HKUST(GZ) Computational Media Arts
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I. Reichle, "Living Technologies: Searching for Possibilities of Becoming," in BioMedia: The Age of Media with Life-like Behavior Leipzig: Spector Books, 2022, pp. 32–37. Added by: Ingeborg Reichle (20/06/2025, 16:58) |
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| Resource type: Book Chapter Language: en: English Peer reviewed ID no. (ISBN etc.): 3959056443 BibTeX citation key: Reichle2022 Email resource to friend View all bibliographic details  |
Categories: General Creators: Reichle Publisher: Spector Books (Leipzig) Collection: BioMedia: The Age of Media with Life-like Behavior |
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To understand intersections between advances in modern technology and our societies, the ZKM exhibition BioMedia: The Age of Media with Life- like Behavior investigates various artistic and scientific responses to new ways of cohabitation for organic life and “living” technologies, revealing possibilities of becoming. Exhibiting state-of-the-art scientific research about technological systems that demonstrate characteristics of life-like behavior as well as a major body of responsive artworks, BioMedia invites its audiences to learn about living systems, both natural and artificial, and shares experiences with genetic algorithms simulating life or navigating artificial agents and autonomously interacting robots in a more-than-human world. Making technology come alive has inspired human imagination since ancient times, but with the emergence of 21st century technologies, this seems to be becoming a reality. With their perspective, the exhibition curators provide a deeper understanding about the complex and multilayered ways our societies will adapt to a more balanced coexistence with emerging “living” technologies, because technology is one of the major driving factors constituting social structures. Due to humanity’s co-evolution with technology, societies have grown excessively dependent on technology and its advances, while at the same time taking the potentially devastating side effects and systemic risks into account.
Added by: Ingeborg Reichle |