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Embedded/Embodied – Sound as a means of obtaining knowledge
Embedded/Embodied unites ‘acoustics’ and ‘epistemology’, acoustemology to investigate sound as a means of obtaining knowledge, delving into what can be known through listening.
What is for Sure – Studio Verena Bachl + Karsten Schuhl
The light installation ‘What is for Sure’ explores the relationship between space and time. By reinterpreting and manipulating the seemingly natural and chronological rhythm of light, the artwork addresses the phenomenon of chromatic changes in the sky caused by atmospheric scattering.
Hello from the Global Creative Laboratories! Vol. 2: Cultural Facilities Responding to the Times
On December 23, 2023, “Hello from the Global Creative Laboratories! Vol. 2: Cultural Facilities Responding to the Times” was held at Civic Creative Base Tokyo (CCBT), a hub for exploring creativity through art, technology, and design.
Livegrid: LED Matrices Made Easy
Livegrid is a harmonious blend of technology and art that brings environmental awareness right into your living space – now looking for support on Kickstarter.
United Visual Artists, Silent Symphony at DHUB
UVA’s new installation at Disseny Hub Barcelona (DHUB) traces resonant frequencies and synchronicities occurring at the cosmic scale and explores how they relate to our sense of harmony.
SPIN: AI-Music Synthesizer
SPIN is an AI music synthesizer that allows you to co-create compositions with a language model, MusicGen. It is a playful invitation to explore the nuances of algorithmic music, encouraging you to slow down and zoom in on its artifacts. It celebrates the marriage between human and machine creativity through music.
The Wizard of AI – Alan Warburton
The Wizard of AI is a 20-minute (AI-generated) video essay by Alan Warburton about the cultural impacts of generative AI. Produced over three weeks at the end of October 2023, one year after the release of the infamous Midjourney v4, the video itself is “99% AI” and was produced using generative AI tools like Midjourney, Stable Diffusion, Runway and Pika.
Redefining the Possible: The Emerging New Media Artists Programme at Diriyah Art Futures
From the heart of the ancient city of Diriyah rises a beacon of innovation and imagination: Diriyah Art Futures. This visionary arts, research and education centre, nestled within a UNESCO World Heritage site, stands as a harbinger of the boundless creative possibilities at the intersection of art, science and technology.
Dreamcatcher – Intent, Inspiration, Reflection
Created by Fabin Rasheed, The Dreamcatcher Project endeavours to “photograph” dream imagery and explore its ties to waking life and its impact on psychological healing.
Round About Four Dimensions – Exploring the Unknown
Created by Julius von Bismarck & Benjamin Maus, Round About Four Dimensions sculpture represents a “hypercube”, “four-cube” or “tesseract”, often cited in mathematical and physical theories to illustrate concepts beyond three spatial dimensions.
The Case for a Small Language Model – Generative AI and Authorship
The Case for a Small Language Model is a speculative AI installation inspired by the work of Dutch composer and poet Rozalie Hirs. The installation shows the entire book printed on five 30 meter long strips of labelprinter paper that scroll in both directions As the five lines move back and forth, a vertical reading allows for new combinations to emerge.
Helios 2024 – Imaging and imagining the sun
Helios 2024 is a celebration of the sun in its phase of solar maximum by audiovisual artist Dan Tapper. The exhibition gathers solar data from space organizations, as well as utilizing Tapper’s DIY devices that encode solar data into lo-fi playable records and reveal radio spectrum from the earth’s ionosphere and space.
The Crochet Protocol – Machines in need of human labour
Created by Julia Vollmer at HFK Bremen, The Crochet Protocol explores the interaction between crocheting, code, the wearer and the control through a machine.
Non-Fungible Plants – NFP.garden
‘Grown’ by Cyrus Clarke, Non-Fungible Plants (NFPs) are living plants with data encoded within their DNA. Sitting at the junction of art, technology and nature, Non-Fungible Plants utilise cutting edge synthetic biology techniques to encode digital data, in this case NFTs, in plants.
Critical Futures Talks: a new event and podcast series from the Master in Design for Responsible AI by Elisava and IAM
A new series of hybrid events, interviews, and a podcast featuring a range of eclectic perspectives from faculty, current program participants, and special guests on the intersection of Responsible AI, media, and design in a state of climate emergency.
IIOANA – AQUA PARK (underground demo music video)
Live code-able video synth and coding environment that runs directly in the browser, created by Naoto Hieda in collaboration with Pițipunk singer and artist IIOANA.
NUCA Camera – AI Powered “Natural Nudity”
NUCA is an AI-powered camera that captures individuals in their purest form – no clothing, literally stripped down to their authentic selves in their natural state.
InterAccess Media Arts Prize 2023 Programming
InterAccess (CA) is pleased to announce the following upcoming programming, including exhibitions, an artist talk, and a workshop, in support of the 2023 Media Arts Prize.
A Drop of Light – Structured Light Laboratory (SLL)
‘A Drop of Light’ is an interactive new-media art research project aimed at developing a computer-generated holographic spot as a responsive techno-hypermedium with which the performer interacts and her techno-perception is embodied, expressed, and analyzed.
NØ SCHOOL NEVERS 2024
NØ SCHOOL NEVERS is a unique international summer school, held in Nevers, in Burgundy, aimed at students, artists, designers, makers, hackers, activists and educators who wish to further their skills and engage in critical research around the social and environmental impacts of information and communication technologies.
FILE 2024 – Call for Entries
The Call for Entries to participate in FILE – Electronic Language International Festival’s projects in 2024 is now open. The festival seeks original artworks in Art and Technology, by Brazilian and international artists. Registration remains open until February 10th.
Repeater – A feedback loop between a pen plotter and a pen digitizer
Repeater is a custom software that creates a feedback loop between a pen plotter and a pen digitizer. The process starts with the pen plotter tracing the description text. At the same time the software records and draws the text on the screen as captured by the pen digitizer.
61.4223 – Technomass and Nature
61.4223 invites viewers to experience the moment of contemplative observation of a transformed landscape. Comprised of sculptural representations of German open pit mines inside a 1m³ cube, and alongside mechanisms that mimic the movement of (counterpart) excavators, the installation visualizes exactly how many cubic meters of earth have been moved since the installation started.
A Quickie in the Bouncy House – Pierce Warnecke x Matthew Biederman
Created by Matthew Biederman for the upcoming album by Pierce Warnecke, ‘A Quickie in the Bouncy House’ is a music video deploying Stable Diffusion to explore the edges of the AI text-to-image, forcing it into SFW corners of its training where it appears to break down, get stuck between gender, race or in time.
Organic Matrix – Mixing data for AI flesh
LOW·AI BOX is an AI machine art that includes a transparent machine structure, an AI system, a sensor system, and an IoT system.
Wavescape for Walla – Collect Noise to Create an Ocean
Wavescape for Walla creates an ocean by collecting waves that were captured between channels on a radio. It celebrates the auditory and tactile memories of radios as disappearing devices.
MPLUSPLUS “Embodiment++” – CCBT
Expanding the Body through Technology: Questioning the Future of Human Physicality in the Real and Virtual World. The exhibition showcases MPLUSPLUS’s latest endeavour: a performance featuring robots that go beyond the human.
Voz y Movimiento – Óscar A. Montiel
Voz y Movimiento is an interactive installation engineered to exemplify the impact of mutual vocal expression.
Portable Black Cat Radar – Mediating Superstition
The Portable Black Cat Radar is part of an ongoing series exploring Machines Responding to Superstitions. The device is comprised of a GPS, gyroscope and magnetometer to gauge your position in the world while at the same time generating fictional black cats for you to dodge.