S+T+ARTS

STARTS is an initiative of the European Commission to foster alliances of technology and artistic practice. As part of this initiative, the STARTS residencies foster pioneering collaborations and the STARTS Prize honors the most inspired results in the field of creativity and innovation at the crossings of science and technology with the arts. STARTS is funded through various schemes provided by the European Commission.

S+T+ARTS Residency S+T+ARTS Residency STARTS4Water 2022

Glacier trilogy (in progress)

Theresa Schubert
S+T+ARTS Residency STARTS4Water

Keywords: glaciers, water, technology, audiovisual, immersive installations, digital art, machine learning, simulation, CO2, climate change, conservation

Links: https://starts.eu/cha/, https://www.theresaschubert.com/works/glacier-trilogy1/, https://www.theresaschubert.com/works/glacier-trilogy2/, https://www.theresaschubert.com/works/glacier-trilogy3/
Credits:
Artist: Studio Theresa Schubert
www.theresaschubert.com
Simulation development: Sage Jenson
Glass blowing: JoGa Glass Turin

Digital resources:
Colab implementation: Moises Horta Valenzuela based on StyleGAN, ESREGAN, VQGAN+CLIP
TINITALY, a digital elevation model of Italy with a 10 meters cell size (Version 1.0) [Data set].
Tarquini S., Isola I., Favalli M., Battistini A. Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia. (2007)
Freesound.org (samples by lluissuros, bzakirasantjago)
Physical resources: Photo Archives of the Italian Glaciological Committee (Turin) and Sella Foundation Archive (Biella)

Support received from :
Residency and exhibition at Cittadellarte - Fondazione Pistoletto (Biella), curated by UNIDEE residency programs and Art Office within the S+T+ARTS4Water project. This project has received funding from S+T+ARTS (Science, Technology & the Arts), an initiative of the European Commission, launched under the Horizon 2020 research and innovation program.
The following institutions facilited the research: Arpa Piemonte, Cordar S.p.a. Biella Servizi, CGI Italian Glaciological Committee of Turin, EuroCold Lab of Milano Bicocca University, Politecnico of Turin, University of Turin, CNR-ISAC (Institute of Atmospheric Sciences and Climate), CNR-IMATI (Institute of Applied Mathematics and Information Technology), CNR-STIIMA (Institute of Intelligent Industrial Systems and Technologies for Advanced Manufacturing), Meteorological Observatory of Oropa Sanctuary.
In an aesthetic between alchemy and science fiction, Theresa Schubert’s multiple award-winning works question anthropocentrism and enable alternative visions and/or new sensory experiences. Schubert is a Berlin-based artist, researcher and curator exploring unconventional visions of nature, technology and the self. She holds a PhD in Media Art from Bauhaus-University Weimar. Her practice combines audiovisual and hybrid media to conceptual and immersive installations or performances. Her work has been awarded with an Award of Excellence at the Japan Media Arts Festival 2022, SHARE Prize 2022, a Prix Ars Electronica Honorary Mention (AI & Life Art 2021), a STARTS Prize 2021 Honorary Mention, the NTAA (New Technological Art Award) 2016 and has been nominated for the GASAG Kunstpreis by Berlinische Galerie 2016 and 2018.