Farming the Uncanny Valley: Flurform – Workshop zum Thema Kulturpflanzen
When: 21. - 22. Juni & 5. - 6. Juli
Where: Pfiffelbach, Ilmtal
Entwicklungen im Bereich der Biotechnologie eröffnen uns neue Möglichkeiten, doch stellen gleichzeitig unsere Beziehungen zu Umwelt und Natur in Frage. Wie wollen wir persönlich und als Gesellschaft damit umgehen? In einem zweitägigen Workshop wollen wir uns dieser Frage am Beispiel des Themenbereichs Kulturpflanzen widmen. Wir freuen uns über interessierte Teilnehmer*innen!
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UNFINISHED
When machines begin to make art, the position of the artist is shaken: Is there still room for the artist? For the genius? Roman Lipski's works choose such reflections on authorship, genius, and originality as their starting point.
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Cyanotypie Workshop
Was: Workshop
Wann: Samstag, 23. November von 11:00 bis 17:00 Uhr
Wo: STATE Studio, Hauptstr. 3, 10827 Berlin
Alle mit Interesse am Experimentieren sind herzlich eingeladen am Samstag, 23. November 2018 von 11:00 bis 17:00 in die blaue Welt der Cyanotypie einzutauchen und eine eigene Unterwasserwelt auf Papier zu kreieren.
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Gallery Weekend: STATE Studio with Pablo Mateo
When: 26 April, 6 pm - 9 pm
Where: STATE Studio, Hauptstr. 3, 10827 Berlin
Start off your weekend with some fine tunes, our latest exhibition Hydrosphären and ice cold beers served from our mirror bar. Come join us for a well-deserved Feierabend-Bier this Friday.
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Workshop Weichtierzeichnung – Krustentiere zeichnen
Was: Workshop
Wann: 27. November und 04. Dezember
Wo: STATE Studio, Hauptstr. 3, 10827 Berlin
Wie könnte der Prozess des Zeichnens durch Beobachtung die Sichtweise und letztendlich die Ergebnisse dieser frühen Wissenschaftler beeinflusst haben? Die TeilnehmerInnen werden die einzigartige Intimität dieses meditativen Prozesses erforschen und uns gleichzeitig auf ein interpretatives und kreatives Terrain begeben, um die verlorenen wissenschaftlichen Werke von Jeanne Viellepreux-Power neu zu kreieren.
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Storytelling Techniques and theatre training methods for science teachers and popularizers
When: 5 -6 July, 2019
Where: STATE Studio, Hauptstraße 3, 10827 Berlin
The Jet Propulsion Theatre workshop helps popularizers and communicators of science better understand their audiences, tailor their messages to them, and convey ideas powerfully using storytelling and other performing arts techniques. Participants will leave the workshop with practical tools helping them to analyse and target their audience, identify key messages in their science communication in order to better convey their messages.
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Gestaltungsmaschine at AI for Good
When: 28. - 31 May
Where: Conference Centre Geneva (CICG), 17 rue de Varembé, 1202 Geneva, Switzerland
The AI for Good Global Summit is the leading United Nations platform for global and inclusive dialogue on AI. The Summit is hosted each year in Geneva by the ITU in partnership with UN Sister agencies, XPRIZE Foundation and ACM. Together with Kompetenzzentrum Kultur- und Kreativwirtschaft des Bundes, STATE showcases artworks resulting from Gestaltungsmaschine Innovationcamp.
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Artificial Affinity
Extrapolating from today’s possibilities in AI and the life sciences, Artificial Affinity is a speculation on how we could aid wild species in more rapidly adapting to anthropocentric environments and vice-versa, increasing non-human animals’ chance of survival and giving their perspective a greater presence in the human world.
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Biosphären Workshop
Was: Biosphären Workshop
Wann: 30. November 11:00 Uhr & 14:00 Uhr
Wo: STATE Studio, Hauptstr. 3, 10827 Berlin
Kommt vorbei und macht Euch die Hände schmutzig in unserem Workshop zur Herstellung von geschlossenen Biosphären, in dem wir Farne und Fittonien verwenden, um ein geschlossenes Terrarium herzustellen.
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WE ARE OCEAN
What: Workshop & Film Program
When: 14 Dec 2019, 3 - 8:30 pm
Where: STATE Studio, Hauptstr. 3, 10827 Berlin
Presentation of the full length film "Inhale. Exhale. Ocean" by Berlin-based artist Lisa Rave, which was created during a series of WE ARE OCEAN workshops with students this summer. In the afternoon a final student workshop, which will formulate future scenarios for the climate protection of the oceans is taking place.
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Curious Minds #2: Algae Cooking Class & Dinner
When: May 21, 6–10 pm
Where: STATE Studio, Hauptstr. 3, 10827 Berlin
We are happy to announce the second Curious Minds event, an algae-cooking-class and dinner experience with powerfood expert and author Kerstin Knufmann ("Algen", PureRaw).
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Gestaltungsmaschine – KI Innovationcamp
When: December 2018 - April 2019
Where: STATE Studio, Haupstraße 3, 10827 Berlin
Gestaltungsmaschine Innovation Camp was an interdisciplinary workshop program of the Kompetenzzentrum Kultur- und Kreativwirtschaft des Bundes sponsored by the Ministry of Economic Affairs and STATE Studio. More than 80 invited participants worked out exemplary approaches at 11 workshop stations of innovative initiatives in the border area between culture and AI, which impressively demonstrated the potentials of cultural and creative workers in the AI field.
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water_on_mars
water_on_mars by Gabriele Neugebauer and Birds on Mars expands Neugebauer's photographs with a technological perspective: For more than one week they trained an AI, a “generative adversarial network” (GAN), to learn form, color, and space of water by analyzing 200 of Neugebauer’s photos. The photo series illustrates how the AI apparently further develops motifs and creates new fictitious water worlds.
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Schwarm
As if to shape a giant organism, Stefan Wischnewski links fishing gear to shape a seemingly living matter. For the current display at the STATE Studio, convex mirrors are installed to give a perception of motion to the static installation.
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Mira
In Amanda Tasse's short film Mira, the immortal jellyfish accompanies a marine biologist in her dives and contemplations. Struggling with the cognitive consequences of temporal lobe epilepsy, the protagonist immerses herself in the undiscovered wonders of the deep sea.
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Wind Should Be Heard Not Seen
The documentary Wind Should Be Heard Not Seen by Claire Sanford discusses human adaptability in times of extreme climatic change.
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Managed Retreat
The short film Managed Retreat by video artist and photographer Nathan Kensinger ties on global coastal management strategies. It depicts the first official New York project, which started relocating the human habitat to the inland in order to restore natural areas for the benefit of the ecosystem and stop further coastal erosion.
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Deep Sea Creations
The Society of Nontrivial Pursuits developed an ensemble of hypothetical deep-sea inhabitants. They form a “utopological” network of beings who negotiate behavior shared among themselves thanks to a coded collectivity.
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Living Canvas – Speculative Prototype
When: 1.11.2018 - 31.4.2019
Where: STATE Studio, Hauptstraße 3, 10827 Berlin
Fara Peluso and STATE Studio worked with Solaga – a Berlin-based biotech startup which specializes in the development of innovative solutions for air filtrations and regenerative energy production based on algae biofilms. With the help of technical product developer Jaqueline Mülller and the support of the Solaga team, Peluso re-contextualized this innovative biotechnology into a speculative design object.
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