Lectures & Talks
AI & art
Helena Nikonole (RU)
The lecture is dedicated to Artificial Intelligence in an artistic context. Going through the projects of Uncanny Dream exhibition, we will explore three of possible approaches to Neural Networks in art: aesthetic, utopian and dystopian.
Panel Discussion “Curating hybrid events. Ars Electronica 2021 experience”
Helena Nikonole (RU), Oxana Chvyakina (RU), Olga Vad (RU), Natalia Fedorova (RU), Olga Zubova (RU)
The panel is dedicated to the challenges of curating hybrid events in times of pandemic: Helena Nikonole, Oxana Chvyakina, Olga Vad, Natalia Fedorova and Olga Zubova will present their hybrid (online\offline) projects and share their curatorial experiences and perspectives.
Posthuman Art: Robots, Aliens, Chess, and
Prof. Maurice Benayoun (HK/FR); Dr. Martin E. Rosenberg (US); Prof. Beatrice de Gelder (NL); Dr. Tanya Ravn Ag (DK); Dr. RAY LC (HK/US); Lisa Park SoYoung (HK/KR); Prof. De Kai (US/HK)
Is post-human art far too human? Taking this question as a starting point, the five speakers of this panel expand this inquiry in five disparate trajectories. Media artist Maurice Benayoun (HK/FR) questions how artworks can open new perspectives by engaging the world as subjects rather than objects.
Uncanny Dream: Artist-talks with exhibition participants
Anna Shustikova (RU), Roman Solodkov (RU), Ivan Netkachev (RU)
Anna Shustikova (RU) – You can touch, You can play "Barbie Girl" by Aqua. Through the experiments with much-talked-about CLIP (text-to-image) AI architecture, this project explores the biases around concepts of "beauty" and "femininity" within machine's male gaze. And other projects...
How to stay a critical artist when working with industry
Ars Electronica UK Garden: STARTS Debate
Artists are constantly facing new challenges, with NFT for instance being a recent and ongoing issue. How do artists maintain their ethical position as well as remain relevant, catalytic, and critical while working with industry and trying to make a living? What are the ramifications of entering the market and selling their work? How can artists ensure they consider the social, economic and environmental impact of working with industry?
Symposium Perspektiven Politischer Bildung: NEULAND – Eine Gesellschaft auf Expedition
Pädagogische Hochschule Oberösterreich x Arbeiterkammer Oberösterreich
Pandemie, Klimawandel, Digitalisierung – es scheint als befinde sich die Welt auf einer Expedition ins Unbekannte. Soziales Denken und Handeln sowie eine humanitäre Grundeinstellung sind für die erfolgreiche Bewältigung dieser Herausforderungen unumgänglich. Bildung im Allgemeinen und Politische Bildung im Speziellen sind dabei unverzichtbare Voraussetzungen. Wie aber kann das gelingen, wenn die Mitglieder von Bildungsinstitutionen selbst Teil der Expedition sind und noch nicht wissen, wohin die Reise geht?
Symposium „Die Zivilgesellschaft der Zukunft: Co-Kreation wirkt.“
ULF - Independent Regional Volunteer Center (AT)
Bei diesem Symposium tauschen sich nationale und internationale Politker*innen, Expert*innen, NGOs, NPOs, Freiwillige und weitere Interessierte über Neuerungen und zukunftsweisende Möglichkeiten freiwilligen Engagements im Allgemeinen und in Zeiten von COVID-19 aus.
The Garden Gazebo, LASER Linz
Christoph Thun-Hohenstein (AT), Monica Gagliano (AS), Martin Pfosser (AT), Gabriele Winkler (AT), Christa Sommerer (AT), Diana Ayton-Shenker (US), Fabricio Lamoncha (ES), Christiana Kazakou (GR/UK)
In September 2021, Linz is joining the Leonardo Art & Science Evening Rendezvous (LASER) network. This international program brings together artists, scientists, scholars and the general public for inspiring presentations and conversations.
YOUR HEALTH - Wild Plants, Cultivated Plants or In-vitro Plants
Jill Scott (AU/CH), Katja Cankar (NL), Marille Hahne (CH), Ingrid van der Meer (NL), Joanna Hoffman (PL/DE), Suvi Hakkinen (FI)
This LASER ZURICH event constitutes an immersive presentation by six researchers in four parts. They focus on how and why the production of our food will change in the future to incorporate the concepts of wild plants, cultivated plants and in-vitro plants.
Project presentation: Start a Reaction
Robert Pierce (US), Elise Butterfield (US), Taylor Shuck (US), Maysam Al-Ani (US)
This presentation by artists and curators Robert Pierce, Elise Butterfield, Taylor Shuck, and Maysam Al-Ani will feature documentation of the performance and AR works made as part of the Start a Reaction project, an anti-nukes art and technology campaign. Additionally, an overview of the project’s intentions, significance, and history of the threat of nuclear weapons.
