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Speculative Speculations on Art and Values
How linking the brain to the Blockchain reveals the value of human values (CQC)
Opening of Ars Electronica Garden Newcastle
University of Newcastle (AU), FASTLab (AU), Art Thinking Australia (AU)
Official opening of BIOMES & Ars Electronica Newcastle Garden 2020.
The Wandering Mind
slow immediate (CN/US)
Träumt die Erde? Können unsere Träume ineinandergreifen? In "The Wandering Mind" (dt.: Die wandernden Gedanken) treffen uns die allgegenwärtigen Sensorik-, Faser- und neuronalen Netzwerke, die unseren Planeten bedecken, im Schlaf, während sie ihr Quellenmaterial aus Field Recordings und Sensordaten von riesigen Onlinespeichern beziehen. Für das diesjährige Festival malen wir einen Traum mit Geräuschen von Wasser und Strömungen: Eine Nacherzählung des Mythos von Tiamat, der Meeresmutter, deren Leben eine tragische Wendung nimmt, als ihre rebellischen Kinder nach Macht streben. Die Geschichte spiegelt unsere moderne Beziehung zu den Ozeanen der Erde wider.
Stargazer
Kris Pilcher (US), Cenk Guzelis (AT), Josecarlos Florez (PE), Quadrature (DE) and Mohsen Hazrati (IR), Curated by Santeri Suominen (FI)
“Stargazer” is a hybrid deeply participatory installation, which consists of two complementary and connected parts: a globally accessible mysterious virtual reality world in Mozilla Hubs and a spherical projection site in Barcelona. It encourages attendees into spatial exploration and deep engagement, to traverse a border between a virtual and physical world and connect with someone on the other side: Ars Electronica visitors from around the world can meet and interact with local people in Barcelona by visiting the space in Mozilla Hubs and interacting with its elements, and vice versa, Barcelona locals can interact with an international audience by visiting the dome projection site and engaging with its elements.
Push My Buttons: Sequence All.
Hacking Numeric Keyboards Workshop on how to hack a keyboard and turn it into a step sequencer or any other conceivable controller for synthesizers. We may undertake this transformation in such a way that no screen is required, creating a direct link between keyboard and sound operation, strongly relying on the musician's hearing and memory. The focus will be placed on the conception of musical interfaces and their implementation in different hardware.
Acquired Immunity. Art and Biology at Cultivamos Cultura
The Microdocumentaries and Q&A of Acquired Immunity art and biology at Cultivamos Cultura
Algorave by Toplap Barcelona (ES)
Toplap Barcelona (ES)
LIVE PARTY/ MUSIC EVENT Algoraves bring together the improvisation and the code scope of a live coding session with the languages and the rituals of the dance floor. During the live writing and reading of the code, and the unfolding of the musical improvisation, the audience dances, thinks and listens in a uniquely intertwined way, helping musicians make sense and do the real creative work in making a great party.
On Code. The Uncertainty Of Meaning And Doing
Lina Bautista (CO), Daniel Moreno Roldán (ES), Agnès Pe (ES), Ángel Faraldo (ES), Carolina Jiménez (ES), Lluís Nacenta (ES)
ROUNDTABLE: How does code interfere with the listening process? Code allows the ear to navigate the listening interface, while it happens to narrow its sensitive scope. It crosses the interface, the membrane which separates but also connects, unfolding the vibration of the air, the zone of inter/intra-action, negotiation and distribution of attention and meanings, between the (dis)orders of the emitted and the heard sounds.
Acquired Immunity Guided Tour 1 - with live Q&A
Marta de Menezes
This episode features a guided tour of the exhibition by curator Marta de Menezes, followed by a live Q&A.
Acquired Immunity Guided Tour 2 - with live Q&A
Adam Zaretsky
This episode features a guided tour of the exhibition by invited artist Adam Zaretsky, followed by a live Q&A.
Acquired Immunity Guided Tour 3 - with live Q&A
Luis Graça
This episode features a guided tour of the exhibition by immunologist Luis Graça, followed by a live Q&A.
An Uncertain but Irresistible Revolution
Héctor Ayuso (ES) with Carla Cascales Alimbau (ES), Xavi Cardona / Boldtron (ES), Enric Godes / Vasava (ES
ROUNDTABLE: In a technological world in which the present has eternalized and the oblivion is the security of the next innovation, what we call reality is a magma in which floats an endless number of images, data, pieces of information, flashbacks and promises of liberation. This fact requires us to find other rules, other ways of reading and new ways of looking through unexpected paths.
On Bio_Sonic_Agencies.
Brandon LaBelle (US), Robertina Šebjanič (SI), Oscar Martín (ES), Vanessa Lorenzo (ES), Laura Benítez (ES).
ROUNDTABLE: In a world dominated by the visual, could contemporary resistances be auditory? What is the materiality of sound? How does the materiality of sound affect listening? What resistances can be configured from working with biomaterials and sound? Do these bio_sonic_agencies open up other possible spaces that do not exist in the visual regime?
Unnatural Language: Botanic Quartet
Scott Kildall - Xenoform Labs (US), Michael Ang (CA)
Botanic Quartet is a generative musical composition by four plants endemic to Thailand. The results constitute a sort of ecospheric sentience as the plants don’t only respond to the sensed data, but communicate it to each other. This is a project under the umbrage of Unnatural Language, an ongoing collaboration between Scott Kildall and Michael Ang. Scott Kildall has been working with art, technology and education for over 15 years, looking at the interplay between territory and technology.
Gare Loch Duality and the #UndesiredLine - Live
B.D. Owens, Donna Holford-Lovell
Two new films by B.D. Owens followed by a live Q&A with the artist and NEoN Director, Donna Holford-Lovell.
Future Focus – Fragile Worlds II
Victoria Bradbury, Suzy O’Hara, Ayodamola Tanimowo Okunseinde, Irini Papadimitriou, Paolo Cirio
This session builds on a series of provocations and discussion following from the Art Hack Practice series, exploring artistic practices and the role of art at a time of crisis, shifting spaces of production, care and labour in a precarious world.
S+T+ARTS at UCA: Understanding complex data in COVID times + Fashion: Materialising Numbers
As a specialist arts institution, UCA is 100% creative. UCA students develop their skills and thinking in environments that replicate the studios found within the creative industries, alongside peers on courses spanning arts, business and technology.Oscar-winning film makers and animators, world-renowned fashion designers, television presenters and Turner-Prize nominees are just some of UCA's high-profile graduates who have enriched the world with their creative talents. Taught and guided by experienced, industry-connected academic staff, students reap the benefits of studying at the highest-ranked creative specialist in the UK.
COSA Connectors Live
Aren Davey, Everest Pipkin, shawné michaelain holloway
The three COSA Connectors will come together in a Livestream to talk about creative open-source software tools. They will discuss the series so far, talk about tools they would like to see created, and how they use the tools for their personal work. We will take questions from the viewers via the live-chat, including questions about using other tools and suggestions for future episodes.
COSA Connector Tour Part 3
shawné michaelain holloway (US)
Engage with the third of three playlists from our COSA Connectors, exploring open-source tools for artists. We have curated useful selections from across the internet of free software to help you express your creative side. The guided tours will focus on what the tool can do, what kinds of projects you might use it for, and quick tips and tricks for getting started.
Expanded Animation: Artist Position
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.
