POSTCITY
Lucky Island
Michaela Lautenschlager (DE)
Outside our visible spectrum of light, there is a very big area of electromagnetic radiation. Scientifically, that is also light, as it consists of photons. The most dangerous part for the human being: gamma rays. They are characterized by a very small wavelength and permeate almost all materials on earth. We cannot see them and generally only notice them when they are linked to radioactivity; for example, when we deal with the consequences of atomic bombs and nuclear accidents in power plants. In this project I don't want to downplay the dramatic effects of being exposed to this radiation but I want to help people understand it better. Therefore, I used the principle of sonification to make live measurements of monitoring stations in Japan “audible.”
Organic Primitive Bioplastics
Primitive Labs Biodesign (US)
Organic Primitive Bioplastics challenges endless data accumulation and memory by posing an ephemeral paradigm for interacting with objects, driven by organic intelligences. Using a library of biomaterials to give objects a “voice” to communicate, everyday things are transformed into ephemeral information displays that change color, odor, and form in response to fluids.
Color Impression
Lukas Woerm (DE)
Light. Light is boundless and dematerialized – it is intangible and enables our primary perception, seeing. A contourless, monotone space filled with light forces our brain to cope for a short time without this visual input. Orientation and lack of dimension are the consequences. Light, color and space become one. A non-objective environment makes human perception the object of contemplation. How is our emotional being influenced by light and colors?
Ai-Da Robot Artist
Oxfordians (UK, INT), Aidan Meller (UK), Lucy Seal (UK)
Ai-Da ist der weltweit erste ultrarealistische KI-Künstlerroboter. Sie kann zeichnen und ist Performance-Künstlerin. Als Maschine mit KI-Fähigkeiten ist ihre Künstlerpersönlichkeit selbst das Kunstwerk, ebenso wie ihre Zeichnungen, Performancekunst und kollaborativen Gemälde und Skulpturen. Sie ermutigt uns, über ethische Fragen bei der Entwicklung neuer Technologien nachzudenken.
The Murder of Pavlos Fyssas
Forensic Architecture (UK)
Shortly after midnight on 18 September 2013, Pavlos Fyssas, a young Greek anti-fascist rapper, was murdered in his home neighbourhood of Keratsini, Athens. Both the killer and others who participated in the attack were members of the neo-Nazi organization Golden Dawn. Forensic Architecture was commissioned by the Fyssas family and their legal representatives to reconstruct the events of the night from the audio and video material made available to the court. The resulting video investigation and accompanying report, presented to the Athens courtroom on 10 and 11 September 2018, brings together CCTV footage, recordings of communications between police and emergency services, and witness testimony. We established a precise timeline and reconstruction of the events that led to the murder. The investigation established that members of Golden Dawn, including senior officials, acted in a co-ordinated manner in relation to the murder, and that members of Greece’s elite special forces police, known as DIAS, were present at the scene before, during and after the murder, and failed to intervene.
Stone Web – Expanding Space
Idalene Rapp (DE), Natascha Unger (DE)
In Stone Web, Basalt is transformed into a light, stable modular system that can be used for small scale applications such as furnishing or combined to create large, spatial structures or urban furniture. Due to its scalability and production optimization, for example using robotics, future applicability ranges from landscape design to architecture. *Stone Web*, seen equally as an art object and product, finds its place between space, urban object, furniture, architecture, boundary, and installation.
Origin
Refik Anadol (TR/US)
Origin is an immersive installation that narrates the incredible cultural and scientific legacy of Ars Electronica. Using archival information from the past 40 years, this piece aims to tell not only the story of the institutions’ foresight and innovation but also use this history to visualize future trends and realities.
Silent songs
Katja Volk (DE)
Light is a matter of course for us. Its functionality in everyday life and technology makes it easy for us to overlook its simple beauty. Light is fascinating. Not only physically, but also visually. Silent songs uses light as a medium. Small, interactive light boxes create a sensual moment in which the viewer can concentrate on the light. This draws pictures in its very own way.
Growing Geometries – tattooing mushrooms
Theresa Schubert (DE)
Growing Geometries – tattooing mushrooms explores the morphology of fungi and evolution of geometrical shapes on living and growing membranes.
Anti Conductor
Ryo Kishi (JP)
Anti Conductor embraces the beauty of struggles. In our society, individuals tend to go with the flow of their environment. It’s human nature because it’s easier to survive. But it’s also monotonous and boring. If no one tries to go against the flow, nothing is going to change. The image of an individual struggling in the flow is full of power and energy, even if their efforts might not pay off.
