Can human tears sustain sea life? Kasia Molga will narrate her journey from the conception of the project, inspired by dealing with personal grief; through the impact of COVID-19 on her initial idea; through the crazy set up of a make-shift wet-lab; to learning how to cry on cue; her efforts to keep tiny sea creatures alive in her tears; and attempts to develop an AI moirologist ―a crying bot to help us all shed some tears. There will be conversations on ritual, environmental anxiety and technology with fellow artist, professort Teresa Dillon, while Margate and the North Sea will provide some context and an atmospheric backdrop.
| Fr, 11.09.2020, 17:40 – 18:00 | Ars Electronica Voyages Channel |
| Sat, 12.09.2020, 11:45 – 12:00 | Ars Electronica Selection Channel |
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Project Credits / Acknowledgements
These video commissions are co-funded by the Creative Europe Programme of the European Union in the framework of EMAP/EMARE.
Biography
Kasia Molga (PL/UK) is a design fusionist, a serial beginner and master of none, out to question the impact of technology on the environment and its role in our relation and perception to “non-human makers.” She moves across disciplines to communicate complex ideas through tangible multisensory hybrid installations. She has exhibited worldwide, and presents and publishes regularly. She is also a licensed scuba diver, an avid aerial photographer and spent her childhood sailing on merchant marine vessels.
