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Biophilia: A handful of earth – 2020 ACC_R Residency Exhibition

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The experimental platform ACC_R Residency has been expanding fields: it has been inviting creators and researchers from Asia and other parts of the world to reflect on the challenges the humanity is facing and create contemporary discourse, of which Biophilia is the main theme. Three programs were run in close connection, organically supplementing each other.... READ MORE...

Bio Art and Design in the exhibition “Evolutionaries”

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The group exhibition Evolutionaries, Bio Art & Design from the Sea to the Soul, on view at MU Hybrid Art House this winter combines the working material wielded by the present and past winners of the Bio Art & Design (BAD) Award. Most of these works are the fruit of collaborations between artists and scientists working in the Netherlands and they address an array... READ MORE...

“Player of Beings”, the Relationship between Game and Human

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From one-dimensional knob and button, two-dimensional mouse and joystick, to three-dimensional motion sensor, the evolution of these interactive devices reflects a persistent desire to shorten the gap between reality and the game world. Activating traditional culture through the lens of new technology, game carries us to break the boundary of time.... READ MORE...

“Shaping the Invisible World”: Knowledge and Digital Photography

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The exhibition Shaping the Invisible World examines, through cartography, the representational forms of the map as a tool between knowledge and technology. The works of the artists on view negotiate the meaning of the map as a gauge of our digital, technological and global society.... READ MORE...

Regionale 21: Expanded Video Works

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HeK’s 2020 Regionale exhibition, «Regionale 21 – Expanded Video Works», focuses on the artistic use of moving images with a selection of videos, films and animations. The presented works share a formal and experimental creativity in their use of motion graphics software and video equipment.... READ MORE...

Brainstorming and Artificial Intelligence for a visionary future.

On Saturday 21st of November 2020, from the Sala Fucine OGR in Turin, in live in streaming on Zoom and Youtube, 2500 under 35s met in a digital event lasting 10 hours in the form of a collective brainstorming around to the topic “Which Borders in the New World?”. The objective of the Visionary Days project-event, now in its fourth edition, is to concretize the ideas... READ MORE...

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Taipei Biennial 2020

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The 12th edition of Taipei Biennial will open to the public from November 21, 2020 and run through March 14, 2021. The biennial, co-curated by French philosopher Bruno Latour and French independent curator Martin Guinard, together with Taiwanese independent curator Eva Lin, proposes a fictional “planetarium” within the museum, wherein the invited artists, activists and scientists will explore the tensions between the gravitational pull of different “planets.... READ MORE...

“Feelings”, new models of interaction

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Synthesis gallery presents FEELINGS, a digital exhibition of works by five artists. Curated by Jeffrey Grunthaner and George Vitale, the exhibition will go live on Mozilla Hubs November 19, 2020 and run through February 21, 2021. Scheduled events and walkthroughs will also take place during the course of the exhibition.... READ MORE...

“CHRONIQUES” Biennale of Digital Imagination. 2020 Edition

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Taiwan was named the CHRONIQUES Biennale guest of honor with C-LAB serving as curator. VR FILM LAB, located in Kaohsiung have also been invited. With the theme of Eternity, together with 12 outstanding new media artists, a team representative of Taiwan’s technology-based arts has been formed to present Taiwan’s rich culture and abundant technical know-how through exhibitions and performances.... READ MORE...

Driving the Human Opening Festival

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On November 20–22, 2020, the Driving the Human Opening Festival will launch the long-term scientific and artistic collaboration of the same name. The festival invites scholars, artists, designers, and other multidisciplinary participants to launch a debate on the themes currently defining our existence – from the human to non-human, from existence to co-existence, from digital to analogue.... READ MORE...

The 13th Shanghai Biennale Bodies of Water

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The Power Station of Art (PSA) is delighted to announce the opening of the 13th Shanghai Biennale, Bodies of Water. Challenging the usual art biennale format, it will be the first stage of an eight-month extended program that will allow the artists, thinkers and curators contributing to the Biennale to develop their work in close collaboration with the City of Shanghai.... READ MORE...

“Reality Errors”, the pace of technological advancement

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Nam June Paik Art Center presents Reality Errors from September 24, 2020 to January 31, 2021. Through the works of contemporary artists, the exhibition speculates on the near future where the pace of technological advancement would outstrip human comprehension, seeking ways to coexist with diverse alterities such as machines.... READ MORE...

Data Meditations: New rituals for new possible worlds

A lot has happened in 2020. In the pandemic world of covid19, the small HER research center, started by artists / hacktivists / researchers Salvatore Iaconesi and Oriana Persico, is changing its skin to become HER: She Loves Data: a new type of organization that interprets data as existential phenomena and uses art and design to reposition the results of research and innovation in the middle of society.... READ MORE...

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Open call: 19th Media Art Biennale WRO 2021

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REVERSO is a call to look at what is happening now in art from the underside which, until recently just peeking through, is now becoming increasingly visible, f... READ MORE...

MUDEC is going to host “ROBOT. The human project”

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From the first mechanical devices of ancient Greece to the new frontiers of Artificial Intelligence, man has always been attracted to the idea of creating an ar... READ MORE...

Trevor Paglen in “Bloom”: the systems and technologies that shape society

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Pace is pleased to return to its physical space with the exhibition "Bloom" of new works by American artist Trevor Paglen. Employing a variety of disciplines throughout his oeuvre, from investigative journalism to scientific research, the exhibition will feature new sculptures, photographs, drawings, and digital components that relate to corporate and state use of machine learning algorithms to monitor, extract value, and influence people’s lives.... READ MORE...

“Post Growth”, the future of life on the planet

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iMal is happy to invite you for "Post Growth", an exhibition by DISNOVATION.ORG. This exhibition consists of six artworks that encourage us to challenge our dominant narratives about growth and progress, and explore the radical implications of a speculative economic model based on energy emitted by the Sun.... READ MORE...

“Real Feelings”: the rapidly changing relationship between technology and emotions

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The exhibition Real Feelings, at the HeK, explores how technology is representing, influencing and changing our emotions: how they can be manipulated and controlled by technology, because they influence our society and our lives.... READ MORE...