Program 2018

The students were asked to develop a documentation format for AMRO or some aspects of its programme.

Spreadkom is an alternative communication system. It avoids the use of a network based on a central operation unit, like radio waves, mobile phones, GPS or the internet, and emphasizes alternative ways of communication and orientation without relying on standard technology that permits all sorts of abuse through the possibility of tracking or spying.

Local and great food provided by Taro & Martina

This presentation puts forward the concept of "bot logic" as a response to what the researcher Deb Verhoeven calls "infrapuncture".

In "Dissecting container ships", the historic origin of containerization is followed all the way back to the 18th century, covering the switch from sailing ships to steam vessels, towards mechaniza

Progress, innovation, disruption and endless growth are cornerstones of our contemporary economies, social systems, even personal faiths and belief.

Recent space imaging developments have given rise to a spread of commercial services based on the temporal dimensions of satellite imagery.

If we see the natural world as a complex system of inter-relationships, where do we as humans stand? And how would we like to shape our role in the future?

This workshop seeks to critically reveal, analyze and connect the complex network of agents that converge on the configuration of the Interface.

The workshop is based on a module or part of our project SPREADCOM, which acts as a sound RXTX device in a complex communication environment.

The data we produce and share can be collected and analyzed to gain new insights, corroborate narratives and recognize patterns. This workshop will look at the theory and practice of digital methods to augment classical approaches of investigative work.

Great food provided by Taro & Martina

This talk will a take a recent data visualisation and mapping project, Migration Trail, as a basis for a discussion of the ethics of cartography.

Sea-Watch e. V. is a non-profit initiative dedicated to civil sea rescue of refugees.

With this project the two artists Jens Vetter and Stefan Tiefengraber set the audience in vibration with a melange of pure melodies and electronic noise.

“Edit the distances” is a live coding piece enacted in a special webstage: @maps/ space/moon/ (outsourced).

Maailmankaikkeus (universe, all that is part of the world in Finnish) is a new audiovisual performance by the media artists Antti Pussinen and Wolfgang Spahn.

Julia del Río uses diverse artistic strategies for interaction with electromagnetic fields for sound performance.