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A three-day encounter organized by the Axolot Collective, in collaboration with the DARTS research group (UOC), to promote reflection on technology in contemporary art and culture. This first edition includes artist residencies, open talks, conferences, experimental performances, workshops and live coding concerts around two central themes:

AI and Small Data Sets: The use of small datasets raises awareness of the ethical, environmental and bias challenges inherent in large datasets. This focus goes beyond the creative sphere: it includes ethical and sustainable data practices, and aligns the project with broader principles of responsible technological engagement. Can small data sets collected, curated and analyzed by artists offer an alternative to the statistical repetition of artificial intelligence algorithms? What creative possibilities arise from the use of these data? What are the tensions and resistances between algorithms and artistic practices working with small data sets? Can the use of them provide a more energy-efficient alternative to models trained on large amounts of information?

Embodiment and Electronic Interfaces:The body as a theme in artistic practices can unfold different perspectives on subjectivation and identity. From a point of view that seeks to understand the technologies we use and inhabit, this theme aims at reflections that combine sensitive methodologies (thinking with and about the body), electronic circuits, open source technologies and issues related to contemporary socio-technical conditions. How do critical reflections on identity unfold at the intersections of the body and electronic interfaces? How does open source thinking influence research that considers the body and technology as essential tools and frameworks? How do embodied and technological artistic practices affect contemporary socio-technical systems?






Program 2024

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Talks

UOC, Campus Poblenou

Nov 28 💿 AI and Small Data Sets
15:00-15:30 Hrs. Open Interview
Meet the residents: Aizhan Saganayeva.
15:30-17:00 Hrs. Oral Presentations:
Small Data: A Working Definition Re-Visited
Slime Machine
Cards and Compost: Performing Smallness in Software
Frontier language: co-creation with dreams and AI, beyond inference
17-18 Hrs. Discussion Panel:
Taller Estampa & Sofía Trejo
🔗 Free Registration
Nov 29 🫀 Embodiment and Electronic Interfaces
15:00-15:30 Hrs. Open Interview
Meet the residents: Lotta Stöver.
16-17:15 Hrs. Oral Presentations:
Inhabiting the hybrid: Project catalogue
De la caixa negra a la caixa de Skinner: Emergència, control y superstició
Tangències: Desenvolupant Mètodes Interdisciplinaris i Eines Tecnològiques per a la Composició i Interpretació en la Música d'Art Occidental.
Chemical Communication
Unveiling the Hidden Power of Digital Influence with "Invisible Voice
17:15-18:00 Hrs. Keynote: Diana Neranti.
🔗 Free Registration

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Performances

Convent de Sant Agustí

Nov 29 ::: 💿 Small Embodied Data 🫀
19-21 Hrs.
Local Positioning System with Lotta Stöver
Sorry, ancestors! with Aizhan Saganayeva
EarthCycles, with Shelly Knotts
Red Noises with Cristina Dezi

Free Entrance

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Workshops

Convent de Sant Agustí

Nov 30
10-14 Hrs. Workshop
Skinship:Sensumate
with Susan Ploetz.

(English)
🔗 Tickets
Nov 30
16-19 Hrs. Workshop
Handcrafting AI
with Iván Paz.

(English&Catalan)
🔗 Tickets

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From Scratch

Sala Niu

Nov 28
19-22 Hrs.
The traditional sessions from scratch are live performances based on improvisation and organized by the Toplap Barcelona community. The rules for each livecoder (sound or visual) are: 1. You have to start with a blank screen. 2. You have 9 minutes to play. (9 minutes exactly, no more!) 3. Whatever happens, all the public has to clap!

Free Entrance

Algorave

Sala Taro

Nov 30
20:30 Hrs.
Algorave
Błażej Kotowski - Seven Manifolds
TACHA~ - DEFRAGMENTAR
LXT - Re:fracta
parkellipsen- CRISPRave
!Me(NOTme) + Nau - Endorythmos
tmhglnd - Is That Me?
Eye Measure - Algorave performance
digital selves - [[ collaborative human-machine affective coding ]]
🔗 Tickets Available
Talks Performances Workshops Live Coding Concerts Artistic Residencies Team