PEER TO PEER

With the event series ›PEER TO PEER - A Month of Media Art in NRW‹, the medienwerk.nrw and cooperation partners, among them PACT, invite you to a journey through the diverse and radiant media art landscape of NRW in September and show current debates in the field of tension between art and technology. Starting point are the funded projects from the programs Media Art Fund and Media Art Fellows of the state of NRW. A varied program will take place at PACT on both weekends, including performances, workshops, lectures and talks by and with Marco Donnarumma, Alexander Schubert, Ben J. Riepe, Maren Butte, Haytham El-Wardany, Alexa Steinbrück and Francis Hunger.

In cooperation with FFT Forum Freies Theater (Düsseldorf) Kunsthochschule für Medien (Cologne) Rautenstrauch-Joest-Museum (Cologne) Burg Hülshoff – Center for Literature (Havixbeck near Münster).

Programme

Fri 22.09.

18 hWelcome / Opening LectureWille Felix ZanteTechnik und TerrorWinter Garden

Followed by:Opening film installation(Permanent installation until 23 h, loops of 25 min. each)Film InstallationMarco DonnarummaDu kannst es nicht entscheidenSmall Stage

approx. 21:30 hAudience Talk with the Working group ofI AM YOUR BODYMain Stage

from 22:30 hDJ SetTroi Lee / Deaf RaveFoyer

Sat 23.09.

18 - 23 hFilm InstallationMarco DonnarummaDu kannst es nicht entscheidenSmall Stage

18 hLectureThor MagnussonOn AI prosthetics: Thinking with MachinesFoyer

21:30 - 23:00 hDJ SetYAYAFoyer

Fri 29.09.

Sat 30.09.

15:30 - 17:00 hBen J. Riepedream/worldsWorkshop / TalkHall 6Registration: info@medienwerk-nrw.de

18:30 - 19:15 hFrancis Hunger / Natalie SontopskiThe New AI Hype in Context: History, Politics and Artistic StrategiesTalkFoyer