A collection dedicated to the influence of technologies on cultural practices: access, production, dissemination, participation, creation, learning. Do technologies reduce humans to beings without subjectivity – the “data man” who is governable, predictable, manipulable? On the contrary, do they allow human beings to be deployed beyond their condition?
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When AI Mixes with Art, Transforming the Human Body
Exploring the workings of artificial intelligence through artistic creation is the ambition of the latest project launched by Sónar as part of the AI and Music S+T+ARTS Festival. Researchers and artists have worked together on these questions to create new performances. In this piece, Cécile Moroux exchanges with Anna Diaz and Javier Ruiz Hidalgo on "Engendered Otherness - A Symbiotic AI Dance Ensemble."
After investigating dating profile data (The Dating Brokers/2018) and techno solutionism (Ultimate Solvers/2020), Joana Moll delved into the world of Cookies, and its ecological ramifications. In this piece Matthew Fuller analyses Carbolytics, Moll's latest project, presented during Sònar CCCB 2021.
Ever since blogs and forums populated the internet, virtual spaces have been a hotbed for fan communities. In this piece, Dimitri Aurousseau, manager of psychedelic rapper Simili Gum and one of the founders of label White Garden, investigates the new practices born out of the recent spike in online live interactions, and what it means for online users.
For the last 3 years Zacharias Vamvakousis has been delivering music lessons to people with disabilities using the EyeHarp music interface. The software is the result of his research activity and is one of the first musical instruments to be played with the eyes.
In this conversation recorded during the 2021 edition of Reworks Agora in Thessaloniki, we exchange with Rosspeili, NFT advisor from virtual art publishing house Rare Candy 3D, on the discourses surrounding cryptocurrencies within our governmental structures. How are European legislators preparing for the spread of these new practices? What should the public do in anticipation of the democratisation of crypto-practices?
As critical as it is elegant, Joana Moll’s work finds its place at the intersection of art, research and activism. In the recent years Moll conducted investigations on the accessibility of user data in the realm of dating sites, on the environmental impact of data traffic on large-scale platforms and implementing carbon budget to venues and organisms. We had the opportunity to chat with her during the 2021 edition of Elevate Festival in Graz.
We take a closer look at online radio stations operating across Europe, their missions, their background and the connections between them. Independent radio representatives share their experiences, as well as their thoughts on the present and future of online radio in Europe.
Digital activists and forward-thinking actors met at Sónar+D to discuss how new technologies affect the world and what should look like the Internet of the future.
