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Feminist AI: A public lecture series in cooperation with FIFITU% Network for Women* in Art and Culture in Upper Austria
Elena Knox (AU)
The Feminist AI lecture series will present inspiring lectures on gender and AI. Throughout this autumn, the series will bring together a diverse range of lectures by artists and scholars working at the intersection of technology, art and gender, who will present how feminist thinking and intersectional experience has influenced their work.
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European Digital Deal Summit
European Digital Deal (EU)
The European Digital Deal is a three-year investigation co-funded by Creative Europe into how the accelerated, yet at times unconsidered adoption of new technologies—such as artificial intelligence, machine learning, blockchain and algorithmic processing—can alter or undermine democratic processes.
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Award Ceremony (with invitation only)
The spotlight is on the artists and initiatives, prizewinners of this year’s Prix Ars Electronica, S+T+ARTS Prize’23 and the winners of the great new prizes from the European Union and our cooperation partners.
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It’s AI, Stupid – Futuring Exercise (AI Futures)
Time’s Up
As part of this three-hour “futuring” exercise, participants will use their imagination of near-term future scenarios to address the promises and threats – along with subsequent tangents and obstacles – posed by ideas of artificial intelligence.
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ESA Climate Office
Susanne Mecklenburg (DE)
The talk is about the European Space Agency’s cutting-edge global observation records that play a crucial role in shaping our understanding of climate change. Supporting the UNFCCC, these data provide the foundation for national and international efforts to predict future change, inform climate mitigation and implement adaptation policy and action.
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IDSA FOUNDING LAB: University of the Futures
Ars Electronica x IDSA FOUNDING LAB, Stefanie Lindstaedt (DE)
Tangible visions for the university of the futures – the What and the How: Interdisciplinary and international IDSA FOUNDING LAB Fellows collectively identify and unearth the fundamental questions about the bigger picture for pioneering higher education.
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Workshop: Future Impulses – Artificial intelligence
Future Thinking School by Ars Electronica (AT)
This interactive workshop provides an understanding of the basics of AI and a playful insight into current creative applications.
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Hebocon: Contest of Low-Tech Robots
Open Commons Linz (AT), Ars Electronica create your world (AT)
The Hebocon is back! Build and design your own low-tech robots and send them into the arena. It is not primarily about strength or speed, but rather about the most creative creations, the most unusual movement style and the funniest motto.
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Opening of Ars Electronica and IDSA FOUNDING LAB (with invitation only)
The opening evening of Ars Electronica 2023 introduces FOUNDING LAB, the joint initiative of the Institute of Digital Sciences Austria (IDSA) and Ars Electronica.
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The Mirage Replicas 2.0
Yen-Tzu Chang (TW)
The work is a new media dance performance that explores generational differences within a family and culture. Starting from the story of the artist’s father capturing a golden bat, The Mirage Replicas 2.0 also addresses ecological issues related to bats. The performance incorporates bat sound data, field recordings, projected images, the mobile transparent screen displays…