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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?

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.

AI x Feudalism: Digital serfdom in the world of Big Data, between property rights, empowerment, and content control

Sophie Zhang (US), Renata Ávila (GT), Frederike Kaltheuner (DE), Evgeny Morozov (BY/US)

From redemption and liberation to restriction, if not imprisonment, the same data sets can mean very different things to different people. Generally speaking: Data is power. But whose power are we talking about?

Cooking for Freedom

Maria Felices (CL)

What is freedom for you? For many, freedom is just a matter of doing “Whatever we want”. So we go around thinking that we are free; But blackmail starts from within as we get to cover our needs, We decide to study, to get a job so we can “Pay the bills”, but at the end of the day we give up our time for money. Now with that money we think that we can buy “Whatever we want” but now we don’t have our time, so rush into the supermarket to get our food, as it will be easier to get it from there, now big corporations also control what we eat. But the decisions that we make are given by the possibilities of our contexts, and for years we have the illusion of choice.

Ars Electronica Futurelab Networking Session: Meet the Alchemists

Ars Electronica Futurelab (AT)

Das Ars Electronica Futurelab ist ein Think-Tank aus Künstler*innen, Forscher*innen und Expert*innen aus den unterschiedlichsten Disziplinen; ein kreatives System, das seit 25 Jahren die Rahmenbedingungen dafür schafft, die Grenzen und Möglichkeiten der Gegenwart zu überwinden. Für ein gemeinsames Ziel: Der technologische Fortschritt in unserer Gesellschaft muss im Interesse der Menschlichkeit stehen.

Preparing to Become Transxxeno: Deeper Time @JKU

Adriana Knouf, PhD (US)

In this workshop, through an attention to the deeper times that are intertwined with our daily lives, we will take some small steps that attempt a perturbation of our lives, that will ultimately help prepare us to become tranxxeno.

STARTS Tour

Kristina Maurer, Karla Spiluttini

The STARTS Tour showcases best practice examples at the intersection of science, technology and art. From scenarios for local, circular economies based on food-waste craft, to large-scale data driven explorations of the condition of our oceans and visionary new scenarios for sustainable data storage, the artistic perspectives at the heart of this tour tackle the big challenges that lie ahead of us through both a microscopic and a macroscopic lens.

Adopt the World

Verena Boheme (DE), Joaquín Fargas (AR)

This project consists of natural ecosystems isolated inside sealed containers that only allow the external influence of heat and light. The objective is to collaborate actively on raising awareness about the fragility of our planet and the importance and urgency of its care. With the concept that ¨the world is not for sale¨, the small biosphere adoption program was born; small worlds that represent our planet on an infinitesimal scale.

How To Strand Astronauts on the Moon

Halsey Burgund (US), Francesca Panetta (UK)

The narrative of In Event of Moon Disaster is a journey; a journey filled with the technical and emotional triumphs of individuals and a nation that ultimately comes to a tragic end on the lunar surface.