ARS ELECTRONICA ARCHIVE – AI LAB

The European ARTificial Intelligence Lab (AI Lab) is a follow-up project to the European Digital Art and Science Network, a creative collaboration between scientific institutions, Ars Electronica and cultural partners throughout Europe that unites science and digital art. The European ARTificial Intelligence Lab follows on from this and addresses visions, expectations and fears that we associate with artificial intelligence. The consortium consists of 13 cultural institutions from Europe with Ars Electronica as coordinator. This online archive provides an overview of all activities carried out during the project's lifetime from 2018 to 2021. It also provides information about the network itself, the residency artists and juries, and the project partners involved. The AI Lab is co-funded by the EU program "Creative Europe (2014-2020)" and by the Federal Ministry of Arts, Culture, Civil Service and Sport.

!brute_force: Feeding the Algorithm / AI LAB Journey by Maja Smrekar (SI) 2020

!brute_force: Feeding the Algorithm / AI LAB Journey by Maja Smrekar (SI)

AI Lab Journey
!brute_force: Feeding the Algorithm / AI LAB Journey by Maja Smrekar (SI)

comissioned for the Ars Electronica Online Festival 2020.
published and streamed during the Festival:
Fri, 11.09.2020, 11:00 – 11:35 (CET | UTC +2) Ars Electronica Voyages Channel
Sat, 12.09.2020, 18:00 pm – 18:55 (CET | UTC +2) Ars Electronica Gardens Channel
afterwards accessible via the Festival Website
• Info (EN): Ars Electronica Journeys is an entirely new format which evolved in the midst of rethinking the festival. Artists, researchers and creative producers were invited to prepare video journeys, providing interactive guided tours without the audience’s physical presence. Beyond that, the journey guides can really invite the viewers into their “world” by not just offering exclusive insight into their fields of expertise and artistic practices, but sharing surroundings relevant to their work – be it their labs, inspiring public places, or their favorite walking routes to mull over ideas. All of the journeys are realized in different frameworks. The European Artificial Intelligence Lab journeys put a spotlight on cutting-edge topics and developments in the realm of artificial intelligence.
• Info (DE): Ars Electronica Journeys ist ein völlig neues Format, das sich inmitten eines Umdenkens des Festival entwickelt hat. KünstlerInnen, ForscherInnen und kreative ProduzentInnen wurden eingeladen, Video-Touren vorzubereiten, die interaktive Führungen ohne physische Anwesenheit des Publikums ermöglichen. Darüber hinaus können die Guides ZuschauerInnen in ihre “Welt” einladen, indem sie nicht nur einen exklusiven Einblick in ihre Fachgebiete und künstlerischen Praktiken bieten, sondern auch die für ihre Arbeit relevante Umgebung vorstellen – seien es ihre Labore, inspirierende öffentliche Orte oder ihre bevorzugten Spazierwege. Alle Reisen werden in unterschiedlichen Rahmen realisiert. Die Reisen des European Artificial Intelligence Lab legen einen Schwerpunkt auf aktuelle Themen und Entwicklungen im Bereich der künstlichen Intelligenz.

Year of creation

2020

Urls

https://ars.electronica.art/keplersgardens/en/nonbrute_force-performance/

Start:

Sep 09, 2020

End:

Sep 13, 2020

Info:

• Internal Project: AI Lab Online Archiv

Ars Electronica, Maja Smrekar (SI)

Credits: These video commissions are co-funded by the Creative Europe Programme of the European Union in the framework of the European ARTificial Intelligence Lab.

!brute_force: Feeding the Algorithm / AI LAB Journey by Maja Smrekar (SI)

Responding to the coronavirus pandemic, the !brute_force project focuses on the future of market-driven diagnostic wearables and AI-based health monitoring technologies. A human and dog performer climb through an installation of platforms and empty spaces. Both wear Electrocardiograph ECG/EKG diagnostic wearables, used for the medical monitoring of chronic heart and respiratory conditions. These are gathered within a Neural Network, whose goal is to synchronize the heartbeat of the human with that of the dog. On the one hand, the installation represents the canine and human bodies under surveillance capitalism, as abstractions within total corporate knowledge and control of bodily function. On the other, the installation also suggests paths of resistance, by imagining the coexistence of the two species in a state of joint physical activity.

Project Credits / Acknowledgements
These video commissions are co-funded by the Creative Europe Programme of the European Union in the framework of the European ARTificial Intelligence Lab.

Biography
Maja Smrekar’s (SI) work has been established in the international art and science milieu. Her practice has allowed her to lead strong collaborations in developing cross-conceptual productions that include installations, performances, site specific art, drawings, videos, sound, workshops, lectures and texts. Among other awards, she received the 2017 Prix Ars Electronica – Golden Nica Award in Hybrid Arts.