Ecology

CADAF presents Sofia Crespo and Anne Spalter

CADAF (The Contemporary and Digital Art Fair) (US)

The Contemporary and Digital Art Fair is honored to present Anne Spalter and Sofia Crespo, two female artists working with AI technology. Spalter and Crespo explore current socio-economic issues, including COVID19 and ecological uncertainty, in their work. Both artists exhibited their work at CADAF Online, which took place June 25-28, 2020. Artificial Seascapes​ reflects on the impact humans and technology have on the environment and explores new ways to visualize it.

Fermenting Futures

Prof. Diethard Mattanovich (AT), Prof. Ingeborg Reichle (DE), Anna Dumitriu (UK), Alex May (UK), Sonja Schachinger (AT)

Das Projekt wird einige der Tausenden von Hefespezies und ihre Eigenschaften sowie Methoden der Synthetischen Biologie vorstellen, um neue Hefestämme mit außergewöhnlichen Fähigkeiten zu schaffen, die unser Leben besser machen und gleichzeitig den Planeten erhalten.

Digital Exhibition: Sojourner 2020

In 2019, the Space Exploration Initiative announced an open call to invite artists to submit artworks for an exciting ISS launch opportunity. After three rounds of reviews, nine groups of artists are selected to be on board Sojourner2020, an international art payload. For this year's Ars Electronica In Kepler’s garden online program, we created a digital spaceship to share the diverse portfolio from the initiative. Audiences are invited to immerse themselves in this digital world, walk around and encounter each other.

The Unquiet River: Brahmaputra

Arupjyoti Saikia, historian

From landscapes to livelihoods, the river Brahmaputra has shaped the history of Assam. Historian Arupjyoti Saikia’s Confluence lecture brings together history, geology and hydrology to present a comprehensive understanding of this mighty river. He speaks about how the river was formed, what makes it unique, and why it is important to think about its future. His lecture is based on his book by the same name.

Adriatic Garden

Robertina Šebjanič (SI), Gjino Sutic (HR)

Adriatic Garden nimmt die ZuschauerInnen mit auf eine Reise durch das Adriatische Meer.

Artist Talk: Natural Glitch

Kasia Molga (PL/UK), Ivan Henriques (BR/NL)

Live Stream Artist Talk

Live Performance: Augmented Empathy

Live-streamed public outdoor performance

Instagram Tour: And Say the Animal Responded

Our current exhibition presents work by six international artists who have captured animal voices and gestures through the use of human technology.

Oribokit: Gardening for Robots

Matthew Gardiner (AU)

Robotic Origami Workshop with Matthew Gardiner. ’Oribokit: Gardening for Robots‘  introduces a new artscience kit by Ars Electronica Futurelab researcher Matthew Gardiner. The kit allows you to make your own robotic garden at home. The assembled kit grafts onto a tree branch and is designed to minimise material usage and maximise modular recyclability for robotic origami applications. Kits include 1,2 or 3 oribotic blossoms featuring easy-to-fold laser-cut paper, servo motors, drive wires, and Arduino compatible STM32 microcontroller plus open-source firmware.

Beside the Nibelungen bridge / Neben der Nibelungenbrucke

Matthew Gardiner (AU)

Festival, late, Golden Nicas delivered. A mixed hoard spill into Linz; eclectic electric musicians chattering in nihongo, intro-and-extro-verted artists and friends not seen for an age for the tyranny of distance. Drawn involuntarily to places warmer and happier than Hans in Glück, to a lone Würstlstand in Linz. Perhaps beside the Linzer Nibelungenbrucke.

Terra Australis Ignota Research Group Round Table

A Conversation between the different areas involved in the Terra Australis Ignota project. Nicolas Spencer, Artist and Director of Terra Australis Ignota project Víctor Mazón Gardoqui, Researcher and artist Alfredo Prieto Iglesias, Archaeologist and researcher at University of Magallanes Gerd Sielfeld, Geologist and scientist council of Prisma Austral Foundation Paula López Wood, Writer and travel Journalist Alessandra Burotto, Curator of Museum of Contemporary Art Catalina Montero, Producer of Terra Australis Ignota project and talk moderator

Without water: between life and death

Shashi Thutupalli , biologist

Biologist Shashi Thutupalli questions our understanding of life and death in his Confluence lecture. His lecture is based on his exhibit FrankenShrimp where dehydrated brine shrimp remain dormant until they are placed in water. Once in water, they begin their life processes. He speaks about how cells in living beings need to be in a liquid state to be active, highlighting the importance of water in life sustaining processes.

A trip to the island

Alessandra Burotto (CL) / Paula Lopez Wood (CL) /Víctor Mazón Gardoqui (ES/DE) / Alfredo Prieto (CL) / Gerd Sielfeld (CL) / Nicolas Spencer (CL/AT) / Terra Ignota

An artistic, geological, archaeological and historical research trip into the southernmost continental island in the world before Antarctic; Cape Horn.

Achæoscillator

Víctor Mazón Gardoqui (ES/DE), Nicolas Spencer (CL/AT)

Achæoscillator displays the drastic weather conditions of the southernmost island in the world on a virtualized representation of the end/beginning of the Americas. A one-person experience, where the research presents traces and connections between the ancestors of the Yagán community, the Kawesqar and Selk’nam and the Antarctic, Scotia and South America continental plates, offering an inestimable and uncontrollable source of Gaia's power.

!brute_force

Maja Smrekar (SI)

Als Reaktion auf die Coronavirus-Pandemie konzentriert sich das Projekt !brute_force auf die Zukunft marktgerechter diagnostischer Wearables und AI-basierter Technologien zur Gesundheitsüberwachung. Als Performer klettern ein Mensch und ein Hund durch eine Installation aus Plattformen und leeren Räumen.

A Utopian Post-Colonial Future – Victoria, Australia 2027

Melbourne School of Design (MSD), The University of Melbourne (AU)

Can we imagine a utopia that creates a post-colonial social and political framework and overcomes the concept of land as commodity, inspired by indigenous concepts of relationship to country? Emerge yourself in VR to engage in a multitude of future scenarios that sketch out the potential to reflect on these questions.

Voices of Country

Dr. Rochus Urban Hinkel (AU); in collaboration with NExT Lab, Melissa Iraheta and Tony Yu (AU); Büro Achter April (DE); Dr. Hélène Frichot (AU)

This VR movie is set in the rural landscape of the Dja Dja Wurrung aboriginal tribe in southern Australia. The project tells stories of the land from different perspectives, allowing the audience to move through the site by engaging in a VR environment, with narrators telling different stories.

Märchen, Mythen und Materie

Robert Angerer, Sofie Lüftinger, Neriman Polat, Alessandra Steiner

Das Imaginarium zeigt Resultate unserer Experimente – eine Kuriositätenkammer mit Materialien und Artefakten aus fernen Zukünften, Märchen und Mythen…

Austria makes sense @ Weltausstellung "Expo 2020 Dubai"

Ars Electronica Solutions (AT)

Vom 1. 10.2021 bis 31.3.2022 findet die Weltausstellung in Dubai statt. Österreich beteiligt sich mit dem außergewöhnlichen Projekt „Austria makes Sense“

Video tour of the Marine Institute’s RV Celtic Explorer

Aerial/Sparks and Galway 2020 European Capital of Culture (IE)

A ship tour for curious listeners.