Uncertainty
On the eve of uncertainty
Charlotte Jarvis (UK)
The location for our tour is sunset on and in my 39-weeks-pregnant body. The tour examines the project In Posse, in which I am collaborating with scientists to make the world’s first ‘female’ semen. It also reflects on how watching my body mutate during 2020 – this most mutable of years – has been a uniquely queering experience, which has changed my perspective on my practice, politics, patriarchy and society.
A Journey into Ai Hasegawa's practice
Ai Hasegawa (JP)
In this video, Ai Hasegawa talks to collaborators, scientists and experts about her projects around science, sexuality, life, politics and institutions. She discusses her approaches to Human X Shark, (IM)POSSIBLE BABY, The Extreme Environment Love Hotel, Shared Baby, I Wanna Deliver a Dolphin, among others.
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.
The future crashes into the present
Karen Palmer (UK)
As the Storyteller from the Future, Karen Palmer takes the viewers on a journey through a series of broadcasts beamed back from the future, warning us of what’s to come through her immersive film experiences.
Myths and Matter
Robert Angerer, Sofie Lüftinger, Neriman Polat, Alessandra Steiner
The Imaginarium shows the results of our experiments, matter from distant futures, myths and fairytales.
Emergence & Convergence: Interviews
Katherine Melançon, George Fok, Daniel Corbeil, Sabrina Ratté
In these interviews, Katherine Melançon, George Fok, Daniel Corbeil and Sabrina Ratté explain the scope of their works, the subtle links they made between technology and ecology, and their vision of the future as seen through this lens.
[Dis]possess
Jason Zhao, et al.
[Dis]possess highlights the contradictory forces of capital and progressive politics within the artworld, simulating a coworking space in downtown Chicago that sells twenty-first century indulgences for the price of a cup of coffee.
[Dis]location
Brett Balogh; William Harper; James Hartunian; Kristin McWharter; Patrick O’Shea; Jung Ho Park; Zhong Ren
[Dis]location investigates and extends specific sites in Chicago and beyond to foreground our shared connections to public spaces in both the built and natural environments.
Emergence & Convergence: Art as prophetic and responsive
Katherine Melançon, George Fok, Moritz Wehrmann, Cheryl Sim
In this live conversation, Cheryl Sim, managing director and curator at the PHI Foundation for Contemporary Art, and artists from the exhibition Emergence & Convergence will discuss their work, which meets at the intersection of the self, digital technology, the built environment and the natural world.
[Dis]place
Lola Blake; Jiwon Ham; Addison Tyler Leon; Ethan Proia; Meimei Song; Yimin Zheng
[Dis]place questions the reciprocal relationship between the self and its surroundings in an attempt to expand fixed notions of subject, host, and home.
[Dis]content
Gloria Fan Duan; Blake Fall-Conroy; Anaïs Morales; Judd Morrissey, Mark Jeffrey, & Abraham Avnisan; Alan Perry; Chengan Xia; Kio Zhu
[Dis]content probes cultural objects and historical sites to examine the role of art and artifact in the construction of collective memory.
[Dis]connect
Lee Blalock; Ashara Renfroe; Anna Christine Sands; Julia Tsai; Anne Wilson & Shawn Decker
[Dis]connect interrogates the struggle for connection despite the ubiquity of instant communication, underscoring the role these technologies play in redefining our relationships to others and to ourselves.
[Dis]orient
Eduardo Kac; Jakyung Lee; Bun Stout; Tongqi Wang; Ling Zeng
[Dis]orient explores real and imaginary spaces of isolation and introspection through experimental poetry and performance.
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.
The Woman-Machine: Performance
Golem Mécanique (FR)
Watch this performance on Ars Electronica Voyages Channel and the Livestream.
The Woman-Machine: Performance
Félicia Atkinson (FR)
Watch this performance on the Livestream.
The Woman-Machine: Panel II
Aude Bernheim, Sophie Sakka
The second day of “The Woman-Machine” will feature panels from with Aude Bernheim on AI and ethics and Sophie Sakka on therapeutic robots and autism.
The Woman-Machine: Panel I
Clotilde Chevet, Oulimata Gueye
On Firday the event “The Woman-Machine” will start with talks from Clotilde Chevret about AI and gender, followed by another panel with Oulimata Gueye on afrocyberfeminism.
Transcendence
LMU Munich and TUM/MCTS: Melissa Mueller (LMU), Selma Causevic (LMU), Julia Delacor (LMU), Finja Hinrichs (LMU), Melike Mesin (LMU), Annabelle Andres (LMU), Yvonne Creter (LMU), Maximilian Reiner (TUM), Clara Valdés Stauber (TUM) Supervisors: Dr. Karin Guminski, Aida Bakhtiari, Jan-Hendrik Passoth
TRANSCENDENCE: presents an VR environment in form of a serene and magical forest, that strives to provide a safe mental space for people, who are burdened during times of uncertainty and constant change. A carefully curated selection of visuals and sounds encourage the user to leave everyday stress and anxiety caused by Covid-19 behind. The VR experience aims to support people, to clear their mind in order to better process the pressure of the global pandemic crisis. Transcendence attempts to guide the user through a meditative, calming environment, that speaks to mind and body. The combination of anxiety soothing nature as well as precisely arranged sounds and colours turn Transcendence into a safe haven – transcending the user from the physical realm into the
TRACK_48N10E
University of Applied Sciences Augsburg and TUM/MCTS: Adrian Ludwig (HS Augsburg), Florian Kapaun (HS Augsburg), Johannes Weigele (HS Augsburg), Codrin Podoleanu (HS Augsburg), Benedikt Friedl (HS Augsburg), Simon Hofmeister (HS Augsburg), Linda Ma (HS Augsburg), Dennis Appelt (TUM), Carmen Bozga (TUM), Paola Segovia Alvarado (TUM), Xinghan Liu (TUM) Supervisors: Prof. Andreas Muxel, Elias Naphausen, Jan-Hendrik Passoth
TRACK_48N10E is a location-based, real-time application, mapping your surroundings to a virtual synthesizer. The mobile, web-based reality extension enables users to perceive their sonified environment while strolling. The soundscape is dynamically generated by urban and rural features of site-specific map data and changes with every single step. TRACK_48N10E encourages the exploration of known and unknown places by ear. Two places never look the same and therefore never sound the same. With each step the listener dives further into a unique, extended reality.
