Exhibitions, Projects
Material Moods
Studio Architecture III (CZ)
This ongoing investigation explores the natural behavior of materials and their possibilities of self-organization. The synthesis of robotic production and material performance lies at the center of a research project aiming to develop new and fluid-based construction composites.
Beeple
Mike Winkelmann (US)
Beeple will be doing an everyday live for the audience while showcasing work from the last 12 years of everydays.
Science Man
Valentin Godard (FR)
“He welds circuits / and codes all night / Science-man! He makes robots / secretly in his lab, Science-man! He mixes chemicals / without any technical problems, Science-man!” Part human, part dog, Science-Man is a fictional character who is embodied in various ways: newspaper, comics, performances, figurines, etc. He is halfway between our reality and a sensitive and complex technological future.
50 shades of forest
Afra Sonmez (TR)
A textile as an electronic instrument: the artist specifically for this performance created a flexible and modular interface of electronic textile consisting mainly of snap fasteners to make all parts freely movable.
[re]BO[u]NDS ~ expanded media
LOXOSconcept – Giulio Colangelo (IT), Valerio De Bonis (IT)
[re]BO[u]NDS is an electroacoustic composition/performance for three electromechanical performers (drippers), reactive and synchronized lights, real time audio processing + electronic sounds.
Intelligent Guerrilla Beehive research
AnneMarie Maes (BE)
The Intelligent Guerilla Beehive is an artwork and a prototype for a speculative research project. It is a mobile shelter for swarming honeybees that combines in a radical way smart materials, biomimetic forms and biotechnology.
Disrupted Sensations
AnneMarie Maes (BE)
A series of lightboxes containing smart materials and Scanning Electron Micrographs (SEM) of Honeybee parts and pollen grains. The artist studies the processes by which nature operates and how she can use these processes to create her own intelligent materials.
Women Reclaiming AI
Birgitte Aga (UK), Coral Manton (UK)
Women Reclaiming AI is a collaborative AI voice assistant and activist artwork made by a growing community of self-identifying women. Creating a platform for collective writing and editing, the project co-creates an AI that challenges gender roles.
BIO AUSTRIA Bauernmarkt: All organic. All reliable. All regional.
BIO AUSTRIA (AT)
On September 7th the farmers of BIO AUSTRIA will present their unique regional products. Visitors to the festival can try, taste, and enjoy the organic food and talk to the producers. Information about organic farming and how organic farmers benefit our climate and environment round off the BIO AUSTRIA farmers’ market.
Caput (head)
AnneMarie Maes (BE)
Since Darwin, it is clear that flowers and bees engage in an evolutionary race. The honeybee is a complex insect with numerous sensorial features which are matching perfectly with the demands of sensual plants. The black-and-white photographs reveal the elaborate design of some dissected parts of flowers and honeybees.
