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                                              Basis – Air InSilo</i> <br>
                                            mit Oleksandr Sirous, Danil
                                            Siabro und Dmytro Tentiuk.</div>
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                                                  ukrainischen Künstler
                                                  Oleksandr Sirous,
                                                  Danil Siabro und
                                                  Dmytro Tentiuk
                                                  präsentieren gemeinsam
                                                  mit </font><font
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                                                    Yurkova und Martin
                                                    Breindl</font> von </font><font
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                                                  anschließendem Artist
                                                  Talk.<br>
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                                                  Ilse Weber<br>
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                                                Aktuelle </font><font
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                                                size="2" face="Arial">Die
                                                Matrix ist die Welt, die
                                                über deine Augen
                                                gestülpt wurde,<br>
                                                damit du blind für die
                                                Wahrheit bist. [Morpheus
                                                im Film Matrix]</font><font
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                                                    Wüste der
                                                    Wirklichkeiten</b></font></font></div>
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                                                size="2" face="Arial">Mit
                                                Wüste der
                                                Wirklichkeiten
                                                überschreibt das esc
                                                medien kunst labor den
                                                Programmentwurf für
                                                2023. Damit sollen die
                                                für dieses Jahr
                                                geplanten
                                                Präsentationen,
                                                Entwicklungen und
                                                Theorie-Veranstaltungen
                                                konturiert und
                                                kommuniziert werden.</font></div>
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                                            <div
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                                                size="2" face="Arial">Der
                                                Titel zitiert eine Szene
                                                im ersten, 1999
                                                erschienenen Teil der
                                                Matrix-Quadrologie der
                                                Wachowskis, worin zwei
                                                Realitäten konfrontiert
                                                werden. Die eine gleicht
                                                der, die das Publikum
                                                als die ihre erkennt,
                                                mit der es sich mehr
                                                oder weniger arrangiert
                                                hat; diese stellt der
                                                Film als ein
                                                allumfassendes
                                                Simulacrum, als die
                                                Matrix vor. Die andere
                                                Realität wird als die
                                                Wüste der Wirklichkeit
                                                apostrophiert, diese ist
                                                im Unterschied zur
                                                allgemeinen
                                                Erfahrungswirklichkeit
                                                eine apokalyptische
                                                Ruinenlandschaft. Dabei
                                                verweist die Szene
                                                zugleich auf die
                                                Simulation (durch den
                                                aus ihr heraus sich
                                                auftuenden Blick wird
                                                der Unterschied evident)
                                                und eine Realität, die
                                                beansprucht, wirklicher
                                                zu sein, indem sie
                                                erschüttert und durch
                                                die Vorstellung, diese
                                                Realität erleiden zu
                                                müssen.</font></div>
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                                                size="2" face="Arial">Die
                                                Dualität
                                                Wirklichkeit/Fiktion
                                                bzw. Simulation hat
                                                besonders vor der
                                                Jahrtausendwende
                                                kulturtheoretische
                                                Aufmerksamkeit erhalten.
                                                Wir nehmen sie wieder in
                                                den Blick – heute<br>
                                                mit Fokus auf die
                                                Realität der vormals oft
                                                nur spekulativ,
                                                theoretisch und
                                                extrapolierend, vielfach
                                                als Vorschein
                                                angesprochenen
                                                Verhältnisse und Dinge –
                                                etwa auf realisierte
                                                Systeme der Künstlichen
                                                Intelligenz und deren
                                                breite Anwendung sowie
                                                aktuelle
                                                gesellschaftliche
                                                Entwicklungen, die eine
                                                Wüstenbildung befeuern.</font></div>
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                                            <div
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                                                size="2" face="Arial">Digitale
                                                Infrastrukturen und
                                                vernetzte Technologien
                                                sind längst Alltag
                                                geworden, durchdringen
                                                nahezu sämtliche
                                                Lebensbereiche. Die Welt
                                                scheint berechenbar,
                                                unser Körper und unser
                                                Handeln codierbar.
                                                Bereitwillig werden
                                                Verantwortung und
                                                Kompetenzen Maschinen
                                                (ausgestattet mit
                                                selbstlernenden
                                                Programmen)
                                                überantwortet, deren
                                                Funktionsweisen – quasi
                                                im Gegenzug – sukzessive
                                                in unserem Körper und in
                                                unserem Bewusstsein
                                                ebenso wie in unseren
                                                sozialen Beziehungen
                                                wirksam werden. Eine
                                                neue Dimension dieser
                                                Prozesse wurde erreicht,
                                                als wir begonnen haben,
                                                Algorithmen
                                                ethisch-moralische
                                                Entscheidungen
                                                zuzubilligen.
                                                Bedrohliche Brisanz
                                                gewinnt diese
                                                Entwicklung vor allem
                                                angesichts autonomer
                                                Systeme (z.B. Drohnen),
                                                die über Freiheit und
                                                Repression und sogar
                                                über Leben und Tod
                                                entscheiden können.</font></div>
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                                            <div
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                                                size="2" face="Arial">Mit
                                                dem Programm <i>Wüste
                                                  der Wirklichkeiten</i>
                                                soll zum Blick auf
                                                politische wie
                                                technische Formate der
                                                „Simulation“ im Licht
                                                der Gegenwart auch ein
                                                Blick auf eine Realität
                                                geworfen<br>
                                                werden, wie der Folgen
                                                des Klimawandels, der
                                                Zerstörung riesiger
                                                Landflächen bei der
                                                Gewinnung von
                                                Rohstoffen, der
                                                Verschmutzung der Meere
                                                und Seen, von
                                                Grundwasser<br>
                                                und Quellen. Ebenso wie
                                                in der Zerstörung der
                                                Natur hat das Ruinöse
                                                und Ruinierte seine
                                                Entsprechung in der
                                                Erosion sozialer und
                                                demokratiepolitischer
                                                Errungenschaften.<br>
                                                Aus dieser Perspektive
                                                stellt sich die Frage,
                                                ob ein Leben, wie es (in
                                                Europa) weitgehend als
                                                real erfahren und im
                                                Glauben an die
                                                Möglichkeiten der
                                                Partizipation,
                                                Entscheidungsfreiheit,
                                                soziale Sicherheit, eine
                                                halbwegs intakte Umwelt,
                                                gesunde Lebensmittel
                                                usw. gelebt wird, nicht
                                                schon längst einer Art
                                                „Matrix“ geschuldet ist.</font></div>
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                                                Metaphorik der Wüste
                                                erlaubt gleichzeitig
                                                auch die Frage nach
                                                „Wasser“ und
                                                „Möglichkeiten der
                                                Bewässerung“. Denn – das
                                                besagen Erfahrung und
                                                das Prinzip Hoffnung –
                                                Wüsten können temporär
                                                und punktuell (wieder)
                                                zum Blühen gebracht
                                                werden.</font><font
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                                                    lang="en-US"><u><b>Installationen:</b></u></span></font><font
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                                                  face="Arial"><font
                                                    size="2"><i>Watson’s
                                                      Ghost</i>, </font>Heather
                                                  Dewey-Hagborg (USA)<br>
                                                </font><font size="2"
                                                  face="Arial"><i><font
                                                      size="2">The AI
                                                      Prostheses</font></i>,
                                                  Marco Donnarumma (ITA)
                                                  & Ana Rajcevic
                                                  (DEU/ENG)<br>
                                                  <i>Duality</i>, </font><font
                                                  size="2" face="Arial"><font
                                                    size="2">Roland
                                                    Jankowski (AUT), </font><br>
                                                  <i>Amazonian Flesh</i>,
                                                </font><font size="2"
                                                  face="Arial"><font
                                                    size="2">knowbotiq
                                                    (CHE)</font><br>
                                                  <i>Deep Reckonings</i>,
                                                </font><font size="2"
                                                  face="Arial"><font
                                                    size="2">Stephanie
                                                    Lepp (USA)</font><br>
                                                  <i>The Drone Aviary</i>,
                                                </font><font size="2"
                                                  face="Arial"><font
                                                    size="2">Superflux
                                                    (ENG)</font> <br>
                                                  <i>Plastic Landfill</i>,
                                                  <i>Fashion Tornado,</i>
                                                </font><font size="2"
                                                  face="Arial"><font
                                                    size="2">Benjamin
                                                    Von Wong (CAN), <br>
                                                  </font><i>Where the
                                                    City Can’t See</i>,
                                                </font><font size="2"
                                                  face="Arial">Liam
                                                  Young (AUS)</font></div>
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                                                    Finissage<br>
                                                  </b>Freitag, 7.7.2023,
                                                  18:00 Uhr<br>
                                                  <br>
                                                  Öffnungszeiten 16.5. –
                                                  7.7.2023<br>
                                                  Dienstag – Freitag,
                                                  14:00 – 19:00 Uhr <br>
                                                  und nach Vereinbarung</font><font
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style="font-weight: normal">Ausgezeichnet mit dem Österreichischen
                                                          Kunstpreis
                                                          2020 in der
                                                          Kategorie
Kulturinitiativen.<br>
                                                          Gefördert von:
                                                          Kulturamt der
                                                          Stadt Graz,
                                                          Kulturreferat
                                                          des Landes
                                                          Steiermark,
                                                          BMKÖS.</span></span></span></span></font></span><br>
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style="font-weight: normal">esc medien kunst labor | Bürgergasse 5, 8010
                                                          Graz |
                                                          Telefon: +43
                                                          316 836 000 |
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                                                  face="Arial"><b>As
                                                    Guest at esc medien
                                                    kunst labor: </b></font></div>
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                                                  Ladies and Gentlemen!</font></div>
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                                                  cordially invite you
                                                  to</font><font
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                                                  31.05., from 7 pm. The
                                                  ukrainian artists
                                                  Oleksandr Sirous,
                                                  Danil Siabro and
                                                  Dmytro Tentiuk
                                                  together with Ksenia
                                                  Yurkova and Martin
                                                  Breindl from </font><font
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href="www.in-silo.com"><font face="Arial"><i>AIR InSilo</i></font></a>,
                                                  will create an evening
                                                  with the presentation
                                                  of their residency
                                                  project followed by an
                                                  artist talk.<br>
                                                  <br>
                                                  We are looking forward
                                                  to your visit!<br>
                                                  Reni Hofmüller and
                                                  Ilse Weber<br>
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                                                  current exhibition: <a
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                                                    of realities</a><br>
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                                                    The matrix is the
                                                    world that has been
                                                    put over your eyes,<br>
                                                    so that you are
                                                    blind to the truth.
                                                    <font size="1">[Morpheus
                                                      in the movie
                                                      Matrix]</font><br>
                                                    <b><br>
                                                    </b><b>Desert of
                                                      realities</b><br>
                                                    <br>
                                                    Desert of Realities
                                                    is the title of esc
                                                    medien kunst labor's
                                                    draft program for
                                                    2023, intended to
                                                    contour and
                                                    communicate the
                                                    presentations,
                                                    developments, and
                                                    theoretical events
                                                    planned for this
                                                    year.<br>
                                                    <br>
                                                    The title quotes a
                                                    scene in the first
                                                    part of the
                                                    Wachowskis' Matrix
                                                    Quadrology,
                                                    published in 1999,
                                                    in which two
                                                    realities are
                                                    confronted. One
                                                    resembles the one
                                                    the audience
                                                    recognizes as
                                                    theirs, with which
                                                    they have more or
                                                    less come to terms;
                                                    this the film
                                                    presents as an
                                                    all-encompassing
                                                    simulacrum, the
                                                    Matrix. The other
                                                    reality is
                                                    apostrophized as the
                                                    desert of reality;
                                                    in contrast to the
                                                    general reality of
                                                    experience, this is
                                                    an apocalyptic
                                                    landscape of ruins.
                                                    Thereby the scene
                                                    refers at the same
                                                    time to the
                                                    simulation (by the
                                                    view opening out of
                                                    it the difference
                                                    becomes evident) and
                                                    a reality which
                                                    claims to be more
                                                    real by shaking and
                                                    by the idea of
                                                    having to suffer
                                                    this reality.<br>
                                                    <br>
                                                    The duality
                                                    reality/fiction or
                                                    simulation has
                                                    received cultural
                                                    theoretical
                                                    attention especially
                                                    before the turn of
                                                    the millennium. We
                                                    take a look at it
                                                    again - today with a
                                                    focus on the reality
                                                    of what were
                                                    formerly often only
                                                    speculative,
                                                    theoretical and
                                                    extrapolative, often
                                                    addressed as
                                                    appearances - for
                                                    example, on realized
                                                    systems of
                                                    artificial
                                                    intelligence and
                                                    their broad
                                                    application, as well
                                                    as current social
                                                    developments that
                                                    are fueling a
                                                    desertification.<br>
                                                    <br>
                                                    Digital
                                                    infrastructures and
                                                    networked
                                                    technologies have
                                                    long since become
                                                    part of everyday
                                                    life, permeating
                                                    almost all areas of
                                                    life. The world
                                                    seems predictable,
                                                    our bodies and
                                                    actions codable.
                                                    Responsibility and
                                                    competencies are
                                                    willingly handed
                                                    over to machines
                                                    (equipped with
                                                    self-learning
                                                    programs), whose
                                                    modes of operation -
                                                    quasi in return -
                                                    successively take
                                                    effect in our bodies
                                                    and in our
                                                    consciousness as
                                                    well as in our
                                                    social
                                                    relationships. A new
                                                    dimension of these
                                                    processes was
                                                    reached when we
                                                    began to grant
                                                    algorithms
                                                    ethical-moral
                                                    decisions. This
                                                    development gains
                                                    threatening
                                                    explosiveness
                                                    especially in view
                                                    of autonomous
                                                    systems (e.g.
                                                    drones) that can
                                                    decide about freedom
                                                    and repression and
                                                    even about life and
                                                    death.<br>
                                                    <br>
                                                    With the program
                                                    Desert of Realities,
                                                    a look at political
                                                    as well as technical
                                                    formats of
                                                    "simulation" in the
                                                    light of the present
                                                    will also be taken
                                                    at a reality the
                                                    consequences of
                                                    climate change, the
                                                    destruction of vast
                                                    areas of land for
                                                    the extraction of
                                                    raw materials, the
                                                    pollution of seas
                                                    and lakes,
                                                    groundwater and
                                                    springs.Just as in
                                                    the destruction of
                                                    nature, the ruinous
                                                    and ruined has its
                                                    counterpart in the
                                                    erosion of social
                                                    and democratic
                                                    achievements. From
                                                    this perspective,
                                                    the question arises
                                                    whether a life as it
                                                    is largely
                                                    experienced (in
                                                    Europe) as real and
                                                    lived in the belief
                                                    in the possibilities
                                                    of participation,
                                                    freedom of decision,
                                                    social security, a
                                                    halfway intact
                                                    environment, healthy
                                                    food, etc., has not
                                                    long been indebted
                                                    to a kind of
                                                    "matrix".<br>
                                                    <br>
                                                    The metaphor of the
                                                    desert allows at the
                                                    same time the
                                                    question of "water"
                                                    and "possibilities
                                                    of irrigation".
                                                    Because - this is
                                                    what experience and
                                                    the principle of
                                                    hope say - deserts
                                                    can be temporarily
                                                    and selectively
                                                    (re)brought to
                                                    bloom.<br>
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                                                      size="2"><i>Watson’s
                                                        Ghost</i>, </font>Heather
                                                    Dewey-Hagborg (USA)<br>
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                                                    face="Arial"><i><font
                                                        size="2">The AI
                                                        Prostheses</font></i>,
                                                    Marco Donnarumma
                                                    (ITA) & Ana
                                                    Rajcevic (DEU/ENG)<br>
                                                    <i>Duality</i>, </font><font
                                                    size="2"
                                                    face="Arial"><font
                                                      size="2">Roland
                                                      Jankowski (AUT), </font><br>
                                                    <i>Amazonian Flesh</i>,
                                                  </font><font size="2"
                                                    face="Arial"><font
                                                      size="2">knowbotiq
                                                      (CHE)</font><br>
                                                    <i>Deep Reckonings</i>,
                                                  </font><font size="2"
                                                    face="Arial"><font
                                                      size="2">Stephanie
                                                      Lepp (USA)</font><br>
                                                    <i>The Drone Aviary</i>,
                                                  </font><font size="2"
                                                    face="Arial"><font
                                                      size="2">Superflux
                                                      (ENG)</font> <br>
                                                    <i>Plastic Landfill</i>,
                                                    <i>Fashion Tornado,</i>
                                                  </font><font size="2"
                                                    face="Arial"><font
                                                      size="2">Benjamin
                                                      Von Wong (CAN), <br>
                                                    </font><i>Where the
                                                      City Can’t See</i>,
                                                  </font><font size="2"
                                                    face="Arial">Liam
                                                    Young (AUS)</font></div>
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                                                  <br>
                                                  Finissage<br>
                                                  Friday, 7.7.2023, 6:00
                                                  p.m.<br>
                                                  <br>
                                                  Opening hours 12.5 -
                                                  7.7.2023<br>
                                                  Tuesday - Friday,
                                                  14:00 - 19:00 h<br>
                                                  and by appointment,
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                                                          Kunstpreis
                                                          2020 in der
                                                          Kategorie
Kulturinitiativen.<br>
                                                          Gefördert von:
                                                          Kulturamt der
                                                          Stadt Graz,
                                                          Kulturreferat
                                                          des Landes
                                                          Steiermark,
                                                          BMKÖS.</span></span></span></span></font></span><br>
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