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Re-FREAM round #1 presentations: Ganit Goldstein

Ganit Goldstein (IL), hosted by Re-FREAM (INT)

Join this session to hear more about Ganit Goldstein’s Re-FREAM project WeAReAble.

Re-FREAM round #1 presentations: Youyang Song

Youyang Song (CN), hosted by Re-FREAM (INT)

Join this session to hear more about Youyang Song’s Re-FREAM project Cooking New Materials.

Re-FREAM round #1 presentations: Elisabeth Jayot

Elisabeth Jayot (FR), hosted by Re-FREAM (INT)

Join this session to hear more about Elisabeth Jayot (FR) and her Re-FREAM project Fragments Garments.

Re-FREAM round #1 presentations: Jef Montes

Jef Montes (NL), hosted by Re-FREAM (INT)

Join this session to hear more about Jef Montes (NL) and his Re-FREAM project Marinero.

Fashion. Technology. Responsibility.

Das STARTS-Pilotprojekt Re-FREAM startet diese Session mit einer Keynote, in der unsere Einstellung zu der Kleidung, die wir tragen, hinterfragt wird und wie wir die Systeme und Bedingungen ihrer Herstellung überdenken können. Im Anschluss an die Keynote präsentieren drei KünstlerInnenteams die Ergebnisse und Prototypen, die in ihren Residencies im Rahmen von Re-FREAM realisiert wurden.

The Grid: Full Festival Experience

The Grid (US/EU), Gray Area (US), Codame (US), ZERO1 (US), MUTEK.SF (US), EUNIC Silicon Valley (US), EUNIC Washington DC (US), EUNIC New York (US), Ars Electronica AIxMusic Festival (AT), STARTS, European Commission (EU), Center for Humane Technology (US), Salesforce (US)

By mobilizing artists, technologists, and policy makers from around the world, Exposure reimagines interdisciplinary and international collaboration to overcome deadlock and siloed thinking. Through 4 days of art, panels, performances, interactive experiences, talks, and workshops, Exposure works towards shaping technological development for the benefit of all. Be part of it and join in on four livestreams!

AIxLITERATURE: Poetry Is A Machine

The Grid (US/EU), Vikram Chandra (IN/US), Bryan McCann (US), Andrew Piper (CA), M Eifler (US), Clemens J. Setz (AT), Clara Blume (AT/US), Vanessa Chang (US/SG/AU)

How does the algorithmic contour the lyrical? Nearly a century ago, William Carlos Williams declared, “A poem is a small (or large) machine made out of words.” As artificial intelligence becomes a writing tool, his words take on a new resonance. Some critics of algorithmic literature decry the incursion of automation into this essentially human creative practice.

AI x MUSIC: Artificial Creativity or Enhanced Humanity

The Grid (US/EU), Christine Payne (US), Monica Dinculescu (US), Ali Nikrang (AT), Clara Blume (AT/US)

Die Musikindustrie hat sich in den letzten Jahrzehnten drastisch verändert. Unabhängig davon, ob zum Guten oder zum Schlechten, sind diese Entwicklungen mit dem technologischen Fortschritt und einem sich rasch anpassenden Verbraucherverhalten verbunden. Technologie-Unternehmen investieren in eine Zukunft, in der KI ein unverzichtbarer Teil des kreativen Prozesses ist. Jüngste Erfolge ebnen bereits den Weg für vollständig durch Algorithmen erzeugte und gespielte Musik. Aber macht das KI zu einem Künstler?

Thematic Curated Exhibtions I: Leonardo Da Vinci – Art & Science. Then & Now

Isabelle Jennifer Frank (US/HK)

To commemorate the 500th anniversary of the artist’s death, this exhibition presents original drawings by Leonardo da Vinci from the Pinacoteca and Biblioteca Ambrosiana. The drawings are accompanied by five machines modeled on Leonardo’s designs, and by the works of contemporary artists – most of them faculty at SCM CityU HK – reflecting on Leonardo’s persistent legacy and influence into the digital age.

WADS (↑ ← → ↓) Exhibition in Mozilla Hub

RISE ITICA (CY)

WADS, a digital garden of commoning formed by 21 local artists, sets out to explore the potential of digital hubs as grounds of artistic and technological co-creation. The digital exhibition is created and experienced in the online environment of Mozilla Hubs and will be accessible through the Ars Electronica Digital Platform.

Can we do the same with less - AI in 64 Kb

Philippe Esling (FR)

This hands-on workshop for the AIxMusic Hackathon by Philippe Esling (FR) introduces techniques for lightweight AI, demonstration of embedded technologies and a 64 Kb competition for an AIxMusic hackathon project challenging the current limits of AI and inspired by the Demoscene and the 64Kb competitions.

AI Creative Agents: The Man I Love

Hervé Sellin (FR), Remi Fox (FR)

The Musical Representations team in the STMS laboratory at IRCAM is working on "cyber-human" systems. Just as cyber-physical systems create a continuity between the digital logic of computers and the physical world by capturing, modeling, and modifying it, they establish a creative continuity between machines and musicians using mathematical modeling and artificial intelligence.

Little Etudes for Piano

Elaine Chew (US/GB)

Little Etudes is a series of short piano pieces based on cardiac electrical anomalies. Aberrant electrical activity in the heart can cause the heart to beat irregularly. Abnormal heart rhythms form interesting musical patterns, which raises the question of whether all natural-sounding musical rhythms have a physiological basis.

Three Ladies Project

Georges Bloch (FR)

Billie Holiday, Édith Piaf and Elisabeth Schwarzkopf are three great ladies of music, born in 1915. Could we make them sing together? This was the subject of a performance conceived for the music festival Le pietre che cantano in L'Aquila (Italy) in 2015. Using DYCI2Lib software, the three ladies finally sing The Man I Love together. ImproteK, the earlier version of DYCI2Lib, already made it possible to intelligently link the harmony of the base material used (called "memories") to the harmonic progression of the reference song (called "scenario").

Grenzen von Musik und künstlicher Intelligenz

IRCAM (FR)

Künstliche Intelligenz spielt eine immer wichtigere Rolle bei der Komposition, Aufführung und Produktion von Musik. Wie fördert oder untergräbt dies MusikerInnen? Wohin führen uns diese Entwicklungen? Zwei junge Protagonisten an der Spitze von AIxMusic werden über die Grenzen und die zukünftige Entwicklung von AIxMusic diskutieren. Die Themen reichen von klassischen Fragen der Übernahme durch KI über therapeutische und spielerische Anwendungen bis hin zu Diskussionen über Deep-AI, über Unsicherheit und unbekannte Modelle und Dimensionen.

Talk: Musical Generativities (Facilitated by H.Vinet)

IRCAM (FR)

Techniken zur automatischen Generierung von Musik waren lange Zeit auf Systeme zur Steuerung der Partitur ausgerichtet. Heute werden sie auf allen Ebenen der Klangrepräsentation eingesetzt: Signal, Geste, Symbol, Form. Die Klangsynthese durch Deep-Networks stellt einen radikalen Bruch mit herkömmlichen Modellierungsansätzen dar. Wie gehen KomponistInnen mit diesen neuen Möglichkeiten um?

What We Eat

Laurie Frick (US)

As part of Heartbeat of the Earth, a series of online interactive artworks interpreting climate data, data artist Laurie Frick’s work examines the impact of individual foods on the environment using hand-drawn data visualisations, color coded and sized by CO2 output.

Coastline Paradox

Timo Aho (FI) & Pekka Niittyvirta (FI)

As part of Heartbeat of the Earth a series of online interactive artworks interpreting climate data, using Google Maps and Street View, artists Pekka Niittyvirta and Timo Aho visualize the predicted sea level rise – and the number of people likely to be displaced – in more than 200 different locations between the years 2000 and 2300.

Timelines

Fabian Oefner (CH)

As part of Heartbeat of the Earth, a series of online interactive artworks interpreting climate data, artist Fabian Oefner explores the retreat of the Rhone and Trift glaciers in Switzerland over the last 140 years by using precise digital coordinates and special drone captures.

Diving into an Acidifying Ocean

Cristina Tarquini (IT/FR)

As part of Heartbeat of the Earth, a series of online interactive artworks interpreting climate data, digital artist Cristina Tarquini invites us to dive into our acidifying oceans using data from NOAA. Cristina Tarquini (IT) created an interactive data visualisation, inviting you to dive into the ocean and explore the impact of rising temperatures & in turn rising CO2 levels on marine life, over time.