tunes imitating traditional ones. Sometimes these tunes are perfect as they are, and sometimes they are imperfect in interesting ways, but they all lack the credentials of “real” traditional tunes.

Musik als Erlebnis im Zeitalter von künstlicher Intelligenz und kreativen Computern

Kingston University and Durham University (UK), New York University (US), Hochschule für Musik und Darstellende Kunst, Stuttgart (DE), University of Music and Performing Arts of Vienna (AT), KTH Stockholm (SE)

In diesem Panel werden wir erörtern, wie KI menschliche Kreativität fördern beziehungsweise einschränken kann. Wie kann KI beim Musizieren eingesetzt werden? Sollte KI überhaupt zum Musizieren verwendet werden? Sollte mit KI gemachte Musik einen Warnhinweis tragen? Inwieweit ist KI nur ein Marketinginstrument? Was kann KI zur eigenen kreativen Praxis beigetragen? Was sind die ethischen Fragen im Zusammenhang mit KI beim Musizieren?  Welche potentiellen Gefahren birgt die KI für die Musik (MusikerInnen als auch HörerInnen)? Wie könnten wir Risiken reduzieren?

Journey: Adriatic Garden | aqua_forensic 2.0

Adriatic Garden | aqua_forensic 2.0 connects two places by the Adriatic Sea: Dubrovnik (HR) and Koper (SI) and gives special attention to our commitment to the values of care, compassion, environmental justice, action-taking and cooperation with the Adriatic Sea and its creatures. The project framework is the aqua_forensic, an ongoing art and science research method developed by Robertina Šebjanič (SI) and Gjino Šutić (HR), which sheds light on the presence of invisible anthropogenic chemical pollutants in the water environment.

Artist Talk: Lauren Lee McCarthy (US)

Artist Talk by Lauren Lee McCarthy (US) of her project 'SOMEONE' which got the Golen Nica of Interactive Art + Category in the Prix Ars Electronica 2020.

The SonoAdriatic tales

The Adriatic Garden will host a wide array of activities: exhibitions, installations, panel discussions, workshops, and much more, while enabling audiences to immerse themselves in the underwater world of the sea. Art, science and citizen science coalesce within the framework of Adriatic Garden | aqua_forensic 2.0, opening up a wider discussion about our solidarity and empathy with waters beyond human perception. Within the project, we would like to give special attention to the values of care, compassion, environmental justice, action-taking and cooperation with the Adriatic sea and its creatures.

The Aqua_forensic Workshops at the Adriatic Garden

With it, we wish to help illuminate the human impact on our waters at the micro / macro level and provide a guideline to the fascinating world of aquatic flora, fauna and minerals and its plight. The aqua_forensic project is known for its special devotion and affinity to participatory engagement through workshops. We all have the capacity to pause, listen, observe and recognize the diversity and quality of the present environment. The aqua_forensic aims to encourage global and local audiences to familiarize themselves with the topics of water pollution and climate change, as well as actively engage in community work on these issues through citizen science oriented workshops. Scientific environments provide the sophisticated tools needed to undertake analysis and build predictive ecological models.

Gala Mariachi Dron

Ars Electronica Garden Tequila, Oficina de visitantes y convenciones, Cámara Nacional de Comercio, SwarmPixel Thiret/Creative and Producer Director

This piece is a tribute from Mexico to Austria inspired by the world-renowned project Spaxels (pixels in space) by Ars Electronica Futurelab. What we will see is a spectacular collaboration between Mariachi artists, technologists and scientists with the objective of remembering the beauty and love of our country through our music that reflects our passion and the union to face any future.

Hybrid Tech-ila: Imagining landscapes through neural networks.

GAN breeder, Pedro H. Baez by AI/THEIA

Hybridization of art is -more and more- a common subject for artists seeking inspiration and tools for extending their imagination. GAN breeder is an open source Neural Network that processes images and reinterprets them to produce new results. By choosing a selection of images, the curator can partake onto a different result.

PSM presents Catherine Biocca

PSM Gallery (DE)

Within her body of work, Catherine Biocca frequently shapes environments that insinuate total autonomy from the viewer’s reality. It is almost as if, by visitation, we are actually intruding upon private property or a theater stage, interrupting the very happenings taking place. Her characters, often recognizable as anthropomorphized assemblages, are consistently active and presently conscious within their surroundings.

The Sonic Adriatic Garden

In this 40-minute-long program, we will present fragments of compositions by selected artists, which showcase the above or underwater sonic scapes of the Adriatic Sea. All of the featured sound works can be listened to in their entirety within the sonoAdriatic tales program. The Sonic Adriatic Garden is a special part of the project, devoted to the sonic wilderness of the Adriatic Sea, which offers the audiences a chance to immerse themselves into under/above water soundscapes of the region. Audiences are invited to open their ears and listen to the vast array of sounds, among them the sound mapping of the Korčula Island, an artist’s reflection on the tides, the circulation of the water body, and the melodies of diving in submerged caves of the Quarner bay area. Some of the tales deal with underwater noise pollution and showcase the human sonic impact on the underwater habitat and marine life, as well as the presence of morphologies hidden in the palimpsests of memory of the places once heavily exploited in the name of urbanization, tourism and industrial progress that marks the Adriatic Sea

The “Aquaformations” Roundtable

The round table Aquaformations, (International S.A.I.N.T. Caffe) which is part of the Adriatic Garden project, will extensively focus on the values the project aims to stress, namely care, kindness, compassion, environmental justice, action-taking, and cooperation with the Adriatic Sea and its creatures. In discussion with local and international experts and citizens, we will delve into the anthropo-socio-technological relationship with the sea, describe the impact our enterprises have on waters, as well as address the issues we have to tackle to achieve sustainable collaboration among researchers, artists, institutions and citizens, who work in the field of maritime research and conservation. We will also point out how the collaborative endeavors of artists, scientists, citizen scientists and active individuals have the potential to provide excellent support to their local communities. We will host experts on environmental law, biodiversity, marine science, artists addressing ecological / environmental topics, experts working in the commercial sector, educators and many more.