Exhibitions, Projects
SOVAR
Ava Aghakouchak (IR)
Sovar is an active soft wearable that maps certain architectural elements on the wearer’s body. The cross-modal mapping of the space on the user’s back directs their attention to their surroundings and increases their sense of presence within a space.
You Don’t Know Me
Wang Shuyin (CN), Sun Xun (CN), Huang Rong (CN), Hu Ziping (CN), Xiangdong Lu (CN)
Cultural differences often lead to many misunderstandings. The installation deals with mixed cultural - misunderstanding phenomena and multiple-realities interpretations, opening a new world of contrasts and alternatives. In the boxes are videos with multiple meanings which could be easily (mis)interpreted differently based on different cultural backgrounds. Visitors are challenged to guess the meanings. If they are wrong, the installation responds with - You Don't Know Me
The Entangled Eye
Anne-Héloise Dautel (FR), Irem Bugdayci (TR), and Robert Wuss (USA)
The Entangled Eye is an exploration of visual perception through robotic motion. Luna and Laika are two robotic creatures with curious and animate behavior programmed to elicit your attention. As the whimsical creatures chase your eyes with unique kinematic expressions, the direction of your gaze orchestrates a conversation.
Transcrobial
Tal Danino (US)
Transcrobial incorporates machine learning and generative adversarial networks (GANs) to explore the emerging relationship of humans, microbes, and machines. These algorithms mimic and expand upon bacteria evolution and pattern formation beyond what is realizable in the physical world. Specifically, Transcrobial focuses on 'bacteria swarming' patterns, which are emergent behaviors that these microscopic organisms coordinate to form macroscale, fractal-like structures in an amazing feat of community intelligence.
In the Lab: Processing Fashion
Fashion & Technology, University of Art and Design Linz (AT)
The participatory workshop situation *In the Lab: Processing Fashion* aims to make alternatives to the system of fast fashion visible and tangible.
Wilson
Lee Jangwon (KR)
What should the future look like when the evolution of operating systems (OS) converge upon a specific form? The artist imagines the sun. Wilson is a representation of the sun as a personified OS. Technology behind any operating system feels more like an antithesis of nature, but the artist sees similarities between nature and the ultimately-evolved form of operating systems. Simultaneously, the artist also used aspects of virtual reality.
Art & Artificial Intelligence
Ronan Barrot (FR), Robbie Barrat (US)
An exceptional encounter between a contemporary painter Ronan Barrot and an artist, researcher in artificial intelligence, Robbie Barrat. 450 paintings of “Skulls” painted by Ronan Barrot over the last few years have been digitally scanned and imported by Robbie Barrat in a neural network to train it and create new images of “Skulls”.
Angry Bubble
Wang Shuyin (CN), Sun Xun (CN), Huang Rong (CN), Hu Ziping (CN), Xiangdong Lu (CN)
Anger is often contagious. When a person's anger reaches a certain level, his behavior and speech will always hurt or affect others. But if a person expresses anger in a language or ridiculous behavior that you don't understand at all, you may not be affected by anger, but you may find it interesting. When visitors stand in front of the installation, the angry face spits cheerful bubbles on them, making the angry facial expression hard to interpret and ultimately pointless.
Peer
Liu Kexu (CN), Ye YiChen (CN), Zheng Jiang (CN), Dong Geng (CN), Wenjie Liang (CN)
Peer is a work based on exploration, which uses symbolic snooping movements to explore unusual images in the real world. By looking through a tubular structure, the undefined view causes people’s desire to snoop. The mechanical structure inside the black box rotates the screen to the corresponding location based on the visitor’s position. At the same time, the film images of the six pipelines share the same theme: the multifaceted nature of human beings in society.
Hyundai x ART
Hyundai Motor Company is one of the most committed supporters of contemporary arts and culture globally with various approaches – decade-long partnerships with the National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Korea (MMCA), Tate, the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA), and partnerships with major art world events including the Biennale of Sydney, Korean Pavilion at the Venice Biennale and collaboration with the global media group Bloomberg, as well as supporting numerous art initiatives and prizes around the globe. Through working with Ars Electronica, Hyundai shares and improves their perspective on society as a place for collaboration and innovation together. In 2018/19, Hyundai and Ars Electronica have jointly curated three exhibitions on the theme of “Future Humanity — Our Shared Planet,” which were shown at the Hyundai Motorstudios in Beijing, Seoul and Moscow. Furthermore, the two partners have successfully collaborated on several projects, all with one common goal: to explore the intersection of art, technology and society.
