Send us a textIn today's episode, we talk to Sarah Ciston about her award-winning project, AI War Cloud Database. The project visualises the links between everyday life technologies and military infrastructure, and reflects on the increasing automation of war.The series is developed in collaboration with Radio Ö1. Host: Hannah BalberProducers: Ana-Maria Carabelea, Christopher Sonnleitner, Marlene GrinnerEditing: Hannah Balber, Ana-Maria CarabeleaMusic: Karl Julian Schmidinger
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Making Kin: Cells, Software, Synthetic Selves
Send us a textIn today’s episode, we are joined by artists Charlotte Jarvis and Zoran Srdić Janežič, and writer, educator, and curator Rick Dolphijn to discuss entities at the intersection of wetware, software, and hardware, and how they challenge our definitions of life, reproduction, parenthood, or care.Resources:Full Surrogacy Now: Feminism Against Family by Sophie Lewis Beyond the Periphery of the Skin: Rethinking, Remaking, and Reclaiming the Body in Contemporary Capitalism by Silvia FedericiTesto Junkie by Paul PreciadoHumanistic Narratives by Michel SerresThumbelina: the culture and technology of millennials by Michel Serres The Posthuman by Rosi BraidottiPosthuman Feminism by Rosi BraidottiStaying with the Trouble by Donna HarawayThe Philosophy of Matter: A Meditation by Rick DolphijnRevivification (Exhibition) by Guy Ben-Ary, Nathan Thompson and Matt GingoldAni LiuAi HasegawaErrorarium by Adam Zaretsky(later edits, suggested by Zoran Srdić Janežič)The Three-Body Problem by Liu CixinDune by Frank HerbertSouthern Reach Series by Jeff VanderMeerAlien Clay by Adrian TchaikovskyChildren of Ruin by Adrian TchaikovskyChildren of Memory by Adrian TchaikovskyHost & Producer: Ana-Maria CarabeleaEditing: Ana-Maria CarabeleaMusic: Karl Julian SchmidingerThe Digital Deal Podcast (currently Art Is Not a Thing) was part of European Digital Deal, a project co-funded by Creative Europe and the Austrian Federal Ministry for Arts, Culture, the Civil Service and Sport. Views and opinions expressed in this podcast are those of the host and guests only and do not necessarily reflect those of the European Union or the European Education and Culture Executive Agency (EACEA). Neither the European Union nor the European Education and Culture Executive Agency (EACEA) can be held responsible for them.
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Touching Memories
Send us a textIn this episode, host Ana Carabelea talks to Yulia Sion, Nuno Correia, and Michael Banissy about the power of haptics and sound in recreating and conveying memories, as a way to build empathy and bridge generational gaps in the digital age.Resources:The Sirens of Titan by Kurt VonnegutAudio-Vision: Sound on Screen by Michel ChionMultisensory Experiences: Where the senses meet technology by Carlos Velasco and Marianna Obrist When We Touch by Michael BanissyDigital Touch by Carey Jewitt and Sara PriceHost & Producer: Ana-Maria CarabeleaEditing: Ana-Maria CarabeleaMusic: Karl Julian SchmidingerThe Digital Deal Podcast (currently Art Is Not a Thing) was part of European Digital Deal, a project co-funded by Creative Europe and the Austrian Federal Ministry for Arts, Culture, the Civil Service and Sport. Views and opinions expressed in this podcast are those of the host and guests only and do not necessarily reflect those of the European Union or the European Education and Culture Executive Agency (EACEA). Neither the European Union nor the European Education and Culture Executive Agency (EACEA) can be held responsible for them.
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Virtually Real: Writing Transmedia Spaces
Send us a textIn this episode we talk to Lara Lesmes + Fredrik Hellberg of Space Popular, Pierre Christophe Gam, and Brooklyn J. Pakathi about spaces - private, public, real, virtual, but most importantly transmedia spaces that confuse these definitions and open us to different ways of inhabiting spaces, interacting with one another, performing rituals, or building communities. Resources:The Nutmeg’s Curse: Parables for a Planet in Crisis by Amitav GhoshDismantling the Master's Clock: On Race, Space and Time by Rasheedah PhillipsThe TESCREAL Bundle: Eugenics and the Promise of Utopia through Artificial General Intelligence by Timnit Gebru and Émile P. TorresHost & Producer: Ana-Maria CarabeleaEditing: Ana-Maria CarabeleaMusic: Karl Julian SchmidingerThe Digital Deal Podcast (currently Art Is Not a Thing) was part of European Digital Deal, a project co-funded by Creative Europe and the Austrian Federal Ministry for Arts, Culture, the Civil Service and Sport. Views and opinions expressed in this podcast are those of the host and guests only and do not necessarily reflect those of the European Union or the European Education and Culture Executive Agency (EACEA). Neither the European Union nor the European Education and Culture Executive Agency (EACEA) can be held responsible for them.
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Labour in the Greenhouse: Reaping the Fruits of Automation
Send us a textGreenhouses are sites of encounter between humans, plants, and machines, as well as socio-economic and geopolitical regimes. Within them, intricate stories of our day-to-day food production are weaved out of both visible and invisible threads. In this episode, we talk to artists Špela Petrič and Penelope Cain, and doctoral researcher Carolien Lubberhuizen about the intricacies these spaces hold.Resources:Seasonal Matters Rural Relations — Seasonal NeighboursWays of Being by James BridleLiving Labour (documentary) by Renzo Sgolacchia Fresh Fruit, Broken Bodies: Migrant Farmworkers in the United States by Seth HolmesAwkward Intimacies by Agnieszka Anna Wołodźko & Špela PetričHost & Producer: Ana-Maria CarabeleaEditing: Ana-Maria CarabeleaMusic: Karl Julian SchmidingerThe Digital Deal Podcast (currently Art Is Not a Thing) was part of European Digital Deal, a project co-funded by Creative Europe and the Austrian Federal Ministry for Arts, Culture, the Civil Service and Sport. Views and opinions expressed in this podcast are those of the host and guests only and do not necessarily reflect those of the European Union or the European Education and Culture Executive Agency (EACEA). Neither the European Union nor the European Education and Culture Executive Agency (EACEA) can be held responsible for them.
Art Is Not a Thing is a podcast series about art as a practice of critical inquiry, knowledge production and world-building. From media art, bio-art, sound art to digital activism, speculative design, or data storytelling, the series delves into artistic work that reflects on, questions, and reimagines our practices in and of the world. The series is developed in collaboration with Radio Ö1. Host: Hannah BalberProducers: Ana-Maria Carabelea, Christopher Sonnleitner, Marlene GrinnerEditing: Hannah Balber, Ana-Maria CarabeleaMusic: Karl Julian Schmidinger