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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.

Partner 2021

le lieu unique (Frankreich) - KONSORTIUM

Located in the heart of Nantes from January 1st 2000, the former factory LU has been living a second life at the rate of an atypical and multidisciplinary arts center: le lieu unique. Le lieu unique is a space of artistic exploration and a convivial cultural ferment that mixes genres, cultures and audiences. Its credo: the spirit of discovery in different fields of art (visual arts, theater, dance, circus, music, literature, humanities, architecture, comics, art taste, etc..). With nearly 600 000 visitors (of which, 150 000 spectators for the artistic activities) le lieu unique must be experienced for anyone who wants to put the finger on the pulse of la vie nantaise.
Links
https://www.lelieuunique.com/

Start:
Nov 01, 2018
End:
Dec 31, 2021

Info:
European ARTificial Intelligence Lab KONSORTIUM Partners:
Ars Electronica, Center for Promotion of Science, Zaragoza City of Knowledge Foundation, Laboral, Kapelica Gallery, Science Gallery Dublin, Onassis Cultural Center, The Culture Yard / clickfestival, GLUON, Hexagone Scène Nationale Arts Sciences, SOU Festival, le lieu unique, Waag.
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Le lieu unique
Located in the heart of Nantes along the Canal Saint-Felix from January 1st 2000, the former factory LU has been living a second life at the rate of an atypical and multidisciplinary arts center: le lieu unique.
National center for contemporary arts and music venue in Nantes, le lieu unique is a space of artistic exploration and a convivial cultural ferment that mixes genres, cultures and audiences. Its credo: the spirit of discovery in different fields of art (visual arts, theater, dance, circus, music, literature, humanities, architecture, comics, art taste, etc..).
Led by Eli Commins, the lieu unique promotes the opening up of minds, the exploration of interstitial and marginal spaces and forms hybridization.

Every year, le lieu unique offers:
– over 100 theatre, dance, and circus performances, as well as concerts, philosophical debates, etc.
– 150 conferences and debates
– over 200 days of exhibitions and residences for visual artists,
– major events (festivals, cultural trails, etc.).
– nearly 650 000 visitors (of which, 190 000 spectators for the artistic activities)
– 120 000 visitors for the exhibitions

A little history

From 1895 to 1985

In 1895, the Nantes-based biscuit makers Lefèvre-Utile (LU), famous for their petit beurre cookies, built a factory on Quai Ferdinand-Favre to develop new products.
The structure, made entirely of concrete and metal, was innovative for its time and the two magnificent junction towers, which were added in 1909, make it one of Nantes’ most iconic buildings.

From 1986 to 1999

In 1986, and decades of expansion later, LU moved its production out of the city centre. Little by little, its factories were destroyed and only the annex of the Quai Ferdinand-Favre now remains standing. As of 1989, artists (in particular, the Royal de Luxe theatre troupe) began taking over the abandoned structure and turning it into a place of atypical creativity.
In 1994, in this incredible abandoned building, the Centre de Recherche et de Développement Culturel (CRDC) / a national center for contemporary arts in Nantes, began to hold milestone cultural events: Les Allumées Le Caire (1994) ; Trafics (1996-97) ; Fin de siècle (1997-98-99).
On the strength of these successes, Jean Blaise, Director of the CRDC at the time, convinced the city of Nantes to preserve the building and transform it into a new type of living cultural space, that could also be a meeting place outside of exhibitions and performances.
In 1998, new restoration work began, conducted by Jean-Marie Lépinay for the only remaining tower, as well as the rehabilitation of the factory by Patrick Bouchain.

Since 2000

January 1st 2000, le lieu unique was inaugurated and has become a utopian living space where conviviality meets the most contemporary forms of creativity, a space of artistic exploration, of cultural effervescence that mixes genres, cultures and people.