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  Almat 2020 - symposium on algorithmic agency in artistic practice (last edited: 2020) author(s): Hanns Holger Rutz, David Pirrò, Daniele Pozzi This exposition is in progress.
  The ALMAT 2020 Symposium is interested in the genealogical, processual aspects of algorithms and their transformative potential. We seek critical approaches that avoid both mystification and commodification, that aim at opening the black box of "wonder" that is often presented to the public when utilising algorithms. We depart from the assumption that algorithms possess an inherent material agency that emerges from the intra-action between human and machine (K. Barad). In these exchange processes, we experience gaps, breaks and bends in the flow, the reconfigurative nature of the algorithmic which bounces back and reconfigures our thinking and approach to artistic work. When algorithms are inserted in the creative process, they actively shape this process and spread outside the boundaries of a particular medium or artefact. The symposium looks to rethink the relation between humans and algorithms (N.K. Hayles) in terms of an organic or ecological perspective (Y. Hui) in which actors are entangled and co-generative. The foundation for the symposium is given by the eponymous artistic research project ALMAT - Algorithms that Matter, funded by the Austrian Science Fund (FWF AR 403-GBL) and hosted at the Institute of Electronic Music and Acoustics (IEM) at the University of Music and Performing Arts Graz. ALMAT 2020 was originally planned to take place (06–07 July) adjoining the 8th Conference on Computation, Communication, Aesthetics & X – xCoAx (08–10 July). xCoAx is an exploration of the intersection where computational tools and media meet art and culture, in the form of a multi-disciplinary enquiry on aesthetics, computation, communication and the elusive X factor that connects them all. Due to the Coronavirus crisis, xCoAx is going into an online-only mode, and the ALMAT symposium has been replaced by an online assemblage of the submitted proposals only.
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  „N.N-Zwischenliegend“ – non-calculable time, space and body (last edited: 2020) author(s): Erika Matsunami This exposition is in progress.
  Non-calculable time, space and body is the second part of the artistic research “N.N-Zwischenliegend.” This part consists of three main questions: How to create a documentary that is not binary proof? Is it possible to understand an artistic documentation (a work of art) as knowledge? Is it possible to conceive an artistic documentation (a work of art)? These questions refer to the subject of Arti-fact, resp. to the part three „N.N-Zwischenliegend" of my artistic research. In doing so, I attempt to investigate the subject of aesthetic contemplation, which frequently relates to the cultural evolution. For this I require self-reflection on whether a work of art could be a documentation on the topics of space, time and body. The third part of this artistic research is on spatial installation. The three important elements in this part are the photographs which I took in the city of Berlin, the sounds which I recorded in the city of Berlin, and the interviews with Berliners.
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• Arbeidstittel: Lilleaker Folkets Hus (last edited: 2020) author(s): Erik Daehlin This exposition is in progress.
  This project is part of Erik Dæhlins artistic research project
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• The otherness of the self - how to curate a seventeenth century opera and sing all the roles yourself (2020) author(s): Elisabeth Holmertz, Jonas Howden Sjøvaag, Elisabeth Laasonen Belgrano published in: Norwegian Academy of Music
  The Otherness of the Self - how to curate a Seventeenth century Opera and sing all the Roles yourself. (or: -how to connect and disconnect the roles of the Baroque soprano and her postmodern Otherness. ) (or - a Voce sola in dialogo) -Is it possible to perform an opera and sing all the roles yourself? Is it even possible that we’ll come closer to the core in the music and the narrative if everything is anchored in one single person? -Can I use the interpretation of opera characters to better understand my different roles as a musician - the baroque soprano and the new music singer? - Am I two (or three, or fifty) different singers/musicians/roles depending on what genre or style I’m performing? What divides them? What ties them together? What factors determine how the voice will work, or not? - What can I use from my knowledge of early music in my practice as a performer of contemporary music, and vice versa?
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  Sonic Affordances of a Sacred Spring. The Urban Courtyard as a Figure of Rehabilitation of the Medina (2020) author(s): Noha Gamal Saïd published in: Journal of Sonic Studies
  This article investigates, from an in situ sonic experience, the rehabilitation project of the Source Bleue in Tiznit, Morocco, realized in 2015 by the architect and anthropologist Salima Naji. As the new architecture has favored the acoustic aspect of the spring, I reflect on the sonic affordances of the rehabilitated space. The study hinges on three concepts – affordances, thresholds, and ambiances – in order to analyze a double focus on sounds: field recordings (fixed points and short journeys) and a text that basically represents the author’s feelings, reinforced through short interviews conducted with users of the space. By using these methods, it is possible to determine the particularities of this soundscape and to comprehend the sonic affordances of the Source Bleue.
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  Navigating Dizziness Together - An Arts-based Research of Dizziness in Social and Physical Environments (2020) author(s): Ruth Anderwald, Leonhard Grond published in: Research Catalogue
  Taumel (Dizziness in German) arises locally and is situational, combining various elements. It can clear, cause a great stir, move heaven and earth: it destabilises. Dizziness, according to Plato, is creating the constitution of all philosophical thought by destabilising the basis of knowledge to a state of uncertainty. When we fall into Dizziness, we do so gradually, increasingly losing our ability to exercise control. Whether frightening or enjoyable, by falling into Dizziness we enter a state of heightened vulnerability, unsure of our abilities, perceptions, and processing – uncertain of ourselves. For the project Navigating Dizziness Together, visual artists and artist-researchers Ruth Anderwald and Leonhard Grond will study the phenomenon of Dizziness regarding strategies for navigation in social and physical contexts. As this artistic research constitutes an artist’s novel, the creative strategy consists of two processes: the on-going arts-based, philosophical and scientific research, and the development of the visual and written narrative, synchronising both threads in the format of an artist’s novel. This innovative format does not only involve a written narration of the research process and findings, but includes other fields of the arts, such as films, performances, and public encounters. In this way, the project aims to uncover criteria and strategies that facilitate navigating Dizziness. The published book format defines its outcome and will present the project’s process and findings in a way that combines the perspectives of the disciplines and citizen scientists. Together with co-operational partners Christian Hoffelner (artist, designer, lecturer, Department of Visual Communication, University of Art and Design, Linz), Anna Kim (writer, lecturer, Institute of the Art of Language and the Institute of Site-Specific Art University of Applied Arts Vienna), Marcus Steinweg (philosopher, professor for Art and Theory, State Academy of Fine Arts Karlsruhe) and PhD candidate Laura Brechmann (performance artist, scenic researcher, University of Applied Arts, Vienna) the team will carry out detailed research on the possibilities and impossibilities of Navigating Dizziness Together. On specific questions and challenges, expert consultants from the fields of architectural theory, political science, cultural science, visual and environmental studies, medical research and therapy will provide support for a holistic and cross-disciplinary reading of the topic.
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Lucia D'Errico
Belgium (residence), Italy (citizenship)

Tamara Friebel

Katt Hernandez

nikolaj hess

Niclas Hundahl
Denmark

Paul Norman
United Kingdom

Israel López

Nicolau Centola
Brazil (residence), Brazil, Italy (citizenship)

Tessa Miller