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Kunst & Kultur, Art & Culture

Immersive, interactive and creative: Let's dive into the interplay of technology with art and culture. Bits and bytes are constantly expanding the possibilities of expression, while the rapid development of AI is turning many former cornerstones of art and creativity upside down.

What challenges does digitalisation present for creatives in art and design? What new opportunities do text, image, and sound generators offer, and what problems do they bring along? From the metaverse and memes to museums, TikTok and touchscreens to theatres, Discord to data visualisation: we want to explore how digital advancements are transforming internet culture, studios, cultural industries and institutions.

We also want to know: How can art and culture contribute to contemporary discourses? How can creatives and activists change our world (or at least our view of it) by generating new perceptions, experiences, and encounters? What are these so-called new realities? And: who cares in the field of art and culture?

The Portray’s Eye | Self-Archive |

Guilherme Bretas

Summary
Bretas’ “The Eye That Portrays” and “Self Archive” revisit colonial archives with AI to create a counter-gaze - a rekindling of memory that revitalizes the stories long suppressed by dominant narratives.
at Stage 10
Installation
English
PROMPTING CULTURE_
Off Stage

Heal-GPT (slowed + reverb)

Dera Luce

Summary
Dera Luce’s "Heal-GPT (slowed + reverb)" draws parallels between algorithmic recursive loops and echoes of trauma; creating pathways of healing unconstrained by Western conception of singular axis time.
at Stage 10
Installation
English
PROMPTING CULTURE_
Off Stage

Visions

Kira Xonorika

Summary
Kira Xonorika’s "Visions" creates an Indigenous, trans future unfolding in the here and now.
at Stage 10
Installation
English
PROMPTING CULTURE_
Off Stage

re:member Wall

Jens Scholz

Summary
Wir möchten uns an die Menschen erinnern, die auf der re:publica fehlen. Die re:member Wall ist der Platz für das Andenken an Freund*innen, Speaker*innen, Kolleg*innen, die ein Teil unserer Community waren und nicht mehr da sind. Bringt eure Bilder, Gedanken und Wünsche mit und teilt sie mit uns.
at Home Base
Installation
German
Off Stage

Speculative Evolution

Marc Lee

Summary
The interactive work "Speculative Evolution" by Swiss artist Marc Lee imagines a speculative ecosystem 30 years from now, where artificial intelligence and biotechnologies work together to create and optimize species to withstand the increasingly hostile environment.
WOW!Space
Installation
English
Off Stage

PAST IN PROGRESS, 2022 CGI animation, AI generated film

Patricia Detmering

Summary
The work refers to Donna Haraway‘s invitation to think further about her narrative „Camille‘s Stories“. The artist connects it to the environmentalist movement of the former GDR. The work is presented by medienkunstverein as part of the exhibition TRANSCENDING BOUNDARIES. Visions of the Postdigital.
White Room
Special format
English
Wissenschaftsjahr
Off Stage

Letters to M / HTR, 2020 Video, b/w, Sound, 1-channel

Ornella Fieres

Summary
2016 Ornella Fieres acquired about seven hundred letters from the 1960s and 70s from the former GDR and let an artificial intelligence transcribe the handwritten texts to print. The work is presented by medienkunstverein as part of the exhibition TRANSCENDING BOUNDARIES. Visions of the Postdigital.
White Room
Special format
English
Wissenschaftsjahr
Off Stage

Bodies, 2024 HD Video; 8:13min

Jonas Blume

Summary
"Bodies" illustrates the absurdity of trying to establish a unified identity or reality in a decentralized world made up of fragmented identities, communities and narratives. The work is presented by medienkunstverein as part of the exhibition TRANSCENDING BOUNDARIES.
White Room
Special format
English
Wissenschaftsjahr
Off Stage

Echosystem

Ulrich Formann, Yul Koh

Summary
Das Projekt „Echosystem“ bildet den deutschen Sprachraum der Nachrichtenplattform Telegram ab. Ein Programm analysiert Beiträge aus öffentlichen Kanälen und formt durch deren Querverbindungen eine Galaxie aus Influencer*innen, Aktivist*innen, Politiker*innen und alternativen Medien.
Durchgang Community Garden
Installation
German
Wissenschaftsjahr
Off Stage

stochastic datasets

Ipek Burçak

Summary
Stochastic Datasets is a 3D animation video work about a fictional podcast taking place in an alternative future in Germany. In the podcast, that is also called ‘stochastic datasets’ two characters debate about health and AI, collective struggles and activism, future of social media, energy shortage
at Stage 10
Installation
English
Off Stage

cre:w care

qrt.art

Summary
Das Kunst-Kollektiv qrt.art produziert ein Just-In-Time Video. Während der Aufbautage werden Eindrücke videografisch abstrahiert, die verdeutlichen welche Dinge der cre:w besonders wichtig sind. Das immersive Video-Kunstwerk wird in Form einer Bäckerkisten-Skulptur auf der re:publica aufgeführt.
Bei Home Base
Installation
German
Off Stage