Learning
Կրթություն
November 15–30, 2024
Venues
Վայրեր
Institute for Contemporary Art (I.C.A. Yerevan)
47 Avet Avetisyan St
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Participants
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G.H. Hovagimyan
Toby Heys (AUDINT) and Matteo Polato
Lyudmila Davydova
Lev Manovich
Andranik Meliksetyan
Gabriel V. Soucheyre
Mu Tuan
One important area of CYLAND's work involves organizing educational events, master classes, and internships for students, young professionals, and the general public. These open lectures and learning programs aim to create a platform for dialogue and debates about the role of contemporary media art and culture in society.
Gabriel V. Soucheyre
Lecture and Discussion with Gabriel V. Soucheyre / VIDEOFORMES
Voyage… a quest for paradise lost? Or?
15.11.2024, 15:00
Institute for Contemporary Art (I.C.A. Yerevan)
Duration: 40 min
Language of presentation: English
This generation has no choice but to question the future. Whatever may come out of this quest, time and memory are issues. Are technology and chemistry a solution?
Mu Tuan
Beyond Interfaces — Taiwanese Media Art Scene
15.11.2024, 15:45
Institute for Contemporary Art (I.C.A. Yerevan)
Duration: 40 min
Language of presentation: English
Mu Tuan will talk about works to be presented at Beyond Interfaces — Taiwanese Video Program on November 18th at Mirzoyan Library.
He will share his knowledge about influential media art festivals and exhibitions that have taken place in Taiwan in recent years, depicting their uniqueness and details of the development of the Taiwanese media art scene.
G.H. Hovagimyan
Punk Conceptualism, Hacker Art and DIY
17.11.2024, 13:30
Institute for Contemporary Art (I.C.A. Yerevan)
Duration: 60 min
Language of presentation: English
G.H. Hovagimyan will talk about his digital artworks, which started in the 90s and continue to the present. The theme of “Punk Conceptualism,” Cyber-hacking, and DIY artworks will be discussed. The works presented are on the artist's website/portfolio gh.nujus.net
Toby Heys (AUDINT) and Matteo Polato
Phantom Channel
17.11.2024, 15:00
Institute for Contemporary Art (I.C.A. Yerevan)
Duration: 60 min
Language of presentation: English
The Phantom Channel presentation amplifies the ways in which frequencies in the form of sound, unsound and music have been utilised to connect to otherworldly and occulted intelligences and uses this information to better understand the evolution and futures of AI and related emergent technologies. Throughout the course of Western History, the compositions of a range of political, cultural, legal, belief and social frameworks have been based on driving non-human intelligences to and beyond the accepted boundaries of rationalism and reason. The list of othered intelligent phenomena being considered here, includes — cryptids, cosmic forces, animals, EVP, demons, ghosts, UAVs, psychic entities, psychedelic experiences, deepfakes and artificially intelligent agents.
Lyudmila Davydova
Archive of Feelings. “A Journey into Greek Antiquity”
24.11.2024, 15:00
Institute for Contemporary Art (I.C.A. Yerevan)
Duration: 60 min
Language of presentation: Russian
The “Greek miracle” can be called antique sculpture from Greece, which, today, does not attract the attention of art museum visitors. One reason for this lack of interest is the inability to come into contact with original works by Hellenic artists: museums often only display Roman copies. But by what criteria should we use to evaluate these monuments? What basis do we have for assessing the unique qualities of the work of the greatest ancient sculptors? How can we take a journey to Greek antiquity to feel the beauty of Greek sculpture and see the impeccable mastery of sculpting techniques, as well as to be captivated by the incredible artistic freedom? Let's try to take these few steps together, along the endless path of our Journey into the Past, to the encounter with ancient Greek sculpture.
Andranik Meliksetyan
Presentation by Andranik Meliksetyan FUSION OF MINDS: Bridging Art, Engineering, and Science for a New Era of Innovation. CYLAND MediaArtLab & Engineering City Special Project on Media Installation Development.
24.11.2024, 16:00
Institute for Contemporary Art (I.C.A. Yerevan)
Andranik Meliksetyan presents an innovative media installation currently in development as part of the CYLAND MediaArtLab & Engineering City Special Project. This installation features a robotic arm that assembles 3D-printed parts, guided by machine vision and dynamically responding to the audience’s emotions. Through a camera, the system detects viewers’ reactions to AI-driven manufacturing, adjusting the quality of its assembly based on positive or negative sentiments. This interactive experience invites reflection on the relationship between human and machine emotions, exploring how machine learning systems can adapt and mirror human responses in an era of advancing technology.
Lev Manovich
The Future of Art
30.11.2024
12:00 PM (Yerevan), 5:00 PM (Seoul), 3:00 AM (New York)
Online
Duration: 60 min
Language of presentation: English
Zoom link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82187786580
Is art making still meaningful or even necessary when AI can do it as well as or better than humans? Perhaps this type of human behavior has fulfilled its function in our cognitive and social evolution. As a result, it may gradually fade from our lives, replaced by new activities we can't yet imagine. Although we may have difficulty imagining this new world today, it is logically conceivable given AI's rapid progress.
This potential transformation will not be without precedent in art history. Consider how modern art transformed between 1860s, 1910s, and 1960s. Abstract art, unimaginable in 1860, emerged by 1913. Installation, performance, land art, and multimedia, inconceivable in 1913, emerged in the 1960s. Given these dramatic shifts in what constitutes “art” and how it's created, another major transformation in coming decades is entirely plausible.
Lyudmila Ivanovna Davydova
Lyudmila Ivanovna Davydova is Ph.D. in Art History. Professor of the Foreign Art Faculty at St. Petersburg Repin Academy of Fine Arts. Senior Research Associate at the Department of Ancient World and a sculpture curator at the State Hermitage.
G.H. Hovagimyan
G.H. Hovagimyan is an experimental artist working in various forms. An Internet and new media pioneer, his work ranges from hypertext to digital performance art, interactive installations, HD video, and AR/VR/MR/XR.
Toby Heys (AUDINT)
AUDINT is a sonic research unit that speculates on future uses of sound, unsound and music to influence and manipulate human and otherworldly behaviour. AUDINT also uses and amplifies other underexplored facets of sonic culture — music as a weapon. The research produced around these themes is turned into books, albums, installations, software and performances. Installations and performances have been carried out at venues such as — TATE Britain and Unsound Festival (Krakow), Books include Unsound: Undead (Urbanomic, 2019), Ghostcode (Multimodal Press, 2021). Albums include Martial Hauntology (AUDINT Records, 2017) and Ghostcode (AUDINT Records, 2024).
Lev Manovich
Lev Manovich is an artist, author, and one of the world's most influential digital culture theorists. After studying visual art, architecture, and filmmaking, Manovich began using computers to create digital art in 1984. His work has been exhibited in 14 solo and 120 international group exhibitions at many prestigious institutions, such as the Institute of Contemporary Arts (ICA), London, Centre Pompidou, and Shanghai Biennale. His innovative art projects include “little movies” (the first film project for the World Wide Web, 1994), Soft Cinema (narrative films edited by algorithms in real-time, 2002) and Phototrails (visualizations of 2.3 million Instagram photos shared in 13 global cities, 2013).
Manovich played a key role in creating four new research fields: new media studies (1991–), software studies (2001–), cultural analytics (2007–) and AI aesthetics (2018–). He is the Presidential Professor of Computer Science at City University of New York's Graduate Center and the Director of the Cultural Analytics Lab. His books include Artificial Aesthetics, Cultural Analytics, Instagram and Contemporary Image, and The Language of New Media, which has been called “the most provocative and comprehensive media history since Marshall McLuhan.” Manovich was included in the lists “25 People Shaping the Future of Design” (Complex, 2013) and “50 Most Interesting People Building the Future” (Verge, 2014).
Andranik Meliksetyan
Andranik Meliksetyan is a Principal Solutions Architect and Product Analytics Development Team Lead at NI (National Instruments) Yerevan, specializing in designing and developing enterprise data analytics solutions for engineering industries such as Semiconductor and Automotive.
Matteo Polato
Matteo Polato is a researcher, sound artist and experimental videogame developer. He is Senior Research Assistant at the School of Digital Arts of Manchester Metropolitan University, where he is also completing a PhD, researching on the roles of sound, vibration and resonance-based processes in contemporary occulture and paranormal practices. His recognised artistic practice spans from electroacoustic improvisation to psychedelic rock. He is co-founder of D∀RK, a research group at MMU which explores the creative, communal and boundary-breaking potential of occulture.
Gabriel V. Soucheyre
Gabriel V. Soucheyre is an independent curator, art director, producer in video and digital art, video maker, and editor of Turbulence Video / Digital & Hybrid Arts, a quarterly magazine. He is the artistic director and curator of VIDEOFORMES, an international Hybrid and Digital Arts festival in Clermont-Ferrand, France. The festival highlights artistic creations such as experimental art videos, installations, hybrid art, VR, AI, and Augmented Reality projects, as well as live video and music performances.
Mu Tuan
Mu Tuan is an independent curator and visual artist based in Taipei. He attentively focuses on the potential of cross-cultural study and identity issues in contemporary contexts. His curatorial practices often engage curators, artists, and local individuals in fieldwork. Through this approach, he reflects on how exhibitions are constructed, recalibrating curatorial expectations and ideals. His curatorial proposals have been selected for the SLY Art Space Emerge Curator Project, NCAF Curator’s Incubator Program, and nominated for the Taishin Art Award. His curatorial projects include the exhibition Home: Foundation, Wall Cancer, Skin, and Shelter (2023, Taitung Art Museum) and Humus (2023, MoCA Taipei).