POSTCITY

Ether

Alain Barthélémy (FR)

Ether is a video presenting a technical device producing the 27 bones of the right hand. This 3D animation, which resembles a didactic document, seems to be promoting an innovative technology. There is certainly a rapprochement here with vanity. However, if the classic subject of art history is intended to present the irony of human existence trapped in a putrescible body, the vanity here would be that of a cyborg, a being who seems to be able to escape the ravages of time.

Sounds of the Earth

Ladislav Sutnar Faculty of Design and Art, University of West Bohemia

Examination of two different media with two different approaches by two students of the Ladislav Sutnar Faculty of Design and Art. Experimental videos exploring the fascinating world of hidden sounds and hidden visual elements such as video compression. And a comics wall inspired by mythology juxtaposed with contemporary CGI technologies.

Experiential AI: Entanglements – Fair, Moral and Transparent AI

European ARTificial Intelligence Lab

SUN, 8.9. | 13:30 – 15:00 Drew Hemment (UK), Vaishak Belle (IN), Larissa Pschetz (DE), Dave Murray-Rust (UK)

Inclusive AI Applied

European ARTificial Intelligence Lab

SUN, 8.9. | 11:00 – 13:30 Birgitte Aga (NO) & Coral Manton (UK), Max Haarich (DE), Vladan Joler (RS), Maja Smrekar (SI), Joana Moll (ES), Aisling Murray (IE), Margherita Pevere (IT/DE)

De toujours tu seras l'antépénultième peril

Kévin Ardito (FR)

This sculptural and musical installation diffuses cover versions of Billy Joel’s song Honesty. It uses digital and robotic media to question our relationship with transparency and lies in an entertaining and mischievous way: skull-shaped robots singing a song about honesty. The recorded voices lend some warmth to the robotic coldness of the artwork by adding an organic element to the robots, blurring assessments of identity or the reasons for their presence. The background simulates an Aurora Borealis, which is reflected on the skulls and the surrounding environment.

Ultimate Cavefighter in outer space: SC Deluxe Multiplayer Edition

Damien Baïs (FR), Thomas Barbé (FR)

The final assault has begun! In the bowels of a dark planet, you have to destroy the ultimate evil. But to succeed in your quest, you need to develop collective strategies to defeat opponents. Cavefighter is inspired by the “fixed shooter” video games of the 80’s. To enter the game, the player must connect to the “Cavefighter” WIFI network and download the Cavefighter application (Android only) that serves as a joystick.

Buildings without People

Studio Architecture III (CZ)

Buildings without people are already an integral part of our cities, though often not architecturally integrated to them yet. These projects replace five iconic 20th-century buildings with 21st century typologies such as data centers or logistics hubs inside of which humans are unwelcome or, at best, inconvenient guests

Community Parcours: Inclusive

This inclusive tour for different needs will take you through the POSTCITY free of charge.

Modell 5

Granular Synthesis – Kurt Hentschlaeger (AT), Ulf Langheinrich (DE)

MODELL 5 is a performance or installation in which the face of Japanese performer Akemi Takeya is subject to drastic time-based interventions that create in essence a cyborg-like hybrid, between human and machine. A roller coaster dramaturgy following the “life” of the four clones on screens.

data.tron

Ryoji Ikeda (JP)

How many points are there in a line? What is the number of numbers? How can we verify that the random is random? data.tron is part of the datamatics project, a series of experiments that explore such questions both physically and mathematically. Visitors will experience the vast universe of data in the infinite between 0 and 1. data.tron is an audiovisual installation in which each single pixel of visual image is strictly calculated by mathematical principle, composed of a combination of pure mathematics and the vast sea of data present in the world. These images are projected onto a large screen, heightening and intensifying the visitor’s perception and total immersion in the work.