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                        size="+1">CYBORG SYNTHESIS<br>
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                    </b></b><b>ERÖFFNUNG</b><b>:<br>
                  </b>Samstag, 26.9.2020, 12.00 Uhr <br>
                  Eröffnungsvortrag von Dagmar Fink <br>
                  <i>steirischer herbst</i> Ausstellungsrundgang <br>
                  <br>
                  <font color="#a0a0a0"> <font size="-1"><i>Please
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                  Sehr geehrte Damen und Herren,<br>
                  <br>
                  wir laden Sie herzlich zur Eröffnung der
                  Veranstaltungsreihe <i><b>CYBORG SYNTHESIS</b></i>
                  und zum Vortrag von Dagmar Fink: </font><font
                  face="Arial"><font face="Arial"><i>You are cyborg –
                      aren‘t you? Einstürzende Dualismen und die
                      Herausforderungen des Gemeinsamen Werdens</i></font>,
                  am Samstag, 26.9.2020 um 12.00 Uhr, im Rahmen von <i>steirischer
                    herbst</i> in das esc medien kunst labor ein!<br>
                  <br>
                  Wir freuen uns auf Ihren Besuch!<br>
                  Reni Hofmüller und Ilse Weber<br>
                  <br>
                  <br>
                  <b><i>CYBORG SYNTHESIS</i></b></font><br>
                <font face="Arial"><b><i><font face="Arial"><b><b><font
                              color="#84f324"><i><br>
                              </i><i> </i><font color="#010101"><i></i></font></font></b></b><b><b><font
                              color="#84f324"><font color="#010101"><i>„Wir
                                  sind die Borg! Deaktivieren Sie Ihre
                                  Schutzschilde und ergeben Sie sich.
                                  Wir werden Ihre biologischen und
                                  technologischen Charakteristika den
                                  unsrigen hinzufügen. Ihre Kultur wird
                                  sich anpassen und uns dienen.
                                  Widerstand ist zwecklos!“ </i></font></font></b></b></font></i></b></font><font
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                                color="#84f324"><font color="#010101"><i><font
                                      face="Arial"><b><font
                                          color="#a0a0a0">[Das
                                          Borg-Kollektiv in Star Trek:
                                          First Contact, 1996]<br>
                                        </font></b></font></i></font></font></b></b></font></i></font> <br>
                  </b>Mit körperloser Maschinenstimme fordern die Borg,
                  das kybernetische Kollektiv, die vorwiegend
                  menschliche Besatzung der <i>Enterprise</i> auf, sich
                  zu ergeben.  Das Borg-Kollektiv assimiliert alle
                  interessanten Lebensformen, es verleibt sich deren
                  biologische und technologische Charakteristika und
                  deren Wissen, aber auch deren Denken, Handeln und
                  Fühlen ein.<br>
                  <br>
                  <i>CYBORG SYNTHESIS</i> richtet den Blick auf die
                  durch digitale Technologien verursachten kulturellen,
                  wirtschaftlichen und gesellschaftlichen Veränderungen
                  – die zunehmende Allgegenwärtigkeit des Digitalen:
                  unsere Körper, unser Denken und Handeln wird
                  durchdrungen von digital gesteuerten Technologien.
                  Bereitwillig haben wir die Steuerung an Systeme
                  abgegeben. Die enormen Infiltrationen und
                  Veränderungen, die damit einhergehen, passieren
                  zumeist unbewusst und unkontrolliert. Alles Sein und
                  Tun wird in Informationseinheiten zergliedert,
                  codierbar und damit verwert- und steuerbar gemacht. <br>
                  Haben Menschen noch das Recht, nicht berechenbar zu
                  sein?<br>
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                <font size="-1" face="Arial">CYBORG SYNTHESIS ist eine
                  Koproduktion von esc medien kunst labor, Graz
                  Kulturjahr 2020, steirischer herbst und kunst@werk.</font><br>
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                                  Medienkünstlerin, </span></span></span></span></font></span></font></span><span
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                              lang="de-DE"><span style="font-style:
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                              lang="de-DE"><span style="font-style:
                                normal"><b>Juliana Herrero (ARG/AUT) </b></span></span></span></font></span></font></span><span
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                              lang="de-DE"><span style="font-style:
                                normal"><b>Linda Kronman (FIN) </b></span></span></span></font></span></font></span><span
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                                  Designerin, </span></span></span></span></font></span></font></span><span
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                                    <font face="Arial">Erfahren Sie mehr
                                      über die aktuelle Ausstellung
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                  face="Arial"><b>Termine:</b></font><br>
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                    face="Arial, sans-serif"><font style="font-size:
                      11pt" size="2"><b>Eröffnung: Sa, 26.9.2020, 12.00
                        Uhr</b></font></font><font face="Arial,
                    sans-serif"><font style="font-size: 11pt" size="2"><br>
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                      style="font-size: 11pt" size="2"><i><b>You are
                          cyborg – aren‘t you? Einstürzende Dualismen
                          und die Herausforderungen des Gemeinsamen
                          Werdens</b></i></font></font><font
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                      Vortrag von Dagmar Fink (AUT), Uni Wien, freie
                      Kulturwissenschafterin<br>
                      <br>
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                      style="font-size: 11pt" size="2"><b>Radio Cyborg
                        Transmitter</b></font></font><font face="Arial,
                    sans-serif"><font style="font-size: 11pt" size="2">
                      <br>
                      mit Stücken von Peter Brandlymayr (AUT), Anna Friz
                      (KAN), Max Höfler (AUT), Evelyn Schalk (AUT);
                      RCT-Sonifikation: Reni Hofmüller (AUT)<br>
                      Sa, 26.9.2020, ab 13.00 Uhr<br>
                      <br>
                    </font></font><font face="Arial, sans-serif"><font
                      style="font-size: 11pt" size="2"><i><b>Celebrating
                          Ada Lovelace Day</b></i></font></font><font
                    face="Arial, sans-serif"><font style="font-size:
                      11pt" size="2"><br>
                      Di, 13.10.2020, 11.00 – 17.00 Uhr<br>
                      <br>
                    </font></font><font face="Arial, sans-serif"><font
                      style="font-size: 11pt" size="2"><i><b>SENSorSENSE,
                          INTRINSIC |RADIO| OF THE COMPUTATIONAL</b></i></font></font><font
                    face="Arial, sans-serif"><font style="font-size:
                      11pt" size="2"><br>
                    </font></font><font face="Arial, sans-serif"><font
                      style="font-size: 11pt" size="2"><b>Valentina
                        Vuksic (CHE/DEU), Reni Hofmüller (AUT),
                        Live-Performance</b></font></font><font
                    face="Arial, sans-serif"><font style="font-size:
                      11pt" size="2"><br>
                      im Rahmen des ORF musikprotokoll 2020<br>
                      Do, 8.10.2020, 18.00 Uhr<br>
                      <br>
                    </font></font><font face="Arial, sans-serif"><font
                      style="font-size: 11pt" size="2"><i><b>IMA –
                          Hidden Alliances_versteckt verbunden </b></i></font></font><font
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                      style="font-size: 11pt" size="2"><b>Buchpräsentation
                        mit Lona Gaikis (DEU/AUT) und Elise Schimana
                        (AUT), Institut für Medienarchäologie und
                        Konzert von Brigitta Bödenauer (AUT)</b></font></font><font
                    face="Arial, sans-serif"><font style="font-size:
                      11pt" size="2"><br>
                      Do, 15.10.2020, 18.00 Uhr<br>
                      <br>
                    </font></font><font face="Arial, sans-serif"><font
                      style="font-size: 11pt" size="2"><i><b>Story
                          Telling for Earthly Survival</b></i></font></font><font
                    face="Arial, sans-serif"><font style="font-size:
                      11pt" size="2"><br>
                    </font></font><font face="Arial, sans-serif"><font
                      style="font-size: 11pt" size="2"><b>Utopie
                        Filmbrunch #3: Donna Haraway</b></font></font><font
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                      style="font-size: 11pt" size="2"><b>Film von
                        Fabrizio Terranova</b></font></font><font
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                      11pt" size="2"><br>
                      So, 25.10.2020, 11.00 – 15.00 Uhr <br>
                      KIZ – Kino im Augarten, in Kooperation mit der
                      Utopie-Reihe des Forum Stadtpark<br>
                      und der Steirischen Gesellschaft für Kulturpolitik<br>
                      <br>
                    </font></font><font face="Arial, sans-serif"><font
                      style="font-size: 11pt" size="2"><i><b>Radio
                          Cyborg Transmitter RCT</b></i></font></font><font
                    face="Arial, sans-serif"><font style="font-size:
                      11pt" size="2"><br>
                    </font></font><font face="Arial, sans-serif"><font
                      style="font-size: 11pt" size="2"><b>RADIO RADIA,
                        Radiokunst im internationalen Netzwerk <a
                          href="http://radia.fm/" moz-do-not-send="true">http://radia.fm</a></b></font></font><font
                    face="Arial, sans-serif"><font style="font-size:
                      11pt" size="2"><br>
                    </font></font><font face="Arial, sans-serif"><font
                      style="font-size: 11pt" size="2"><b>Erstausstrahlung
                        auf Radio Helsinki 92,6 FM und <a
                          href="https://helsinki.at/"
                          moz-do-not-send="true">https://helsinki.at</a></b></font></font><font
                    face="Arial, sans-serif"><font style="font-size:
                      11pt" size="2"><br>
                      Fr, 30.10.2020, 14.30 – 15.00 Uhr<br>
                      <br>
                    </font></font><font face="Arial, sans-serif"><font
                      style="font-size: 11pt" size="2"><i><b>Handbuch
                          Überwachung mit Daniel Lohninger (AUT),</b></i></font></font><font
                    face="Arial, sans-serif"><font style="font-size:
                      11pt" size="2"><b> epicenter works, Vortrag und
                        Diskussion, Kooperation mit Cryptoparty Graz</b></font></font><font
                    face="Arial, sans-serif"><font style="font-size:
                      11pt" size="2"><br>
                      Do, 5.11.2020, 18.00 Uhr <br>
                      <br>
                    </font></font><font face="Arial, sans-serif"><font
                      style="font-size: 11pt" size="2"><i><b>ORF Zeitton
                          spezial zum musikprotokoll 2020 </b></i></font></font><font
                    face="Arial, sans-serif"><font style="font-size:
                      11pt" size="2"><br>
                    </font></font><font face="Arial, sans-serif"><font
                      style="font-size: 11pt" size="2"><b>Portrait des
                        RCT und Mitschnitt von SENSorSENSE, INTRINSIC
                        |RADIO| OF THE COMPUTATIONAL beim musikprotokoll
                        2020, Radiosendung</b></font></font><font
                    face="Arial, sans-serif"><font style="font-size:
                      11pt" size="2"><br>
                      Do, 12.11.2020, 23.03 Uhr <br>
                      <br>
                    </font></font><font face="Arial, sans-serif"><font
                      style="font-size: 11pt" size="2"><i><b>IMA –
                          Fiction</b></i></font></font><font
                    face="Arial, sans-serif"><font style="font-size:
                      11pt" size="2"><b>, Videoportraits aus der
                        IMA-Fiction Serie</b></font></font><font
                    face="Arial, sans-serif"><font style="font-size:
                      11pt" size="2"><br>
                      Fr, 13.11.2020, 18.00 Uhr<br>
                      <br>
                    </font></font><font face="Arial, sans-serif"><font
                      style="font-size: 11pt" size="2"><i><b>Robot
                          Partners featuring spineBot</b></i></font></font><font
                    face="Arial, sans-serif"><font style="font-size:
                      11pt" size="2"><b> mit Stefan Doepner, Live
                        Robot-Performance</b></font></font><font
                    face="Arial, sans-serif"><font style="font-size:
                      11pt" size="2"><br>
                      Fr, 20.11.2020, 18 – 20.00 Uhr, Finissage</font></font></p>
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                            Gefördert von: Kulturamt der Stadt Graz,
                            Kulturreferat des Landes Steiermark,
                            Bundesministerium für Kunst, Kultur,
                            Öffentlicher Dienst und Sport .<br>
                            Bildsujet ©esc mkl_Sujet von Adam Harvey<br>
                            esc medien kunst labor | Bürgergasse 5, 8010
                            Graz | Telefon: +43 316 836 000 | <a
                              class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated"
                              href="mailto:esc@mur.at"
                              moz-do-not-send="true">esc@mur.at</a> |
                            esc.mur.at<br>
                            <br>
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                  face="Arial, sans-serif"><font face="Arial"><font
                      face="Arial"><font face="Arial"><font face="Arial">Dear
                          Ladies and Gentlemen,<br>
                        </font></font></font></font></font><font
                  face="Arial, sans-serif"><font face="Arial"><font
                      face="Arial"><font face="Arial"><font face="Arial"><br>
                          we warmly invite you to the opening of our
                          exhibition</font></font></font></font></font><font
                  face="Arial"> </font><font face="Arial"><i><b>CYBORG
                      SYNTHESIS</b></i> and to the lecture <i>You are
                    cyborg – aren‘t you? Einstürzende Dualismen und die
                    Herausforderungen des Gemeinsamen Werdens </i>by
                  Dagmar Fink on Saturday, 26 September 2020 at 12:00
                  noon </font><font face="Arial"><font face="Arial">as
                    part of the <i>steirischerherbst </i>at esc medien
                    kunst labor!<br>
                    <br>
                  </font></font><font face="Arial"><font face="Arial">We
                    look forward to seeing you there!<br>
                    Reni Hofmüller and Ilse Weber<br>
                    <br>
                  </font></font><font face="Arial"><b><i>CYBORG
                      SYNTHESIS<br>
                      <br>
                      "We are the Borg! Deactivate your shields and
                      surrender. We will add your biological and
                      technological characteristics to ours. Your
                      culture will adapt and serve us. Resistance is
                      futile!" [The Borg collective in Star Trek: First
                      Contact, 1996]<br>
                      <br>
                    </i></b>In a disembodied machine voice, the Borg,
                  the cybernetic collective, ask the predominantly human
                  crew of the Enterprise to surrender. The Borg
                  collective assimilates all life forms of interest to
                  them, incorporating their biological and technological
                  characteristics and knowledge, but also their
                  thinking, acting and feeling.<br>
                  <br>
                  CYBORG SYNTHESIS examines cultural, economic and
                  social changes induced by digital technologies. The
                  increasing omnipresence of digital technology
                  influences our thinking, our actions and general
                  being, often unconsciously and erratically. Cyborg
                  synthesis, theorises that human behaviour within this
                  digital era, may be predicted and thus, controlled.<br>
                  <br>
                  Do humans still have the right to be unpredictable?<br>
                  <br>
                </font><font size="-1" face="Arial">CYBORG SYNTHESIS is
                  a Coproduction of esc medien kunst labor, Graz
                  Kulturjahr 2020, steirischer herbst and kunst@werk.<br>
                  <br>
                </font><font face="Arial">Works by<font size="-1">:</font></font><font
                  size="-1" face="Arial"><br>
                  <br>
                </font><font face="Arial"><span style="font-variant:
                    normal"><font color="#000000"><span
                        style="text-decoration: none"><font
                          style="font-size: 11pt" size="2"><span
                            style="letter-spacing: normal"><span
                              lang="de-DE"><span style="font-style:
                                normal"><b>Ursula Damm (DEU) </b>sculptor
                                and media artist<b>, Stefan Doepner
                                  (DEU/SLO) </b>multimedia artist<b>,
                                  Adam Harvey (USA/DEU) </b>artist and
                                researcher,<b> Juliana Herrero (ARG/AUT)
                                </b>concept artist,<b> Linda Kronman
                                  (FIN) </b>media artist and designer,<b>
                                  Morehshin Allahyari (IRN) </b>artist
                                and activist,<b> Daniel Rourke (GBR) </b>writer
                                and artist<b><br>
                                </b></span></span></span></font></span></font></span></font><font
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                            style="letter-spacing: normal"><span
                              lang="de-DE"><span style="font-style:
                                normal"><b><br>
                                </b>Discover more about this project
                                >> <a moz-do-not-send="true"
                                  href="https://esc.mur.at/en/projekt/cyborg-synthesis">CYBORG
                                  SYNTHESIS</a></span></span></span></font></span></font></span></font><font
                  face="Arial"><span style="font-variant: normal"><font
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                            style="letter-spacing: normal"><span
                              lang="de-DE"><span style="font-style:
                                normal"><font size="-2"> </font><br>
                              </span></span></span></font></span></font></span><span
                    style="font-variant: normal"><font color="#000000"><span
                        style="text-decoration: none"><font
                          style="font-size: 11pt" size="2"><span
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                Dates: <br>
                <p style="margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 100%"> <font
                    face="Arial, sans-serif"><font style="font-size:
                      11pt" size="2"><b>Opening: Sa, 26.9.2020, 12.00
                        noon</b></font></font><font face="Arial,
                    sans-serif"><font style="font-size: 11pt" size="2"><br>
                    </font></font><font face="Arial, sans-serif"><font
                      style="font-size: 11pt" size="2"><i><b>You are
                          cyborg – aren‘t you? Einstürzende Dualismen
                          und die Herausforderungen des Gemeinsamen
                          Werdens</b></i></font></font><font
                    face="Arial, sans-serif"><font style="font-size:
                      11pt" size="2"><br>
                      Lecture by Dagmar Fink (AUT)<br>
                      <br>
                    </font></font><font face="Arial, sans-serif"><font
                      style="font-size: 11pt" size="2"><b>Radio Cyborg
                        Transmitter</b></font></font><font face="Arial,
                    sans-serif"><font style="font-size: 11pt" size="2">
                      <br>
                      with Peter Brandlymayr (AUT), Anna Friz (KAN), Max
                      Höfler (AUT), Evelyn Schalk (AUT);
                      RCT-Sonifikation: Reni Hofmüller (AUT)<br>
                      Sat, 26.9.2020, 13.00 pm<br>
                      <br>
                    </font></font><font face="Arial, sans-serif"><font
                      style="font-size: 11pt" size="2"><i><b>Celebrating
                          Ada Lovelace Day</b></i></font></font><font
                    face="Arial, sans-serif"><font style="font-size:
                      11pt" size="2"><br>
                      Tue, 13.10.2020, 11.00 – 17.00 pm<br>
                      <br>
                    </font></font><font face="Arial, sans-serif"><font
                      style="font-size: 11pt" size="2"><i><b>SENSorSENSE,
                          INTRINSIC |RADIO| OF THE COMPUTATIONAL</b></i></font></font><font
                    face="Arial, sans-serif"><font style="font-size:
                      11pt" size="2"><br>
                    </font></font><font face="Arial, sans-serif"><font
                      style="font-size: 11pt" size="2"><b>Valentina
                        Vuksic (CHE/DEU), Reni Hofmüller (AUT),
                        Live-Performance</b></font></font><font
                    face="Arial, sans-serif"><font style="font-size:
                      11pt" size="2"><br>
                      withhin the ORF musikprotokoll 2020<br>
                      Thu, 8.10.2020, 18.00 pm<br>
                      <br>
                    </font></font><font face="Arial, sans-serif"><font
                      style="font-size: 11pt" size="2"><i><b>IMA –
                          Hidden Alliances_versteckt verbunden </b></i></font></font><font
                    face="Arial, sans-serif"><font style="font-size:
                      11pt" size="2"><br>
                    </font></font><b><font face="Arial, sans-serif"><font
                        style="font-size: 11pt" size="2">Book
                        presentation with Lona Gaikis (DEU/AUT) and
                        Elise Schimana (AUT), Institute for Media
                        Archaeology and concert by Brigitta Bödenauer
                        (AUT)</font></font></b><font face="Arial,
                    sans-serif"><font style="font-size: 11pt" size="2"><br>
                      Thu, 15.10.2020, 18.00 pm<br>
                      <br>
                    </font></font><font face="Arial, sans-serif"><font
                      style="font-size: 11pt" size="2"><i><b>Story
                          Telling for Earthly Survival</b></i></font></font><font
                    face="Arial, sans-serif"><font style="font-size:
                      11pt" size="2"><br>
                    </font></font><font face="Arial, sans-serif"><font
                      style="font-size: 11pt" size="2"><b>Utopie
                        Filmbrunch #3: Donna Haraway</b></font></font><font
                    face="Arial, sans-serif"><font style="font-size:
                      11pt" size="2"><br>
                    </font></font><font face="Arial, sans-serif"><font
                      style="font-size: 11pt" size="2"><b>Film by
                        Fabrizio Terranova</b></font></font><font
                    face="Arial, sans-serif"><font style="font-size:
                      11pt" size="2"><br>
                      Sun, 25.10.2020, 11.00 – 15.00 pm <br>
                      KIZ – Cinema at Augarten<br>
                      <br>
                    </font></font><font face="Arial, sans-serif"><font
                      style="font-size: 11pt" size="2"><i><b>Radio
                          Cyborg Transmitter RCT</b></i></font></font><font
                    face="Arial, sans-serif"><font style="font-size:
                      11pt" size="2"><br>
                    </font></font><font face="Arial, sans-serif"><font
                      style="font-size: 11pt" size="2"><b>RADIO RADIA,
                        Radio art in an international network <a
                          href="http://radia.fm/" moz-do-not-send="true">http://radia.fm</a></b></font></font><font
                    face="Arial, sans-serif"><font style="font-size:
                      11pt" size="2"><br>
                    </font></font><font face="Arial, sans-serif"><font
                      style="font-size: 11pt" size="2"><b>First
                        broadcast on Radio Helsinki 92,6 FM und <a
                          href="https://helsinki.at/"
                          moz-do-not-send="true">https://helsinki.at</a></b></font></font><font
                    face="Arial, sans-serif"><font style="font-size:
                      11pt" size="2"><br>
                      Fr, 30.10.2020, 14.30 – 15.00 pm<br>
                      <br>
                    </font></font><font face="Arial, sans-serif"><font
                      style="font-size: 11pt" size="2"><i><b>Handbuch
                          Überwachung </b></i><b>with Daniel Lohninger
                        (AUT),</b></font></font><font face="Arial,
                    sans-serif"><font style="font-size: 11pt" size="2"><b>
                        epicenter works, lecture and discussion,
                        cooperation with Cryptoparty Graz</b></font></font><font
                    face="Arial, sans-serif"><font style="font-size:
                      11pt" size="2"><br>
                      Thu, 5.11.2020, 18.00 pm<br>
                      <br>
                    </font></font><font face="Arial, sans-serif"><font
                      style="font-size: 11pt" size="2"><i><b>ORF Zeitton
                          spezial, musikprotokoll 2020 </b></i></font></font><font
                    face="Arial, sans-serif"><font style="font-size:
                      11pt" size="2"><br>
                    </font></font><font face="Arial, sans-serif"><font
                      style="font-size: 11pt" size="2"><b>Portrait of
                        the RCT and recording of  SENSorSENSE, INTRINSIC
                        |RADIO| OF THE COMPUTATIONAL at musikprotokoll
                        2020, </b></font></font><font face="Arial,
                    sans-serif"><font style="font-size: 11pt" size="2"><br>
                      Thu, 12.11.2020, 23.03 pm</font></font></p>
                <p style="margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: 100%"><font
                    face="Arial, sans-serif"><font style="font-size:
                      11pt" size="2"> </font></font><font face="Arial,
                    sans-serif"><font style="font-size: 11pt" size="2"><i><b>IMA
                          – Fiction</b></i></font></font><font
                    face="Arial, sans-serif"><font style="font-size:
                      11pt" size="2"><b>, Video portraits from the IMA
                        fiction series</b></font></font><font
                    face="Arial, sans-serif"><font style="font-size:
                      11pt" size="2"><br>
                      Fri, 13.11.2020, 18.00 pm<br>
                      <br>
                    </font></font><font face="Arial, sans-serif"><font
                      style="font-size: 11pt" size="2"><i><b>Robot
                          Partners featuring spineBot</b></i></font></font><font
                    face="Arial, sans-serif"><font style="font-size:
                      11pt" size="2"><b> with Stefan Doepner, Live
                        Robot-Performance</b></font></font><font
                    face="Arial, sans-serif"><font style="font-size:
                      11pt" size="2"><br>
                      Fr, 20.11.2020, 18 – 20.00 pm, Finissage</font></font></p>
                <br>
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                      face="Arial"><font face="Arial"><font face="Arial"><font
                            size="-1">Supported by: Kulturamt der Stadt
                            Graz, Kulturreferat des Landes Steiermark,
                            Bundesministerium für Kunst, Kultur,
                            Öffentlicher Dienst und Sport<br>
                            Image ©esc mkl_Sujet von Adam Harvey<br>
                          </font></font></font></font></font></font><font
                  face="Arial, sans-serif"><font face="Arial"><font
                      face="Arial"><font face="Arial"><font face="Arial"><font
                            size="-1">esc medien kunst labor |
                            Bürgergasse 5, 8010 Graz | +43 316 836 000 |
                            <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated"
                              href="mailto:esc@mur.at"
                              moz-do-not-send="true">esc@mur.at</a> |
                            esc.mur.at</font></font></font></font></font></font><br>
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