Conferences / Lectures / Talks
Remote sensing: research and collaboration
David Stalling (DE/IE), Prof Sergei Lebedev (RU/IE)
Sound artist David Stalling and Prof. Sergei Lebedev discuss David’s work and his time on board the RV Celtic Explorer during the SEA-SEIS research survey in 2018. Led by Prof. Lebedev, DIAS scientists have been collecting first of a kind seismic data across a vast area of the North Atlantic. Since 2018, David has worked closely with Sergei and his team on the development of his sonic composition which translates sampled data from deep sea monitors deployed on the research survey.
Remote sensing: mythologies and sciences
DR Chris McGonigle (IE) Robertina Šebjanič (SI), Louise Manifold (IE)
Dr. Chris McGonigle, artist Robertina Šebjanič and artist / curator Louise Manifold discuss the importance of the age-old relationship between people and the sea, and how sonic folklore plays a fundamental role in shaping our connection to ocean space.
Remote sensing: Deep Sea Observations and the limits of life
Professor Andrew Wheeler (IE), DR Aaron Lim (IE), Ailís Ní Ríain (IE/UK)
Professor Andrew Wheeler, Dr. Aaron Lim and composer Ailís Ní Ríain discuss their experiences of deep sea observation using Remotely Operated Vehicles (ROVs) to film deep sea habitats and its impact on both creative and science practices.
ARTISTIC WARMING!
Round table KompleX KapharnaüM (KxKm) is hosting a discussion, focusing on how artistic production takes environmental challenges into account.
Emergence & Convergence: An Online Guided Tour
PHI (CA)
PHI is thrilled to present an online guided tour of Emergence & Convergence, the PHI Centre’s current exhibition in Montreal. Emergence & Convergence is an invitation to immerse ourselves completely in the works. This exhibition investigates our humanity in relationship with our planet and all living beings.
Representations about the indigenous Amazon
Matías Vega Norell (PE), Etsa Nantu, Fátima Rodrigo (PE)
These two projects around the narrative of Amazonian representations address sociocultural problems, including the presentation of director Matías Vega Norell of the bilingual radio soap opera Etsa Nantu, passion in the Amazon; and artist Fatima Rodrigo will present UNAP (National University of the Peruvian Amazon), a video piece that dissects part of the physical makeup of the brutalist University built in the Peruvian Amazonian rainforest.
Configurations around the Environment, the Amazon and New Media
Nancy La Rosa (PE), Beno Juárez (PE)
An exploration of the socio-environmental conflicts derived from the extraction of common goods in Peru and the power relations implied in traditional representations of the territory. And on the other hand, a technological proposal seeks to solve the main challenges of the world: social inclusion and climate change.
Migratory Movement and preservation of the Amazonian Memory
Olinda Silvano (Reshinjabe) (PE), Elena Valera (Bawan Jisbe) (PE)
Migrants and descendants of the native Shipibo-Konibos reflect on life in the urban settlement of Cantagallo, on how they preserve collective Amazonian memory, and on the risk of COVID-19 contagion while living without access to essential resources like sewage, running water, and electric power.
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!
Real Feelings – A Talk on Work and AI with Simone C. Niquille and Sabine Himmelsbach
Simone C. Niquille (CH), Sabine Himmelsbach (DE)
The curators behind the exhibition Real Feelings at HeK Basel in conversation with the participating Swiss artist Simone C. Niquille. Her work Elephant Juice, specifically commissioned for the show, explores artificial emotional intelligence being used in employment procedures. The work follows a character preparing for an upcoming automated job interview, reflecting on the limits of objectivity and automatic categorization of deeply personal and delicate matters of emotion.
Real Feelings – A talk on Survival with Lucy McRae and Angelique Spaninks
Lucy McRae (GB), Angelique Spaninks (NL)
Sci Fi Artist and Body Architect Lucy McRae in conversation with the curators behind the exhibition Real Feelings. Her new work Solitary Survival Raft, shown at HeK, is an inflatable, reactive, breathing sculpture, inviting visitors to crawl into it for safety. The outbreak of Covid-19 has made our digitalized societies evade the human touch even more. Going against the idea of a future without being touched, McRae builds machines that gently embrace and hold the body.
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.
Real Feelings – A Talk on Vibes with Lauren Lee McCarthy, Kyle McDonald and Ariane Koek
Lauren Lee McCarthy (US), Kyle McDonald (US), Ariane Koek (GB)
Sabine Himmelsbach, Ariane Koek and Angelique Spaninks, the curators behind the exhibition Real Feelings at HeK Basel in conversation with the American artist Lauren Lee McCarthy. This Artist Talk allows insights into the work of a highly interesting and relevant artist, examining social relationships in the midst of surveillance, automation and algorithmic living. Her interactive installation Vibe Check, especially commissioned for the exhibition at HeK, consists of a series of cameras capturing and analyzing the visitors emotional reactions to each other, ultimately presenting the results to them individually.
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)
The music industry was transformed drastically over the past couple of decades. For better or worse, these developments are tied to technological advancements and a rapidly adapting consumer behavior. Tech companies are invested in a future where AI forms an indispensable part of the creative process. Recent breakthroughs are already paving the way for music that is entirely created and performed by algorithms. But does that make AI an artist?
CONVERSATION WITH THE MAKERS OF VIRTUAL BLACK OUT: EXPERIMENTS IN THE FUTURE OF FORM Exhibition
Panel with the artists of the Virtual Black Out: Experiments in the Future of Form that took place at the National Arts Festival and includes discussion on the outcomes and collaborative procedures
QUINTESSENCE PRIZE
Quintessence Dome Lab Award Ceremony Award ceremony/ curated visit to the winner installation/ panel discussion. QUINTESSENCE DOME LAB is a 4 weeks artist residence organized by Espronceda, Institute of Art and Culture (IMMENSIVA) in collaboration with Mira Festival, UCA, MEET Digital Center Milan, Helsinki XR Centre and with the funding of Institut Ramon Llull. The participants will create an immersive project in different teams. In this ceremony the winner will be announced and the work showcased in a live connection.
Pan African Telematic Art Project
The Pan-African Telematic Art Project (PATAP) is a new initiative of the Vrystaat Arts Festival through the Pan-African Creative Exchange (PACE), in partnership with the Fak’ugesi African Digital Innovation Festival, Ars Electronica, and the University of the Free State’s Program for Innovation in Artform Development (PIAD), funded by the Embassy of the Netherlands in Pretoria and the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. Two projects were selected to receive funding to experiment with new, interactive media arts projects, dealing with issues relevant to the continent.
Fak’ugesi Digital Art Curators
Over the years of growing the Fak’ugesi African Digital Innovation Festival we have experienced a huge hole in our African digital arts ecosystem, essentially the lack of curators, producers and general advocators of digital arts in Africa, and specifically those from the continent. The field itself is not necessarily new, but the hurdles to accessing resources and markets brings a number of challenges for the African digital art ecosystem.
Creative Question Challenge: The Organ of Consciousness
Oswaldo Maciá (CO/UK), Chris Bean (IE), Emilia Leszkowicz (PL)
'Let us finish what we started'. This is how the UN introduces its first Sustainable Development Goal - to end poverty in all forms and dimensions by 2030. The 17 Sustainable Development Goals and their 169 targets have been described as a sprawling, misconceived mess of grandiose intentions. The title of the development agenda itself - 'Transforming our World' - oozes utopian ambition. It was adopted by 193 nations in 2015. Five years later and with ten years left, how do you think our world will transform?
Speculative Speculations on Art and Values
How linking the brain to the Blockchain reveals the value of human values (CQC)
