Hugarflug 2025 - Unstable Systems by Sigmundur Pall Freysteinsson

Unstable Systems Instability can be a creative force in art, design, and architecture. Artists, designers, and scholars work both with and against systems that are ever-changing, fragile, or unpredictable. Whether dealing with technological systems, ecosystems, social structures, or sensory experiences, instability is often a prerequisite for creation. Instability opens pathways for new ideas and processes, reshaping how we approach and redesign the systems that shape our lives. It can also refer to the creative act itself—one that does not follow predetermined trajectories or established norms. Art, design, and architecture serve as tools to disrupt stable systems and/or shed new light on systems that appear stable but in reality, they are not. No system is truly stable, and when we resist that instability, it becomes a problem. Instability is perhaps the only certainty we can rely on. Hugarflug 2025, the annual conference on artistic research, will take place on September 11–12. It will serve as a platform for research that engages with instability across various systems—from technological advancements such as AI and interactive systems to issues related to politics, society, and the environment. We will explore how instability functions as a tool for generating new possibilities while also fueling unrest and transformation within society and academia. The Iceland University of the Arts invites proposals of all kinds, including presentations of ongoing or completed research by our faculty, students, and collaborators.

Hugarflug annual conference on artistic research

11. - 12. September 2025

Iceland University of the Arts

Darkness Matters

Costanza Julia Bani

Thursday, 11. september, 2025 - 15:30 - 17:00

3x20 min Presentation + 3x10 min Discussion

Moderator: Guðrún Elsa Bragadóttir

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Costanza Julia Bani
Associate Professor in film and media production at the Stockholm University of the Arts

Costanza Julia Bani is a filmmaker, Associate Professor in film and media production at the Stockholm University of the Arts and course manager at isff Berlin producer program. She is an EAVE graduate, a participant of the Cannes producer's network, a TFL and Circle Alumna and Sundance Grantee. Since 2023 she has joined Stockholm based production company Fellonica Film AB.

A selection of past productions: After Work (CPH:DOX 2023); Heart of an Astronaut (Visions du Reel 2023); All of Our Hearts are connected through Exploding Stars (Visions du Reel 2022); Duduk (2019); Little Black Dress (2017) The Forgotten Army (2016); Constructing Sochi (2013); Der Kampf um die Freiheit (2013); Max Beckmann (2012); Rushes (2012).

Embrace the nocturnal vault in a world where light pollution is washing out night skies with an average increase of 12%. This practice-based exploration of eco-systems thriving at night and star-systems illuminating our way to knowledge and other animal's way to food and reproduction aims to make us aware of the wonders we might miss. 24 minutes is as long as our rods, the photoreceptors on our retina, need to regain control in darkness, a symbolic length, a length allowing us to meditate and reflect and feel the night as a safe place to be.

Hugarflug will serve as the final public presentation of the insights and outcomes of Darkness Matters, as developed with the support of Stockholm University of the Arts.

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