life.like

What spheres exist beyond the dividing lines of the living and non-living? What relationships, and realms of possibility emerge between technologies and artistic practices?

In a transdisciplinary program featuring lectures, discussions, installations, and performances, ›life.like‹ interrogates the boundaries between machines, objects, and biological systems. Six artistic perspectives offer insights into their works, which delve into techno-social interactions, historical and advanced technologies, hybrid bodily experiences, as well as diverse interfaces between humans and machines. Over the course of two evenings, visitors can engage with pre-Columbian knotting techniques, knitting machines, and virtual reality, experience various robotic beings, or listen to the sounds of the Earth's atmosphere.

The event at PACT has been developed by the Käte Hamburger Kolleg: Cultures of Research (c:o/re) | RWTH Aachen and PACT Zollverein in the context of the conference series ›Politics of the Machines‹. This series is dedicated to exploring how machines and technology influence artistic and cultural production as well as our perception of the world.

Under the title ›Lifelikeness & beyond‹, c:o/re | RWTH Aachen hosts the 4th edition from 22. – 26.04.2024.

Developed by the Käte Hamburger Kolleg: Cultures of Research (c:o/re) | RWTH Aachen and PACT Zollverein in the context of the conference series ›Politics of the Machines‹.

Program

Fri. 26.04.

18 - 19:30 hOpen Studios

Geumhyung Jeong ›Studio Visit‹Studio 2

Interface Lab ›Tactile Dialogues‹Studio 3

19:30 - 21 UhrLectures / Main Stage

19:30 hWelcome & introduction to ›Politics of the Machines‹

20:00 hGeumyhung JeongLecture

20:30 hSilke GrabingerLecture

from 21 hArtist TalkFoyer

Sat. 27.04.

16 - 19 hOpen Studios

Lena Biresch ›Me, Myself & My Avatars (or remapping the homunculus)‹Guided Single Virtual Reality ExperienceWintergarden, Timeslots: 16 h, 16:30 h, 17 h, 17:30 h, 18:00 h

Geumhyung Jeong ›Studio Visit‹Studio 2, Meet the artist: 16 h, 17 h, 18 h

Interface Lab ›Tactile Dialogues‹Studio 3

Silke Grabinger ›SPOTSHOTBEUYS‹Small Stage, Durational Performance

19:30 - 21 hMain Stage

19:30 hWelcome & introduction to ›Politics of the Machines‹

20 hLena Biresch ›Me, Myself & My Avatars (or remapping the homunculus)‹Live Walkthrough

20:30 hJuan Duarte Regino ›Atmospheric Listening‹Lecture

21 hPaola Torres Núñez del Prado ›KhipuKoding‹Sound Performance

from 21:30 hArtist TalkFoyer