Exhibitions, Projects

Reset the Forest

Clara Molinicos (ES)

Reset the Forest: Interactive Reforestation Device is a project developed from an ecomedia perspective. Its main objective is to promote awareness of forest fires through a device equipped with an interactive graphic interface. The installation shows the aerial view of a burned space, which is displayed on a horizontal screen covered with a transparent fertile substrate.

Sonicaedro

Poli Mujica (CL)

Sonicaedro is an installation of an Interactive Interface (HCI) within a dark and closed space. Through the tactile interaction with a dodecahedron of iridescent methacrylate, the user is able to generate a series of visual as well as sound responses in the environment. The videos projected in the room revolve around themes of sacred geometry in nature.

H.C.S (Hybrid Cellular Scaffolding)

Carlos del Valle (ES)

This ongoing research is an interdisciplinary and speculative process that explores – through the lens of BioArt – the fusion between printed scaffolds and non-organic forms of artificial design and decellularized E.C.M (extracellular matrices). In this hybridization of materials, cells of different cell lines will be cultivated.

Spiritual reality

Lou Cantor (DE)

Wenn wir mit den Chatbots von Lou Cantor sprechen, sprechen wir in eine akustische Leere, die dazu dient, die gesprochenen Geräusche in einem Aufnahmemikrofon zu isolieren. Das Mikrofon selbst wird durch eine Skulptur in Form eines humanoiden Mundes ersetzt. Wir erwarten eine Antwort, während wir Fragen oder Bedenken äußern, aber es wird keine Kommunikation zwischen uns und dem Mikrofonersatz des Chatbots geben.

Labor

Paul Vanouse (US)

How does work smell? Labor is a dynamic, self-regulating art installation in which the smell of sweat is produced without any human effort. The body odor is artificially produced in glass bioreactors in which special human skin bacteria grow. While these bacteria metabolize simple sugars and fats, they produce smells reminiscent of human sweat. A white T-shirt in the center of the installation picks up the "scent" and stores it in its fibers. Paul Vanouse's "sweat stain prints” shown in the exhibition, are also based on the sweaty T-shirt – the icon of wage labor, stress and exploitation: Freshly sweaty shirts were dusted with charcoal and pressed between paper under high pressure.

CyberRäuber Workshop

Björn Lengers (DE), Marcel Karnapke (DE)

Since 2016, Marcel Karnapke and Björn Lengers have worked together as CyberRäuber, bringing theatre into VR and VR into theatre. They do artistic research into new narratives, virtual stages, recorded and real-time acting on stage and VR. Their work is shown as repertoire pieces at several theatres and international festivals. In addition to showing their first interactive VR opera “Fragments | a digital Freischütz,” the CyberRäuber give a hands-on workshop with exclusive insights into VR theatre.

NFT (New Flesh Toys)

Guillem Sarriá Verdú (ES)

NFT consists in the design of prototypes for research into possible haptic interfaces that explore anthropomorphic questions and new forms of ergonomics. The use of these speculative artifacts as instruments generates atmospheres through specific references to sci-fi, cyberpunk mythology and sound experimentation.

CONTRA

Miguel A. Sislian (ES)

CONTRA project presents itself as an interface with a critical character in relation to different systems. The main concepts which are analyzed are power and control of individuals in both physical and digital spaces.

NISS: Network Interaction Sound Sniffer

Sergio Lecuona Fornes (ES)

NISS is a sound installation that reacts to the exchange of data carried out through a WiFi network. The soundscape produced by eight reception bells and synthesized sounds makes the hidden digital dialogues between devices perceptible.

CROSSING #03

Akinori Goto (JP)

In this work, when the light from the slit is projected onto the sculpted object, the movement of walking people is revealed. By reorganizing the diverse people filmed by the artist onto a single time axis, something akin to a community moving toward a purpose takes shape. Within this is a movement that differs from physical movement.