Artificial Intelligence
FuneralPlay
Ruini Shi (UK)
A new technology start-up company claims to offer a certain kind of ”immortality”: users can choose between erasing the deceased’s electronic footprint or uploading it to the virtual heaven, permanently secured and published on an immutable blockchain, allowing the addition of remembrance NFTs to the memorial.
The Zizi Show - Enter the World of Deep Fake Drag Cabaret
Jake Elwes (UK)
Drag Queens, Drag Kings, Drag Things and Artificial Intelligence…Enter into the world of The Zizi Show (2020), a deepfake drag cabaret, a virtual online stage hosting a groundbreaking new show with a twist. It features acts that have been constructed using deepfake technology, learning how to do drag by watching a diverse group of human performers. The Zizi Show dissects one of the dominant myths about AI: the notion that 'an AI' is a thing we might mistake for a person.
In Event of Moon Disaster
Halsey Burgund (US), Francesca Panetta (GB)
In Event of Moon Disaster invites you into this alternative history and asks us all to consider how new technologies can bend, redirect, and obfuscate the truth around us. The project has a physical installation as well as an online component.
In a Small Room
KyungJin Jeong (KR)
In a Small Room focuses on two social issues, the first being the problem of poor living conditions in modern metropolitan areas, such as London and Seoul. The demand for housing in large cities, such as London, has greatly increased, but supply has not caught up with demand, a problem that has given rise to a cramped, prison-like residential environment.
Moon Rabbit
Sarah Petkus (US), Mark J. Koch (US)
In a research and development phase lasting several months, Sarah Petkus and Mark J. Koch attempt to teach a suite of artificial intelligences to recognize familiar shapes and objects in images of star clusters, planetary surfaces, and other celestial bodies.
Codex Virtualis
Interspecifics (INT)
Codex Virtualis is an artistic research framework oriented towards the generation of an evolving taxonomic collection of hybrid bacterial-AI organisms.
Transformation of Scenery
Yoichi Ochiai (JP)
In order to mediate between the massive landscapes composed by original nature and the massless landscapes described by digital nature, Yoichi Ochiai continues to create artwork for transforming scenery. Between mass and masslessness, he is searching for a longing for mass and a sentiment for pixels.
The Virtual Court. Reality.
Law Lab (AT)
The hearing is a crucial element of administrative and legal proceedings. It cannot be neglected in authorization processes, e.g. for new industrial plants or road construction, or in civil litigation and criminal trials. During the pandemic, video calls became the makeshift solution for hearings. But the question remains: could these new technologies be of further value to the state of law? With “The Virtual Court. Reality” the LIT Law Lab seeks to answer this question by introducing the court of the future in virtual space. Bring VR headsets instead of briefcases!
