Senthuran Varatharajah: Ecotopia

Jens Hauser / Aliens in Green / Špela Petrič : Microperformativity and Biomediality

knowbotiq: Deep Access – Molecular Joy and Abstract Sex

Emilia Sanabria: Speaking Plants – decolonial perspectives on ayahuasca, animism and healing

Astrid Deuber-Mankowsky: Google_Baby and the Concept of Life

In 2017 media scholar Astrid Deuber­-Mankowsky published an essay on the film ›Google_Baby‹ which deals with the globalization of pregnancy as documented in film. In a brief talk she offers insights into her research on these issues and subsequently engages in a discussion with Fabian Saavedra­ Lara about fundamental questions associated with the different concepts of life reflected in the artistic and theoretical contributions to the festival.

Marie-Luise Angerer: A new zone of non-consciousness – where life and technology meet

The world has become highly sensitive. From plants to trees, from refrigerators to cars — everywhere there are sensors that regulate everything from balance to security, emotions, water and light levels. Nanotechnologies and sensors translate between natural and artificial processes, making them interchangea­ble and mediating between what were once separate realms.

The Agency, Prof. Dr. Paula-Irene Villa Braslavsky : Medusa Bionic Rise

During their research for ›Medusa Bionic Rise‹, The Agency worked with the sociologist Paula-­Irene Villa, among others. The futuristic setting of the work was created on the basis of their conversations — a techno gym for self­-optimization through biohacking and pharmaceutical doping. Together with Paula­Irene Villa, the artists discuss the body in the present day and its changeability on technical, biological and discursive levels. What does physicality mean in a world of absolute self-­optimization?

›Blue Skies / Bodies in Trouble‹

Mit dem wachsenden Einfluss der Technologie auf das Leben verändern sich unsere Körper, unsere Gemeinschaften und unsere Umwelt – was tun?

Fabian Saavedra-Lara (Leiter, Büro medienwerk.nrw) und Stefan Hilterhaus (Künstlerischer Leiter, PACT Zollverein) geben erste Einblicke in das Festival ›Blue Skies / Bodies in Trouble‹, das vom 10. bis zum 14. Juli bei PACT Zollverein stattfindet.

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Monica Duncan & Senem Pirler

Surface Connection is a live performance that explores the concept of queer space, objects and the relationship between queer bodies through a series of audiovisual interactions where we touch/vibrate/fluctuate/excite surfaces and objects. In our collaboration, we channel our camp sensibility and create performative actions by “vibrating”, “deviating” and “disrupting” bodies, objects, and surfaces from their normative representations and their linear paths.