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Dixit Algorizmi, an exhibition between art and algorithms

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The Centre for Contemporary Art in Tashkent (CCAT), which sits under the Art & Culture Development Foundation of the Ministry of Culture of Uzbekistan, presents its exhibition Dixit Algorizmi, exploring the seminal work of ninth century Uzbek polymath, Muhammad ibn Musa al-Khwārizmī. Curated by Joseph Grima and co-curated by Sheida Ghomashchi and Camilo Oliveira, the exhibition opens October 5, and unpacks the influence of al-Khwārizmī’s work on today’s technological acceleration.... READ MORE...
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Germ Gem: Lucie Ketelsen speaks about bacterial iridescence

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Bacterial iridescence is an elusive, extra-ordinary phenomenon with something vital to show us in these precarious times. A unique natural occurrence in which self organization within bacterial colonies results in the creation of living photonic crystals, bacterial iridescence relies on a coming together, an organised signal arising out of the noise of disarray, visible as the bending of light. This phenomenon demonstrates that a microscopic, reductive view alone cannot account for what a bigger picture and a change of perspective affords us. Seeking to span diverse perspectives, scales and media by working directly with bacterial iridescence, this research project asks — how can we design with biological life?... READ MORE...
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OTHER SKIES: An Exoplanetary Festival

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On 20th March 2021, Multiverse Concert Series, CLOT Magazine, and SciArt Initiative present a new collaborative project, OTHER SKIES: An Exoplanetary Festival, a one-day online event exploring humanity’s relationship with the planets beyond our own solar system. At the heart of this event is the exhibition space: an immersive online environment specially created... READ MORE...
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Media Art Fund & Media Art Fellows – Call for projects

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Two new funding programs of the Ministry of Culture and Science of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia (NRW) will support cooperative media art & digital culture projects of institutions and independent initiatives in NRW. The Call for Projects is addressed to all institutions and initiatives, alliances and collectives, places and spaces of media art & digital... READ MORE...
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Open Call – Driving the Human: Eco-Social Renewal

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From February 10 to April 9, 2021, Driving the Human invites designers, artists, scientists, initiatives, and agents from any fields of expertise from anywhere in the world, to join us in shaping sustainable and collective futures that combine science, technology, and the arts in a transdisciplinary and collaborative approach.... READ MORE...
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Call for Papers: HyMEx, Hybrid Museum Experience Symposium

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Ludwig Museum of Contemporary Art organizes on May 6-7, 2021 the HyMEx // Hybrid Museum Experience Symposium, a two-day symposium to bring together leading researchers, scholars in digital and experimental museology, as well as researchers to exchange views on challenging situations and latest innovations in the field of hybrid museum experiences, with a focus on... READ MORE...
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Katja Aufleger in the exhibition “Gone”

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The first solo exhibition in Switzerland by Katja Aufleger, on view until March 14, 2021 at the Museum Tinguely, brings together works from the past decade: breakable sculptures, hazardous chemicals and video works, with which the artist criticises institutions and questions power structures and systems.... READ MORE...
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“FUTURE PRESENT”: the impact of technology on design

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Michigan State University’s Science Gallery Detroit is pleased to announce its third annual exhibition, FUTURE PRESENT: Design in a Time of Urgency, which will run through Dec. 11 at Bedrock’s 1001 Woodward Building in downtown Detroit. This year’s exhibition theme will explore humanity’s nuanced relationship to various forms of design and the impact it has on the future.... READ MORE...
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“Digital Cultures 2020: Imagined Futures”, an online festival of arts & technology

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The online festival will bring back former visions of the future, dismissed as intriguing yet far-fetched fantasies a decade or even a few months ago. The event, organised by the Adam Mickiewicz Institute, offers a wealth of artistic programmes and debate, and aims to further understand and overcome the barriers of delivering a hybrid festival in today’s social and political climate. ... READ MORE...
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