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Who owns Space?
Sian Proctor (US)
How does the entitlement we feel over the earth change when we look at it from outer space? SpaceX Inspiration4 Astronaut Sian Proctor is not only a pilot for the first all-civilian human spaceflight mission, but also a geology professor and science communicator.
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Promise and Perils of AI-mediated Political Communication
Sarah Kreps (US)
The proliferation of Generative Artificial Intelligence has already transformed economies and societies. It also stands to impact political representation, bringing both opportunities and risks.
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Uncanny Valley
Stefan Kaegi (DE), Rimini Protokoll
For Uncanny Valley the writer and playwright Thomas Melle allowed an animatronic double of himself to be made. This humanoid takes the author’s place and raises the questions: what does it mean for the original when the copy takes over? Does the original get to know himself better through his electronic double? Do the copy…
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AI and the Very Old World Order
Karen Hao (US)
Keynote: Over the last few years, a growing number of scholars have argued that the impact of AI is repeating the patterns of colonial history.
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Meet the Artist: Miwa Matreyek
Miwa Matreyek (Golden Nica for Computer Animation 2020) will be presenting a shortened documentation video of her 2020 performance work, Infinitely Yours. She creates live performances integrating her kaleidoscopic animations with her body in shadow from behind the screen.
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Meet the Artist: Miwa Matreyek
Miwa Matreyek (Golden Nica for Computer Animation 2020) will be presenting a shortened documentation video of her 2020 performance work, Infinitely Yours. She creates live performances integrating her kaleidoscopic animations with her body in shadow from behind the screen.
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Meet the Artist: Rebecca Merlic
GLITCHBODIES (Honorary Mention for New Animation Art 2023) is an interactive game and multiplatform project encompassing new forms of feminism, LGBTQ+ and Drag transformations. While playing the game, participants become part of an interactive digital space.
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Build your Own Virtual Avatar
Paula Strunden (AT)
Discover the world of embodied virtual world creation in this interactive workshop. You’ll learn how to create your own virtual avatar wearing VR headsets and using 3D modelling software Gravity Sketch and auto-rigging software Adobe Mixamo. Step beyond the conventional perception of virtual reality as an escape from reality and explore new forms of hybrid…
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Systemic Change in the Times of Polycrisis
Antti Tenetz (FI), Tero Toivanen (FI)
The workshop “Systemic Change in Times of Polycrisis” explores how we can broaden our horizons and find sustainable solutions to the polycrisis caused by ecological emergency. It focuses on radical change in industrial societies. The perspectives of polycrisis will be linked to local examples that will be explored through the work of artists, researchers and…
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Planetary Mattering
Miha Turšič (SI/NL)
It matters which planet we portray, and which one we do not. In this workshop, participants will learn about ways of mattering. With this term, we refer to the images, interests and facts that shape our image of the planet, and, in turn, how the solidification of these imaginaries determines the way we talk about…