Location

Gaze into Haze

Qiu Siyao (CN)

Will the rise of single gazes also mean a decline of the global view? Every single gaze means letting go of the larger picture. The person being gazed at may feel embarrassed. Is it possible for the inorganic object being gazed at to change? Who can remember what happened in the moment before a distraction?

Media Art Globale, Jakarta – Zurich

Media Art Globale is a new media art festival in Jakarta, Indonesia organized by Connected Art Platform (CAP). The festival focuses on showcasing cutting-edge media artworks and consists of multidisciplinary conversations through a month-long exhibition, artist talks, symposia and workshops. It aims to create a place where artists, scientists, curators, and researchers can meet, discuss, develop and create together in the form of artworks, journals and products.

Wind Charm

Liu Zhicheng (CN)

What were the earliest musical Instruments of mankind? How did humanity start enjoying music? This work attempts to transform emotions into simple signals produced by blowing air on bottlenecks, which is directly controlled by brain waves. Like the hand of a pioneer musician, the users explore the boundary between sound and emotion with their brain waves.

3D Chess

Hakan Lidbo (SE)

We humans think, dream and imagine in 2D, but with this game we can practice using our zero gravity minds. 3D Chess is seemingly simple but not easy to master.

COMMUNITY PARCOURS

On September 7 and 8, the Festival invites you to free guided tours in Bulgarian, Greek, Austrian Sign Language, Persian, Russian, Spanish, Czech, Turkish, Plain Language as well as inclusive courses.

Expert Tour: Living inside Schrödinger’s Box

Matthias Hörtenhuber (AT)

The scientist Matthias Hörtenhuber focuses on AI and life science in his tour. He discusses the applications of machine learning and the associated algorithms.

In Posse

Charlotte Jarvis (UK)

SAT 7.9. | 15:45 – 16:15 In Posse is a work in progress. Artist Charlotte Jarvis is collaborating with Prof Susana Chuva de Sousal Lopes in Leiden, Biotehna / Kersnikova Institute in Ljubljana and MU Gallery Eindhoven to make the world’s first “female” semen. Workshop participants are invited to help Charlotte form the project at this early stage.

Body Poetry

Liu Guiyu (CN)

Body Poetry is an exploration of future body data and poetic human data. When linking the body to the data, perhaps our sadness, fear and enthusiasm are not only the spirituality of poetry, but the result of the algorithm.

KHIPU

Constanza Piña (CL)

This piece is an open-source textile computer based on the manufacture of an astronomical Inca khipu, the cords of which were hand-spun with alpaca wool and copper wire. They function as an antenna for electromagnetic fields that is connected to an amplifier circuit. This project is a sound and arts interpretation of the technology, wisdom and history of our ancestors.

AI-Pop. Walking sound-knowledge-base

Werner Jauk (AT)

It is the bodily experience of sound that determines its structuring: sound brings the body in motion leading to e-motion generating sound – interaction leads to a collective and collectivizing dynamic soundstream of being “communis.”