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Join our VR guided tours to Leonardo da Vinci's studio
Explore Leonardo da Vinci’s studio, see artefacts from his time that capture some of the doubts we assume he had about his life and work, and learn about the concept of "doubt" during the renaissance.
SOUND CAMPUS day 3
Live: TechnoGAN, Trial#1, DJ3XXICA + Shinsekai
SOUND CAMPUS day 2
Live: merge and dissolve, FlashRust, Paul Gründorfer, A distributed location performance (2020)
SOUND CAMPUS day 1
Live: Fantasy Island, A Certain, Christoph Punzmann, Duo 3-Kanal, Reclaiming Time - ElektroMagnetikSpektrum
Keynote Lynn Hershman Leeson
Lynn Hershman Leeson (US)
In this lecture, Lynn Hershman Leeson will give an overview of her work, particularly related to cyborgs, from 1966’s Breathing Machines , to 2018’s Antibody and 2020’s Gravity’s End.
Uncanny Fictions
Jiré Emine Gözen, Barbara Eder, Barbara Eggert, Gloria Meynen
Moderation: Gloria Meynen
Keynote Janina Loh
Janina Loh (DE), Thomas Matzner
Loh’s research interests lie in the field of trans- and posthumanism (espe- cially critical posthumanism), robot ethics, feminist philosophy of technology, responsi- bility research, Hannah Arendt, theories of judgement, and ethics in the sciences.
Uncanny Agents
Gunter Lösel, Pamela Scorzin, Anna Bromley, Marcus Burkhard
Moderation: Marcus Burkhard
Keynote Thomas Macho
Thomas Macho (AT), Gloria Meynen
Since 2016 Thomas Macho has been director of the International Research Centre for Cultural Studies (IFK) at the University of Art and Design Linz in Vienna. In 2019 he was awarded the Sigmund Freud Prize for scholarly prose by the Ger- man Academy for Language and Poetry, and in 2020 the Austrian State Prize for Cultural Journalism.
A staged conversation
Ann Cotten, Gloria Meynen
Moderation: Gloria Meynen
Bring Your Own Art
You!
Bring Your Own Art is the open stage for artists, students and researchers, who want to present their current works in 5-10 minutes, after the ‘first come, first present’ principle - Livestream.
State of Online Communities
Carla Zamora, Indiara Di Benedetto, Tiia Suorsa, Iosune Sasarate, Smirna Kulenović, Vicky Michalopoulou, Artemis Gryllaki, Rita Graça
COCO-lands, Happy 365, Syster Papyri Magicae, Networks of Care - Livestream.
State of Online Culture
Tiia Suorsa, Balínt Budai, Mario Romera, Pedro Sá Couto, Giulio Interlandi
Under the Rock, #beatthefuckathome, Proof of Consensus, Tactical Watermarks, Designing Interaction for Enactive Storytelling Experiences - Livestream.
Keynote Lecture: Tree Conservation, Genomics, and Change
Victoria Sork: UCLA Dean of Life Sciences, Director of Mildred E. Mathias Botanical Gardens
Victoria Louise Sork is an American scientist who is a professor, the Dean of Life Sciences at University of California, Los Angeles, and a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. In her keynote lecture that will open the five day long festival, she will discuss her research studying tree populations in California and the Eastern United States using genomics, evolutionary biology and conservation biology.
The Biosphere Project
Joaquín Fargas (AR)
The Biosphere Project consists of natural ecosystems isolated in sealed containers that only allow the external influence of heat and light.
Art in Flux Live: Autonomy @ Flux' channel
The Art in Flux founders introduce the ethos of the organisation and their own practices through live video tours.
STEAM Innovation and Curriculum
Laura Veart (UK), Tom Cahill-Jones (UK)
The conference offers inspirational examples of integrative and interdisciplinary education and explores how they be could be further adapted and implemented within other educational and cultural contexts.
Electronic Theatre @ Online
Since 1987, the Electronic Theatre has compiled a large number of submissions from all over the world, providing an up-to-the-minute survey of animation art in the context of technology and society. It impressively illustrates the dynamic development of artistic computer animation over the past three decades as well as the expansive growth of various fringe areas. A glance at the works selected this year shows a broad range, from animation in the context of performance and installations to real-time animation and multifaceted, subject-based discussions.
Earth Water Sky Artist Residency - Livestream
Haseeb Ahmed (US)
2020 Earth Water Sky artist in residence Haseeb Ahmed (Sky) will present his film “The Wind Egg” and discuss his body of work, notably on particulates and the particular narratives carried by the wind, which is also the subject of his residency at Science Gallery Venice. The presentation will be followed by a question and answer session open to the public, moderated by residency producer/curator Ariane Koek.
Exponential Mindset: The Skills of an Exponentialist
Niki Ernst, Eveline Wandl-Vogt
A 4-Sessions dive deep into the Exponential Mindset. An interaction series to consider the SDGs from an exponential growth strategies perspective.
