Online
Future Humanity Journey
Kyungjin Jeong (KR), Ali Nikrang (AT), Farah Salka (LB), Simon Weckert (DE)
This is the second edition of the event in which four experts from diverse backgrounds are invited to discuss the future of humanity, from global-scale issues to more subtle daily joy. This discussion is integrated into a short film that shows an imaginary day in 2041. This year, after a year in which the world experienced a pandemic, how will innovators view the future of Humanity?
Activating the Archive
W21: Valeria Facchin (UK/IT), Delanie Joy Linden (US) and Indrani Saha (US)
In order to generate new and inclusive narratives for the 21st century, we need to rethink the archival structures where data is stored. Using W21’s data-feminist mission as a starting point, this workshop will challenge the never-evolving nature of the archive and its fixed, discriminating taxonomy. Together, we will discuss: Who or what is presently un-archivable? How can we imagine cultural archives as living, legible, and accessible? What role can artificial intelligence play in restructuring archives to open new worlds?
Prix Forum: A Pandemic Didn’t Stop the Sound
Alexander Schubert (DE), Rashin Fahandej (US), Douglas McCausland (US), Cedrik Fermont (CD/BE/DE)
The Prix Forum – Digital Musics & Sound Art is an open discussion between the top three winners of Prix Ars Electronica 2021 and the jury.
OCEANS IN TRANSFORMATION
John Palmesino(CH/UK) and Ann-Sofi Rönnskog(FI)—Territorial Agency (INT)
We explore how Oceans in Transformation brings together a multiplicity of conceptualizations of the ocean. The ocean is a sensorium: it records the transformations of the Earth in its complex dynamics, and it inscribes back into the forms of life its own cycles. This workshop explores new ways to connect the multiple ways of knowing and studying the ocean as it is entering a new phase of its history—the Anthropocene.
Prix Forum: Im/Material Infrastructures
Samaneh Moafi / Forensic Architecture (FA), masharu (NL/RU), tranxxeno lab / Adriana Knouf, PhD (US), Jens Hauser (DE/FR/DK)
The Prix Forum – Artificial Intelligence & Life Art is an open discussion between the top three winners of Prix Ars Electronica 2021 and the jury.
Prix Forum: The Re-enchantment of Humanism
Guangli Liu (CN), Veneta Androva (BG), Erick Oh (KR/US), Helen Starr (TT)
The Prix Forum – Computer Animation is an open discussion between the top three winners of Prix Ars Electronica 2021 and the jury.
Open Art Thinking / Actions for Deep Issues
Maria Pfeifer (AT) and Stefan Mittlböck (AT) - Ars Electronica FutureLab
Codex Virtualis Genesis_Basic tool kit
Interspecifics (INT)
In this workshop in masterclass format we present the development map of our most recent project, Codex Virtualis _ Genesis, a project that explores from artistic research perspective, the possibility of creating processes of morphogenesis and symbiosis between algorithms, to explore at various levels of morphological representation characteristics of the origins of life.
Solar Protocol: Reimagining Our Relationship to the Internet
Alex Nathanson (US), Tega Brain (AU) and Benedetta Piantella (IT)
This workshop will introduce participants to the conceptual and technical aspects of the Solar Protocol project.
Forensic Architecture Workshop: Open-source investigations for Human Rights
Omar Ferwati (EG), Forensic Architecture (INT)
Forensic Architecture is a research agency that uses architectural and media analysis to investigate human rights violations. This workshop is an introduction to investigatory techniques and principles used by Forensic Architecture including open-source research, spatial analysis, geolocation, verification, and media analysis through a series of short tutorials and tasks.
