what-is-our-digital-humanity

AI x Digital Humanism

$teven Ra$pa (US), Agnieszka Wykowska (IT), Rashin Fahandej (US), Agnieszka Pilat (US), Jillian York (US) , Martin Rauchbauer (AT)

As the driving factor of societal change, digitalization needs to be negotiated. However, in order for the “real work” to begin, a universal commitment to putting the social dimension at the core of technological development and digitalization is a key factor. Under the umbrella of Digital Humanism panelists come together to discuss how – through combining critical artistic engagement and collaboration across scientific disciplines – digital technologies can be shaped to serve as a means of strengthening and disseminating humanistic and social values.

Co-creation Containers

Ellen Pearlman (US), Julie Phelps (US), Shamsher Virk (US)

As cultural producers who hold space for artist residencies, incubators, and exchanges, we are confronted with constraints of all kinds. Responding to the ever-changing conditions of the contemporary world, we must adapt to the limitations encountered and decipher the possible.

Schrödinger’s Rat

Philipp Blume (AT), Gregor Ladenhauf (AT)

Schrödinger’s Rat is an interactive art sculpture and immersive experience, inspired by the famous thought experiment of Austrian physicist Erwin Schrödinger. As the first Austrian Burning Man artwork, it was honored with a Black Rock City Honoraria Grant by Burning Man Project in the context of the ”Multiverse” theme of 2020.

Voidopolis

Kat Mustatea (US), Process Studio (AT)

Voidopolis is a digital performance about loss and memory presented as an AR book with a limited lifespan. A loose retelling of Dante’s Inferno informed by the grim experience of wandering through NYC during a pandemic, the book’s garbled pages can only be deciphered with an AR app which, after enough readings, decays the images and words just as memory would.