A synthetic love story in the era of generative AI: humanizing generative models dehumanizes humans. Featuring the Shoggoth, an AI meme based on the similarities between the Lovecraftian creature and Large Language Models, and Synthiola, the creator’s synthetic AI persona. A synthographic motion picture by Fabian Mosele, created with a novel mix between 2D animation and generative visuals powered by Stable Diffusion, AnimateDiff and Gen-3 Alpha. Watch the NO AI version: https://vimeo.com/1001696755 Watch the ONLY AI version: https://vimeo.com/1001699780 Music by Lafayette Vanderkin-Jus, kazu*2 and Fabian Mosele Voices by Nina Nikolic, Jiezl V.Chua and Reeko Brooks Camera by Hsun Hsiang Hsu Additional animations by Elnaz M.Asl Funded by Filmbüro Bremen and Nordmedia More info: https://www.fabianmosele.com/democratizing-synthiola #animation #shortfilm

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rhizomedotorg on September 11, 2024: "On September 15, the closing day of Gray Area Festival 10, rhizome community designer, @iso.muein will facilitate a workshop “Life in 256KB: a workshop about data footprints and the solar web” “For this workshop, we’ll walk through real-world cases that have involved tiny data limitations and explore projects that have focused on having smaller footprints and/or powered by solar energy. Then, we’ll explore resources and strategies for front-end / content-focused optimization and design. Finally, attendees will have a data budget of 256kb each to make a solar-friendly website. Participants have the option to group up to pool data resources for more complex ideas.” — Each year, Gray Area Festival brings together pioneers who have shaped new media, emerging talents charting the future, and visionary past participants sharing their latest insights and predictions. Festival Passes Available Now!".

29 likes, 0 comments - creativecodingutrecht on September 11, 2024: "WORKSHOP + MEETUP + AUDIOVISUAL JAM 🎛🎶🔌 Creative Coding Utrecht presents the Audiovisual Potluck, a meetup led by artists @h.iver.h and @oardemar. This event combines a mini-workshop, a networking gathering, and an audiovisual jam session. It’s an opportunity to explore both classic and modern audiovisual techniques, share your own ideas, and connect with other creatives. On September 24th, we will start with a gathering. This will be followed by a mini-workshop on connecting Ableton Live with TouchDesigner. Finally, we will conclude the night with a jam session where you can share your live visuals or music and engage in creative exchange with others! ⚠️ Don’t forget to register at least two days before the event if you plan to join the jam! 📍CCU Studio, Vlampijpstraat 84, Utrecht 📅 September 24th: Gathering: 17:00 - 18:00, Workshop: 18:00 - 20:00, Audiovisual Jam: 20:00 - 21:00 🎫 Regular €7,50/ Student €5,- Link in bio!".

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A unique collaboration across software, culture, music & film. Join us for screenings of Gary Hustwit's documentary 'Eno' exclusively at Brain Dead Studios, Fairfax Ave, Los Angeles from September 27-30.br/br/An exclusive VIP screening will be held on September 26th, featuring conversations with Gary Hustwit, Kyle Ng, Julian Bleecker and special industry guests.

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take.back.theinternet on September 6, 2024: "As the first self-directed assignment for the Social Practice track of my grassroots MFA, I will be facilitating a 5-week open studio series from September 21st to October 19th. The sessions will be a mix of hybrid lecture, workshop & citational freestyle where I’ll be walking through the foundations of my ongoing (grassroots thesis) research practice around the theme of Indigenous Technologies. The series will be taking place on Zoom, from 12PM - 1PM PST (3PM-4PM EST). Registration link (+ manifesto piece!) in bio ~ ⚜️ Divination and Computer Science - Sept 21st Using Olu Longe’s 1983 Lecture at the University of Ibadan: “Ifa Divination and Computer Science” as a departure point, this session maps out my investigations on how indigenous rituals have informed the development of algorithmic culture.  ⚜️ Monsoon Winds & Oceanic Memory - Sept 28th In her 2017 video essay Deep Down Tidal, artist Tabita Rezaire outlined how modern internet infrastructure has been shaped by colonial shipping routes, which were in turn sculpted by monsoon wind currents. Building atop that thread, this session constellates the various artists, projects and initiatives who anchor my deep dives into techno-oceanic wisdom. ⚜️ Radical Love as Technology - Oct 5th This session is an overview of my explorations around how radical love emerges as technology — a purposeful, solution-oriented application of care — and invites participants to theorize what love-technologies could pave the way for a sustainable, mutually-assistive future.  ⚜️ Afropresentism: Embodied Ritual & Ancestral Cartography Pt. 1 - Oct 12th How can we understand memory work as an exercise in mapping through, within, and beyond time? This session introduces “ancestral cartography” as an Afropresentist methodology and framework for embodied practice within the Age of Big Data. • Video clip via @listening2images - ‘Specialized Technique’ (2018) by Onyeka Igwe ⚜️ Afropresentism: Embodied Ritual & Ancestral Cartography Pt. 2 - Oct 19th The final installation in the Indigenous Technologies Incubator is a participatory workshop that invites attendees to develop a manifesto for their own ancestral cartography practice.".

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28 likes, 0 comments - betafest_irl on September 5, 2024: "OPEN CALL: STUDIOTOPIA Residency Programme for Emerging Artists! The Open Call for the second edition of the STUDIOTOPIA Residency Programme is officially LIVE! This is your chance to embark on a unique 12-month journey starting in December 2024, where your artistic vision can intersect with scientific inquiry to explore and address pressing local issues in sustainable development. @betafest_irl & @thedigitalhub will host two residencies for emerging artists with an established scientist. What is the Residency Programme for Emerging Artists? The STUDIOTOPIA Residency Programme invites 8 emerging visual and performing artists to collaborate with 8 established scientists in a comprehensive 12-month residency. As an artist in this program, you will work closely with a scientist to tackle challenges defined by the Local Challenge Committees (LCC). This residency features multiple in-person encounters, as well as exhibitions and events, that will continue throughout the residency and extend until March 2027. The programme is open to visual artists and performing artists from various disciplines, including media, video and digital art, sculpture, performance art, drawing, dance, theatre, and interdisciplinary approaches. You will receive funding, access to scientific facilities, and guidance and support from the STUDIOTOPIA residency host institution, creating a unique environment to push the boundaries of your artistic practice and engage with critical issues of our time. More Details: For more information on the specific opportunities, support, infrastructure, expectations, and requirements of each Artist Challenge, please check out the Challenges Booklet. Key Dates: Open Call: 4th September – 31st October 2024, 23:59 CET Residency Period: 1st December 2024 – 31st December 2025 Exhibitions: September 2025 – March 2027 #STUDIOTOPIA #ResidencyProgramme #ArtAndScience #SustainableDevelopment #Symbiocene #CreativeCollaboration #MEETDigitalCultureCenter #arselectronica #bozar #laznia #hexagone #laboralcentrodearte #gluon #clujculturalcentre #cyens #kersnikova #betafestival".

50 likes, 0 comments - baltanlaboratories on August 20, 2024: "☎️ Call for Participants is open ☎️ What happens to our technological thinking if we think of a community as a community of all beings, humans and non-humans? Let us think together about what technology could be if it were to reflect non-human ways of looking at the world. ➡️ Join Baltan Academy - Make Technology Yours Again ➡️ More info and application at the link on our bio #baltanlaboratories #eindhoven #technology #art #design #academy #education #learningcommunity #callforparticipants #opencall #callforresidents #narrative #criticalthinking #dutchcultuur #workshop #OnlineCoaching #onlinecourses #education #callforsubmissions".