PLANETART wint
Kunstvlaai-prijs
met performance van de Neverporn Community
(onderdeel van een van de installaties die gemaakt
is als proloog op het
GOGBOT festival 9-12 september 2010 Enschede).
Gashouder: Technological Singularity
TECHNOLOGICAL SINGULARITY
PLANETART presents artistic research related to the
concept of the Technological Singularity.
This concept concerns the exponential growth of
technology today and predicts an explosion of
artificial intelligence within decades.
The increasing impact of genetics, robotics and
nano-technology will contribute to this development
and will soon cause a breaking point in human
history.
PLANETART presents these artistic results in
screenings and exhibitions in PLANETART Medialab
Artspace in the former Volkskrantbuilding +
Kunstvlaai/Artpie and finalizing in the GOGBOT
festival Enschede Sept. 9-12 2010
www.planetart.nl
Adri Schokker ‘’ME TV, Snow” 2010 (FMI)
ME TV invites the spectator to bridge the gap
between transcendentalism and technology. By
achieving a meditation state, the spectator restores
the signal and completes his or her videorecorded
image on the screen. Snow is collaboration between
media artists Ruben Boxman and Adri Schokker.
www.snowvideo.nl
Sonja-Vanessa Schmitz “Hare Matter Liquefaction
Experiment’’ (FMI)
Hare Matter is a material, extracted from hares.
Captured and embedded in liquid, the Hare Matter
releases a characteristic scented vapor. It is
stored in an evaporator device for examinations and
tests. The device has an respiratory mask output.
This way, the Hare Matter can be inhaled. The work
consists out of an evaporator device, connected by
tubes to a pocket with fluid and an respiratory mask.
The audience can pick up the respiratory mask and
inhale the vapor. A small screen, or window, gives a
peek on what’s going on with the liquid Hare Matter
inside of the evaporator.
www.controlartelite.com
Avik Kumar Maitra (FMI)
‘’SUBLIMINAL AUTOPSY: OUR INDUSTRIAL PARENTS’’
Concept: The modern cyborg culture has its roots in
the Industrial Revolution of the 18th century, when
artificially mass-produced objects were slowly
getting introduced into the mainstream, changing the
lifestyle of the urban population. And from then
till the present day, we have gradually accumulated
layers of technology over our natural selves to such
extent that right now we are simply individual
faceless dots connecting to form a worldwide
digital/industrial cyberlandscape. My psycho-visual
installation is a satirical look at our
self-distortion.
http://avix.deciantart.com
Hsien-Yu, Cheng (FMI)
(studies of) human relations towards and interacting
between machines, focusing on hardware as well as
software. In this recent piece Cheng is looking for
an expression of the heart in relational aesthetics
to the machines increasingly rapid development.
(put your finger on the top of the telephone-plug
and have your heartbeat responded into the screen…wait
about 30 seconds for response)
Jaap Mutter
Body-Controlling performances, Real-Body-Avatar
www.vreemdwild.nl
Danja Vasielev “Re:buntu’’
A hacked version of Linux operating system that
loads a copy of itself, one after another, until no
memory is left. after that the system has to erase (kill)
its own copies in order to be able to continue what
it was programmed for. this, rather ironic, tone of
the work is meant to set an accent on the fact that
machines are incapable of 'rational' or 'human-like'
thinking and thus shall not be relied on.
www.k0a1a.net
Virtual Worlds Pixelporn
According to the concept of the Singularity (about
the exponential growth of technology leading to an
explosion of AI soon) digital artists today research
and play in the field of human and machine-based
reproduction. These works are selected from Second
Life and were produced by artists and players
worldwide.
(extracted from PIXELPORN exhibition at PLANETART
Medialab Artspace incl
flickr group Sexand Life,
March 2010)
Via Oral
NeoPopDadaArt-collective creating environments and
specific projects related to technology, massmedia
and popular culture. For PLANETART @ Kunstvlaai 2010
Via Oral realized an audio-visual and sculptural
installation as a performance-setting for
stPetersburg based Neverporn Community. NPC is
performing non-stop at Kunstvlaai 2010, related to
the concept of Singularity. www.vrlart.com
Neverporn Community
Erotic Arts Organization "Neverporn" was established
in 07 and based in two biggest cities of Russia -
Moscow and Saint-Petersburg. It's primary definition
can be described as Photoproject with tagline "female",
"adult", "body-modified" and "bizarre" as well. Huge
escalation of local public attention within few
months since the very beginning of Neverporn was
developed into idea of making some kind of live
performances with flamboyant sub-pornographic
content. Live troupe were formed by Saint-Pete's
headquarters and maintained most active and artistic
models. Since then Neverporn produced few live
programs and dozens of performances within Russia
and in Europe since 2009 when they contributed to
the GOGBOT festival. www.neverporn.com
Arno Coenen
Logo and animation design for PLANETART theme 2010
and GOGBOT festival Enschede 9-12 September, edition
TECHNOLOGICAL SINGULARITY ,
…..The Singularity is near, Resistance is futile…
check out the GOGBOT special beer, produced by
Eurotrash Brewery. www.arnocoenen.nl
Saygin Soher
Virtual Gallery
Abstract animated chaos, based on dark ambient
tunes.
www.sayginsoher.com
David Scheidler ’’Coincident Sound with Hard Disk
Orchestra’’
Musical composition based on programmed coincident/randomsystem.
The composition is made by computer and constant
changes in the parameters, with a zero chance to
repeat. It combines computer-artificial
intelligence-sound and mechanics.
www.davidscheidler.com
Visual Paco (Pasqual Direse) (FMI)
Brainscanner: MindSet – NeuroSky: Grounded in over
60 years of medical research, NeuroSky’s technology
has taken proven medical EEG (electroencephalograph)
technology, and evolved it for application to the
mass market by making it more user-friendly and
cost-effective. Technological innovations include
significant advancements in electrical noise
reduction, dry-sensor development (rather than
requiring a wet conductive gel), substantial “cost
engineering” (reducing the price), and enabling the
wearer to use it outside of a lab (without the
assistance of a doctor).
http://visualpaco.blogspot.com
Gottfried Haider "hidden in plain sight (2008)"
Hidden in Plain Sight is a meditation on the nature
of computer programming.
While a compiler's task is to turn abstract/immortal
instructions into a structure that can be executed
by the machine, it is essential to view the compiler
as a result of such a process itself - thus being
determined by its ancestors and source code, both
most likely being imperfect.
Here, a compiler compiles itself in a perpetual
motion. Each generation then turns a (modified)
version of the Quake III source code into an
executable file and runs it. http://gottfriedhaider.com/hiddeninplainsight
Frank Theys ‘’Technocalyps’’
Technocalyps is a three-part documentary on the
notion of transhumanism by Belgian visual artist and
filmmaker Frank Theys. The latest findings in
genetics, robotics, artificial intelligence, bionics
and nanotechnology appear in the media every day,
but with no analysis of their common aim: that of
exceeding human limitations.
www.frank-theys.net
Ray Kurzweil interview for VPRO television
”Wintergasten” jan. 2010
Futurologist Ray Kurzweil is interviewed by Raoul
Heertje for VPRO television. Kurzweil is author of
the bestseller THE SINGULARITY IS NEAR, WHEN HUMANS
TRANSCEND BIOLOGY, and predicts the technological
singularity this century to happen, as a breaking
point in human history.
Wintergasten
Paul Klotz Counter
Counter is a blow-up digit, originally made to
counter people that enter an exhibition space.
Inspired by Technological Singularity the assembly
code inside the installation has been adjusted to
lead its own life. www.led-art.nl
+ interactive presentation of NeuroSky Brainscanners
Kunstvlaai Opening Party 15 mei 2010 Opening party van de Kunstvlaai at location:
Societeit de Sauna, Kerkstraat 58 Amsterdam, za 15
mei 21h hosted by PLANETART
May 15 22-03+ h 5 euro
DJ Kid Goesting
DJ Jean Plastiq
Neverporn Community
Open podium for Kunstvlaai artists
Bang-Cock!, Retard-o-tron, and more shortfilms
Female visitors wearing kinky outfit in the style of
transhumanism receive 50% discount on the 5 e
entrance fee. No discussion, Doorbitch decides.
Neverporn Community - Cyborg Special
Kunstvlaai (pics can be freely downloaded
here)