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                                                          Ausstellung <i>Desert
                                                          of Realities</i>
                                                          noch bis
                                                          Freitag, den
                                                          17.11.2023, zu
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                                                          aus dem esc
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                                                          of Realities</b></font></font></div>
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                                                          <div
class="moz-forward-container"><font face="Arial"><font face="Arial"><i>Welcome
                                                          to the desert
                                                          of the real.</i></font></font></div>
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                                                          face="Arial"><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%" lang="DE-AT">[Morpheus zu Neo
                                                          im Film
                                                          Matrix]</span></font></font></div>
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                                                          <font
                                                          face="Arial"><font
                                                          face="Arial"><span
                                                          lang="DE-AT">Mit
                                                          diesem
                                                          Versatzstück
                                                          des
                                                          Medienphilosophen
                                                          Jean
                                                          Baudrillard
                                                          leitet
                                                          Morpheus die
                                                          Vorbereitung
                                                          Neos auf seine
                                                          Aufgabe ein,
                                                          wenn er Neo
                                                          aufzeigt, in
                                                          einer
                                                          Traumwelt zu
                                                          leben, die nur
                                                          als Teil einer
neuro-interaktiven Simulation</span> <span
style="mso-fareast-font-family:
                                                          Arial"
                                                          lang="DE-AT">–</span>
                                                          <span
                                                          lang="DE-AT">einer
                                                          Matrix</span>
                                                          <span
style="mso-fareast-font-family:Arial" lang="DE-AT">–</span> <span
                                                          lang="DE-AT">existiert,
                                                          während er
                                                          sich in einer
                                                          zerstörten,
                                                          sonnenverfinsterten,
                                                          von Maschinen
                                                          regierten Welt
                                                          befindet:
                                                          "Willkommen in
                                                          der Wüste der
                                                          Wirklichkeit".</span><br>
                                                          <br>
                                                          <span
                                                          lang="DE-AT">Im
                                                          Film wird der
                                                          Beginn der
                                                          Matrix mit der
                                                          Erschaffung
                                                          der Systeme
                                                          der KI
                                                          definiert.
                                                          Tatsächlich
                                                          durchdringen
                                                          Anwendungen
                                                          der KI längst
                                                          all unsere
                                                          Lebensbereiche
                                                          und haben
                                                          sowohl
                                                          Auswirkungen
                                                          auf unsere
                                                          Entscheidungen
                                                          und sozialen
                                                          Beziehungen
                                                          als auch
                                                          Einfluss auf
                                                          Wirtschaft,
                                                          Politik und
                                                          Gesellschaft.</span><br>
                                                          <br>
                                                          <span
                                                          lang="DE-AT">Die
                                                          Simulation
                                                          löst die
                                                          Differenz
                                                          zwischen
                                                          Realem und
                                                          Imaginärem auf
                                                          und verwandelt
                                                          sie in eine
                                                          Indifferenz,
                                                          eine "hybride
                                                          Wirklichkeit".
                                                          Innerhalb des
                                                          Hyperrealen
                                                          sind Reales
                                                          und Imaginäres
                                                          nicht mehr
                                                          auseinanderzuhalten;
                                                          Physisches und
                                                          Digitales
                                                          verschmelzen,
                                                          werden
                                                          "phygital".</span><br>
                                                          <br>
                                                          <span
                                                          lang="DE-AT">Ebenso
                                                          verändert sich
                                                          das Verhältnis
                                                          von Mensch,
                                                          Natur und
                                                          Technik hin zu
                                                          einer neuen
                                                          Konfiguration,
                                                          einem neuen
                                                          Beziehungsgeflecht.
                                                          Schon Donna
                                                          Harraway
                                                          verwies auf
                                                          die
                                                          transformativen
                                                          Potenziale in
                                                          dichten
                                                          Beziehungsgefügen.
                                                          Wenn wir aus
                                                          dem Simulacrum
                                                          der Matrix
                                                          erwachen
                                                          können, können
                                                          wir die Wüste
                                                          der
                                                          Wirklichkeiten
                                                          mit bestimmten
                                                          Werkzeugen
                                                          verändern?</span><br>
                                                          <br>
                                                          <span
                                                          lang="DE-AT">Die
                                                          Nutzung von
                                                          Technologie
                                                          erscheint in
                                                          der
                                                          Ausstellung <i>Desert
                                                          of Realities</i>
                                                          nicht mehr nur
                                                          als
                                                          dystopisches
                                                          Modell einer
                                                          düsteren
                                                          Vision der
                                                          Zukunft oder
                                                          als
                                                          Darstellung
                                                          des
                                                          Ist-Zustandes,
                                                          sondern auch
                                                          als Teil der
                                                          Lösung, den
                                                          wir uns zu
                                                          eigen machen
                                                          sollten: <i>Es
                                                          macht einen
                                                          Unterschied ob
                                                          man einen Weg
                                                          nur kennt,
                                                          oder ob man
                                                          diesen Weg
                                                          auch geht.</i>
                                                          [Morpheus]</span></font></font><br>
                                                          <font
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                                                          face="Arial"><span
                                                          lang="DE-AT">In
                                                          <i>Desert of
                                                          Realities</i>
                                                          werden mittels
Multi-Media-Installationen einerseits Aspekte der Simulation offengelegt
                                                          und
                                                          andererseits
                                                          Gegenentwürfe
                                                          entwickelt:
                                                          die
                                                          Möglichkeit
                                                          einer
                                                          digitalen
                                                          Berührung bei
                                                          physischer
                                                          Trennung (<i>Beyond
                                                          My Skin</i>,
                                                          Flavia
                                                          Mazzanti); wie
                                                          Nahrungsmittel
                                                          wie Fisch
                                                          aufgrund der
                                                          sich
                                                          verändernden
                                                          Umweltbedingungen
                                                          nur mehr für
                                                          reiche
                                                          Menschen
                                                          zugänglich
                                                          sind, während
                                                          sich der Rest
                                                          mit aus dem
                                                          Labor
                                                          gezüchteten
                                                          Lebensmitteln
                                                          begnügen muss
                                                          (<i>Future
                                                          Sushi</i>,
                                                          Etsuko
                                                          Ichihara);
                                                          Entwicklungen
                                                          im Kontext der
                                                          Konvergenz
                                                          digitaler und
                                                          biologischer
                                                          Körperlichkeit
                                                          anhand der
                                                          Annäherung von
                                                          Kleidung
                                                          (Mode) an das
zugrundeliegende / darunterliegende / bloßliegende Nerven“kostüm“ (<i>Internal
                                                          Collection</i>,
                                                          Amy Karle);
                                                          Netzwerkdynamiken,
                                                          wie die
                                                          Interaktion
                                                          von Natur mit
                                                          Technik und
                                                          deren
                                                          Beobachtung
                                                          sie in Gang
                                                          setzt (<i>Hyle</i>,
                                                          Theresa
                                                          Schubert);
                                                          alternative
                                                          Materialien
                                                          zur
                                                          Herstellung
                                                          von Mode (<i>Materia
                                                          Bruta,</i>
                                                          Surzhana
                                                          Radnaeva);
                                                          oder sogar als
                                                          Kommunikation
                                                          zwischen
                                                          Mensch und
                                                          Bakterium (<i>The
                                                          Haori Biofilm,</i>
                                                          Vivien
                                                          Roussel); und
                                                          Strom als
                                                          ästhetischer
                                                          Motor eines
                                                          modularen
                                                          Hörstücks das
                                                          eine
                                                          multiperspektivische
                                                          Erzählung
                                                          geleitet über
                                                          Kupferdrähte
                                                          entwickelt (<i>Circuit</i>,
                                                          Christine
                                                          Schörkhuber)
                                                          und Konzepte
                                                          von
                                                          Überwachung
                                                          und
                                                          Privatsphäre
                                                          im Zeitalter
                                                          von Big Data
                                                          und die
                                                          gegensätzlichen
                                                          Gefühle von
                                                          Unbehagen und
                                                          Sicherheit aus
                                                          verschiedenen
                                                          Perspektiven (<i>Watch
                                                          Me</i> - Zhe
                                                          Wang).</span></font></font><br>
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mso-fareast-language:DE" lang="EN-US">Etsuko Ichihara (JPN)</span></font><br>
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style="mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New
                                                          Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;
mso-fareast-language:DE" lang="EN-US">Amy Karle (USA)</span></font><br>
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                                                          face="Arial"><span
style="mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New
                                                          Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;
mso-fareast-language:DE" lang="EN-US">Flavia Mazzanti (ITA/BRA/AUT)</span></font><br>
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                                                          face="Arial"><span
style="mso-fareast-font-family:Arial;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;color:#00000A;mso-fareast-language:DE"
                                                          lang="EN-US">Surzhana</span>
                                                          <span
style="mso-fareast-font-family:
Arial;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;mso-fareast-language:DE" lang="EN-US"><span
style="color:#00000A">Ra</span>dnaeva (RUS/FRA)</span></font><br>
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style="mso-fareast-font-family:
                                                          Arial;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;mso-fareast-language:DE"
                                                          lang="EN-US">Vivien
                                                          Roussel (FRA)</span></font><br>
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                                                          face="Arial"><span
style="mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New
                                                          Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;
mso-fareast-language:DE" lang="EN-US">Christine Schörkhuber (AUT)</span></font><br>
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style="mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New
                                                          Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;mso-fareast-language:DE"
                                                          lang="EN-US">Theresa
                                                          Schubert (DEU)</span></font><br>
                                                          <font
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style="mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New
                                                          Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;mso-fareast-language:DE"
                                                          lang="EN-US">Winnie
                                                          Soon (HKG)
                                                          & Lee
                                                          Tzu-Tung (TWN)</span></font><br>
                                                          <font
                                                          face="Arial"><span
style="mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New
                                                          Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;mso-fareast-language:DE"
                                                          lang="EN-US">Zhé
                                                          Wang (CHN/DEU)</span></font></font><br>
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style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial" lang="EN-US">17.11., ab 18:00 Uhr</span></font></font><br>
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style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial" lang="EN-US">Finissage</span></font></font></div>
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style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial" lang="EN-US">In Koproduktion mit
                                                          Constant VZW
                                                          Brüssel,
                                                          Immerea,
                                                          kunst@werk,
                                                          Mori Art
                                                          Museum<span
style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span> Tokyo; e</span><span
style="mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New
                                                          Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;
color:black;mso-fareast-language:DE" lang="EN-US">ine Kooperation im
                                                          Rahmen von
                                                          steirischer
                                                          herbst ’23.</span></font></font></div>
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style="font-style: normal"><span 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-style: normal"><span style="font-weight: normal">Mit dem
                                                          Besuch der
                                                          Veranstaltung
                                                          erklären Sie
                                                          sich mit der
                                                          Aufnahme und
                                                          Verwendung von
                                                          Foto- und
                                                          Videomaterial
                                                          einverstanden.</span></span></span></span></font></span><br>
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                                      Reni Hofmüller and Ilse Weber</font></font></font></div>
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                                    face="Arial">About the exhibition: <a
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                                      face="Arial">Welcome to the desert
                                      of the real.<br>
                                      [Morpheus to Neo in the film
                                      Matrix].<br>
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                                      With this phrase by the media
                                      philosopher Jean Baudrillard,
                                      Morpheus introduces Neo's
                                      preparation for his task when he
                                      shows Neo living in a dream world
                                      that exists only as part of a
                                      neuro-interactive simulation - a
                                      matrix - while he is in a
                                      destroyed, sun-darkened world
                                      ruled by machines: "Welcome to the
                                      desert of reality".<br>
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                                      In the film, the beginning of the
                                      Matrix is defined by the creation
                                      of the systems of AI. In fact,
                                      applications of AI have long
                                      permeated all areas of our lives,
                                      impacting our decisions and social
                                      relationships as well as
                                      influencing the economy, politics,
                                      and society.</font></font></font><br>
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                                    face="Arial"><font face="Arial">Simulation
                                      dissolves the difference between
                                      the real and the imaginary and
                                      transforms it into indifference, a
                                      "hybrid reality". Within the
                                      hyperreal, the real and the
                                      imaginary can no longer be
                                      distinguished; the physical and
                                      the digital merge, becoming
                                      "phygital".<br>
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                                      Likewise, the relationship between
                                      humans, nature and technology is
                                      changing towards a new
                                      configuration, a new network of
                                      relationships. Donna Harraway
                                      already referred to the
                                      transformative potentials in dense
                                      webs of relationships. If we can
                                      awaken from the simulacrum of the
                                      matrix, can we change the desert
                                      of realities with certain tools?<br>
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                                      In the <i>Desert of Realities</i>
                                      exhibition, the use of technology
                                      no longer appears only as a
                                      dystopian model of a bleak vision
                                      of the future or as a
                                      representation of the current
                                      state, but also as part of the
                                      solution that we should embrace:
                                      It makes a difference whether you
                                      only know a path, or whether you
                                      walk that path. [Morpheus]</font></font></font></div>
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                                    face="Arial"><font face="Arial">In <i>D</i><i>esert
                                        of Realities</i>, multi-media
                                      installations reveal aspects of
                                      simulation on the one hand and
                                      develop counter-designs on the
                                      other: The possibility of digital
                                      touch in physical separation
                                      (Beyond My Skin, Flavia Mazzanti);
                                      how food such as fish is now only
                                      accessible to rich people due to
                                      changing environmental conditions,
                                      while the rest have to make do
                                      with lab-grown food (Future Sushi,
                                      Etsuko Ichihara); developments in
                                      the context of the convergence of
                                      digital and biological
                                      corporeality through the
                                      approximation of clothing
                                      (fashion) to the
                                      underlying/underlying/exposed
                                      nerve "costume" (Internal
                                      Collection, Amy Karle); Network
                                      dynamics, as the interaction of
                                      nature with technology and its
                                      observation sets it in motion
                                      (Hyle, Theresa Schubert);
                                      alternative materials for the
                                      production of fashion (Materia
                                      Bruta, Surzhana Radnaeva); or even
                                      as communication between humans
                                      and bacteria (The Haori Biofilm,
                                      Vivien Roussel); and electricity
                                      as the aesthetic engine of a
                                      modular audio piece that develops
                                      a multi-perspective narrative
                                      guided by copper wires (Circuit,
                                      Christine Schörkhuber) and
                                      concepts of surveillance and
                                      privacy in the age of Big Data and
                                      the conflicting feelings of unease
                                      and security from different
                                      perspectives (Watch Me - Zhe
                                      Wang).</font></font></font></div>
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                                          lang="EN-US">Etsuko Ichihara
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                                          lang="EN-US">Amy Karle (USA)</span></font><br>
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                                            style="color:#00000A">Ra</span>dnaeva
                                          (RUS/FRA)</span></font><br>
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                                          lang="EN-US">Vivien Roussel
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                                          (DEU)</span></font><br>
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                                          & Lee Tzu-Tung (TWN)</span></font><br>
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                                    Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;mso-fareast-language:DE"
                                          lang="EN-US">Zhé Wang
                                          (CHN/DEU)</span></font><br>
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                                        11/17, starting at 6pm<br>
                                        Finissage<br>
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                                        In co-production with Constant
                                        VZW Brussels, Immerea,
                                        kunst@werk, Mori Art Museum
                                        Tokyo; a cooperation in the
                                        framework of steirischer herbst
                                        '23.<br>
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                                        <font size="2">Awarded the
                                          Austrian Art Prize 2020 in the
                                          category Cultural Initiatives.<br>
                                          Funded by: Cultural Office of
                                          the City of Graz, Cultural
                                          Department of the Province of
                                          Styria, BMKÖS.<br>
                                          By attending the event, you
                                          agree to the recording and use
                                          of photo and video material.<br>
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