Art & Culture

Art & Culture

Let’s zoom in on the interplay of technology with art and culture - be it creative, interactive, immersive. Bits and bytes are constantly changing and expanding the possibilities for expression, and the rapid development of AI is turning many things upside down.  

What is digitalisation doing to people working in art and design? Whether music, metaverse, memes or museums, TikTok, touchscreen or theatre, Discord or data visualisation: let’s examine how digital developments are changing online culture, studios and ateliers, cultural enterprises and institutions.  

How have cybercultures developed over the past 30 years, and what differences and similarities do these developments share?

We also love to hear more about: How can art and culture contribute to contemporary discourses in a special way? How can art and culture change our outlook by creating new perceptions, experiences and encounters? What do our new realities look like?

Meditation: Kopf frei für die re:publica!

Katharina Naumann

Kurz den Kopf klären bevor er mit all den spannenden Inhalten der Sessions gefüllt wird? Schnell wird unser Kopf so voll, unsere Aufmerksamkeit so kurz angebunden, dass wir nicht alles aufnehmen können. Dann tut es gut, Mittel und Wege zu kennen, wie man sich wieder zentrieren kann.
Art & Culture
Popticum
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Workshop
German
Conference

TransUrban Frequencies: Neue Kulturbrücken in Zeiten geopolitischer Umbrüche

Andreas Gebhard, Jakob Scherer

Andreas Gebhard, Geschäftsführer re:publica GmbH, und Jakob Scherer, Geschäftsführer von Villa Aurora & Thomas Mann House, laden zu einem Gespräch darüber ein, wie wir den Austausch zwischen den USA und Europa ausbauen können – und warum Berlin und Los Angeles so gute "Sister Cities" sind.
Berlin
Democracy
Civil Society
Art & Culture
Atrium 2
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Meet Up
German
Conference

Denken in Generationen gegen Denken der Geschichte

Diedrich Diederichsen

Wer in Generationen denkt, hat den Begriff der Geschichte eigentlich schon aufgegeben. Dies zeigt sich, wenn man Entwicklungen in der Pop-Musik nicht als auf einander bezogene Negationen liest, sondern als eine Abfolge von technischen Neuerungen, Wiederentdeckungen und allenfalls ödipalen Akten.
GenXYZ
Music
Art & Culture
Stage 3
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Talk
German
Conference

InterPlay. Co-creative playground experiences.

Rosanna Lopez

Ready to play, no matter your age? Participants from 9 to 99 come together to explore the games and playful experiences that shaped their generations. With hands-on activities, collaborative design, and a lot of fun, we’ll reimagine childhood games and mix them with 21st century tech.
Diversity
GenXYZ
Participation & Access
This is FUN
Art & Culture
Makerspace
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Workshop
English
Conference

You Can't Own Infinity: Next Generation Rights In the Next Generation of Fluid Interactive AI Creativity

Zachary Cooper

AI tools are fast bringing us into a new era: where creative works can be changed in real-time - every painting a canvas, every song an instrument - blurring the line between artist and audience. What is the role of ownership in a world where everything can be turned into everything else?
Movies & Shows
AI
Music
Platforms
Art & Culture
Loft
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Talk
English
Conference

From "Granny" Theft Auto to Teenage Zombies. Or: Generations at Play in the Museum

Tabea Widmann

Can learning about games, playing games and visit an exhibition as an RPG bring generations together? We tried it out in our exhibition “Choose Your Player” at the Zeppelin Museum. Find out about how it went and what can be learnt to create powerful transgenerational spaces of dialogue in the future
GenXYZ
Participation & Access
This is FUN
Art & Culture
Lightning Box 3
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Lightning Talk
English
Conference

Commune AI

Till Müller-Klug, Manus Nijhoff, Jack Willenbacher

Wie lebt es sich im Kollektiv mit Künstlichen Intelligenzen? Finde es heraus und log dich ein in unsere Online-Kommune „Commune AI“: lernt euch kennen, testet Mini-Utopien, promptet Zärtlichkeit, schreibt Manifeste und verändert eure Welt! Bitte möglichst Laptop mitbringen!
AI
This is FUN
Future & Utopia
Art & Culture
Kubus
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Workshop
German
Conference

Hegemony eroding: a hands-on GenAI workshop on how to excavate diversity from latent space (2 hour workshop)

Karim Hamdi

Generative AI models ingest huge datasets gathered all over the web. Hence, they reflect decades of western cultural dominance. Yet, there are cracks through which diversity seeps through. I invite you to explore those cracks and to reflect on the blurred line between prejudice and representation.
Diversity
AI
This is FUN
Civil Society
Art & Culture
Makerspace
–
Workshop
English
Conference

Generation Playlist: Warum Popmusik aufklärt und generationsübergreifend funktionieren muss

Ueli Häfliger, MDJ Winson, MADANii

Die Podcastmoderatoren Ueli Haefliger und Winson, Mitte der 70er Jahre geboren, stellen fest, dass zeitgenössische Popmusik mehr denn je zur Aufklärung beiträgt und jung hält. Wäre eine bessere Gesellschaft möglich, wenn Pop den Raum beschallt und Diskussionen anregt? Mit Special Guest +Live Musik.
Activism
Common good
Music
Art & Culture
Atrium 2
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Conversation
German
Conference

The Problem with Cyberfeminism: How Its Definition Stunted the Movement

Sahra Azadzoy

With the rise of biased AI and right-wing tech moguls, the digital world needs a feminist force. Cyberfeminism emerged as exactly that—explosive and urgent—but struggled to sustain its impact. This talk explores how its lack of clear definition hindered the influence it could have today.
Activism
Feminism
Cyberculture
Future & Utopia
Art & Culture
Lightning Box 3
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Talk
English
Conference

How Body Standards are Embedded in Generative AI Image Models

Aisha Sobey

When prompted to show a person, generative AI image models tend to show thin, able-bodied, beautiful people. This talk takes a whistle-stop tour around AI and data bias, fat liberation, and disability studies to ask: why is this happening? Why is this a problem? And what can we do about it?
Activism
Diversity
Feminism
AI
Art & Culture
Lightning Box 3
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Lightning Talk
English
Conference

Pandoras Podcast

Magdalena Schnitzler, Maren Kling, Änne-Marthe Kühn, Saskia Mommertz, Franzi Aller, Michael Tuttle, Roland Satterwhite

Es rappelt in der Kiste: Viel zu lange schon wird Pandora für alles Unheil der Welt verantwortlich gemacht. Doch damit ist jetzt Schluss. Und jetzt ist genau der richtige Moment für einen Image-Wechsel – the battle has begun. Pandoras Live-Podcast als szenisches Konzert mit experimental jazzigpoppiger Musik als Komödie über die Klimakatastrophe.
Climate crisis
Music
This is FUN
Art & Culture
Stage 6
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Concert
German
Nightlife

Claudio Chinotto

Claudio Chinotto

Claudio Chinotto is a Berlin based DJ with a focus on the original 80s Italo Disco sound. His cheerful and energetic Dj sets bring the „sparkling sound of the 80s“ back to the dancefloors.
Art & Culture
Speak Up / Rede mit
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DJ Set
English
Nightlife

Dorkbot: create old-school generative video (DOG-VC)

Daniel Wessolek

Dorkbot meetings pre-date the maker-movement and feature the slogan "people doing strange things with electricity". In this workshop we will use video synthesis boards and midi to create abstract video art for old TVs and monitors. Create abstract video art and learn unusual and useful skills.
Content Creators
Music
This is FUN
Art & Culture
Makerspace
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Workshop
English
Conference