Projects
The Birth and Death of the Microcosm: Exploring the Unbearable Lightness of Co-existence with Yeasts
In the exhibition The Birth and Death of the Microcosm ≡ Exploring the Unbearable Lightness of Co-existence with Yeasts, Monika Pocrnjić and Andrej Firm take a unique perspective on highlighting the interconnectedness between micro-organisms, humans and the environment through art.
Atlas Slovenia
The project of Miha Turšič excels precisely in questioning visions of our living conditions, the technologies we use to understand our environment, and the data that are of a specific quality, or data that are in the function of one or another agenda. The work is a study of cultural and social arrangements in relation to produced landscape ‘facts’ and social values. The project presents the impact of historical forms of interests on the production of landscapes and their classifications, and the need to develop new classifications in the context of concern and care for the environment.
Microbot V.4
Microbot V.4 is a new chapter in Stelarc's conceptualisation of the obsolete body, addressing our fears, prejudices and visions of extending and upgrading the human body through modern technology. Microbot V.4 is a robotic and performative intervention into Stelarc's body, thematising the increasing intimacy of machines and the human body, and envisioning a possible future in which the body(s) will be colonised by micro- and nano-sensors, devices and robots that will augment our bacterial and viral populations.
Cybernetic Intimacy
A swarm of 15 mobile semi-autonomous robots create an emotionally charged atmosphere through their own kind of body language and behaviours. Simultaneously, the orchestra of creatures compose a real-time soundtrack engaging the perceptual engine of the listener in an unusual way. A ‘keeper’ will interact with the public informing them of the swarm’s narratives and behaviours.
Webbed Wide Worlds
The project Webbed Wide Worlds considers various machine learning models as ideological agents of extraction, categorisation and interpretation and raises questions on the (new) maps and boundaries drawn by artificial intelligence, how its workings trace the (past and present) territories, relations and genealogies of power, as well as its role in the processes of creating the worlds of the future.
2.8B420K
2.8 billion years from now, the average global temperature on Earth will reach 147 Celsius. The final vestiges of life, simple sub-terrestrial microbes taking refuge at the poles, will become extinct. This hugely significant moment in Earth’s history will pass by unnoticed. The project 2.8B420K proposes a monument, known as ‘The Object’, to commemorate this transition from biological to post-biological, and mark the end of all life on Earth.
city{making}sense
Project city{making}sense (hereinafter: C {M} S) is an artistic-scientific exploration of urban space in the field of smart city development and related surveillance, artificial intelligence (AI) and big data (BIG data).
TerraPort
The 'TerraPort' project is an attempt to critically reflect on the challenges of the Anthropocene, in which we are faced with harmful human activity on planet Earth. In this work, which is the first in a series of projects stimulated by the experience of how fragile the planet in a deep ecological crisis really is, the artist uses her entire female body to contribute to the projects of fertility undertaken by future interplanetary civilisations.
Oculos Super Ignes Vigilantes Volavimus
SPEKTR Z is a hybrid mobile laboratory established in 2022. It consists of modules and equipment for remote sensing, reception and processing systems for sensor data which connects tactical media workers, artists, creative and high-tech industry and research institutions.
Landscape Machines
The project focuses on the Žirovski vrh uranium mine and the human and non-human processes that shape its past and futures. The installation consists of an artist text, a graphic representation and visual overview of the landfills Boršt and Jazbec, seismic and gamma radiation observatory, sonic and electromagnetic environment, and a proxy Landscape Machine Boršt in a cloudchamber.
Another Future Entirely
The exhibition addresses the current environmental issues of the Anthropocene and observes the accelerating changes driven by late capitalism, such as global warming and loss of biodiversity. The method that we have chosen in the developmental stages of the project utilizes contemporary research and artistic approaches along with contemporary technologies such as artificial intelligence. In its essence, the project reflects upon the current state of the contemporary society and ecologies within which we currently live, while also creating a space for contemplating other possible futures.