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Artsformation organises and participates in many events across Europe and online, to promote our activities and outcomes of our project. Our events include conferences, public presentations, open discussions, exhibitions, panels and much more.
From microcellular DNA to the proliferation of digital images, throughout all of time we have used science and technology to collect and share information about who we are. Discoveries have been made, patterns have been formed, and stories have been told, but always by those in power. But who decides who belongs, and who writes […]
In this summit, through public workshops and discussions, we will explore ways of thinking and acting actively on these matters of concern. The discussion will explore how one can learn from artistic practices in order to understand what it takes to demand participation in the decision-making and about which of those technologies we accept and […]
Summer Camp for refusal is a four-day programme bringing together a group of Berlin-based artists, philosophers, theorists, technologists, and critical engineers whose practice intersects with the festival theme of refusal. The camp is an informal setting, where participants will share concerns, exchange ideas, skills, and knowledge while exercising care and building relations with each other. Over the […]
We would like to invite you to our summer camp in August. The camp is a co-creation event, where we invite artists, art educators, museums, educational and cultural institutions, designers, tech professionals, researchers and practitioners to take part in building a new school of aesthetics and technology. WHY A SUMMER CAMP We want to create […]
This workshop will be led by Mirabelle Jones, Artsformation. Ryo Hanmura’s short story “Cardboard Box” will be told from the perspective of a cardboard box. In the box’s own words, it shares its painful journey from factory, to use, and finally to being discarded. Along the way, participants will find themselves empathising with the box’s […]
Proxy Visits offer an online social experience to explore our exhibition Rendering Refusal. Inspired and informed by Proxy Protests, the visits will take place via video call at each of the exhibition venues – Kunstraum Kreuzberg/Bethanien and Betonhalle, Silent Green. Each visitor will connect directly to a Proxy host and together you decide what route to take, which artworks […]
When Things Speak: Giving Voice to Objects Ryo Hanmura’s short story Cardboard Box is told from the perspective of a cardboard box. In the box’s own words, it shares its painful journey from factory, to use, and finally to being discarded. Along the way, we find ourselves empathizing with the box’s character, leading us to […]
Digital Alchemy & Science Fiction Workshop Series in cooperation with Artsformation, invites you to this online hackathon where we will create a forum for reflection on how we can be a part of expanding the narrative of science fiction and technology and who creates it. We will among other collectively redefine the Wikipedia page describing […]
Framework for Resilience is a three-part series of online conversations which bring together activists, artists, researchers and educators to think about the world we are creating, the world we are destroying, the systems which will fall, and those which should prevail. This online event is part of The Living Planet, FACT’s year-long season which focuses on the […]
This panel combines perspectives on Art, Society, & Technology. In particular, it focuses on artistic perspectives on algorithmic accountability. The panel starts with an overview of how the Arts play an essential role in intervening in critical social issues, such as labor politics, privacy, and education. The panel will then draw our attention to a […]
The Werkleitz Festival 2021 presents the new media art productions from the scholarship program of the European Media Art Platform (EMAP), which is initiated by Werkleitz and supported by Creative Europe. The exhibition for digital culture is accompanied by the international conference on digitality. It takes place in cooperation with the Federal Cultural Foundation and […]
The German Arts Council (Kulturstiftung des Bundes) is cooperation partner of the conference part of our proposed final exhibition in 2021 of EMAP (European Media Art Platform) and will be listed in the states report 2020 of the UNESCO as an innovative model project for culture.