Programme

Events

• Pecha Kucha Night Bratislava Vol.46 Sensorium Festival 2020 Special Edition
  Nová Cvernovka

  19. August
  19:00 - 22:00
  Račianska 1575/78
  Bratislava

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  19. August
  19:00 - 22:00
  Račianska 1575/78
  Bratislava

  Pecha Kucha Night Bratislava Vol.46 Sensorium Festival 2020 Special Edition
  Nová Cvernovka

  46th edition of PechaKucha Night Bratislava in collaboration with festival of digital arts Sensorium 2020 will address the theme of New Sensibility - new sense of post-digital era. It will focus on questions related to redefinition of our relationship with technology, environment but also our personal relationships. Our interest will also lie in the possibilities of how to perceive our digital future, how to build awareness and trust in it. While exploring different aspects of our lives connected through technology, we will look through the creative lens of our guests - artists, designers, architects, experts as well as thinkers of slovak and czech scene.

  PKN will be in slovak/czech language.

   

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• Sensorium × Lovely Experience
  Nádvorie

  24. August
  18:00 – 20:00
  Štefánikova 4
  Trnava

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  24. August
  18:00 – 20:00
  Štefánikova 4
  Trnava

  Sensorium × Lovely Experience
  Nádvorie

  Mini conference on art, design, science and technology in partnership with Lovely Experience festival in Trnava opens up the theme of New Sensibility – new sense of the post-digital age. Technology changed our life in a way which we are not familiar with. Society is experiencing many symptoms of the digital revolution directly, without warning. Effects of digitalisation and possible technocracy are different than our (missing) visions about them.

  We have invited Irini Papadimitriou, curator and cultural manager whose practice draws on interdisciplinary and critical discourse to explore the impact of technology in society and culture, and the role of art in helping us engage with contemporary issues. Her curatorial research areas include technology and ethics, surveillance society, digital citizenship and public (physical-digital) realm. Irini will guide us through the topics of systems of control and in particular architecture of algorithmic systems and aesthetics of automation (exploring hidden labour, reinforcement of racial and gendered structures). Even though she currently acts as a Creative Director at FutureEverything, an innovation lab and arts organisation in Manchester, she previously worked as a Digital Programmes Manager and Head of New Media Arts Development at Watermans, curating their exhibitions programme.

  Another guest, astrobiologist Michaela Musilová, will open topics such as possibilities of extraterrestrial living and the importance of empathy during crisis situations. Michaela is a Director of the HI-SEAS research station for the International MoonBase Alliance, where simulated missions to the Moon and Mars are performed. Michaela will introduce us to the possibilities for living and working beyond Earth, and the important role of empathy in crisis situations.

  Format: online talks

  Language: Irini Papadimitriou and the discussion – english, Michaela Musilová – slovak

   

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• Sensorium × Stredoslovenská galéria
  Stredoslovenská galéria v Banskej Bystrici

  25. August
  20:00 – 22:00
  Horná 55
  Banská Bystrica

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  25. August
  20:00 – 22:00
  Horná 55
  Banská Bystrica

  Sensorium × Stredoslovenská galéria
  Stredoslovenská galéria v Banskej Bystrici

  Mini conference on art, design, science and technology in partnership with Stredoslovenská galéria in Banská Bystrica opens up the theme of New Sensibility - new sense of the post-digital age. Technology changed our life in a way which we are not familiar with. Society is experiencing many symptoms of the digital revolution directly, without warning. effects of digitalisation and possible technocracy are different than our (missing) visions about them.

  Our special guest will be Rachel Uwa, founder of the School of Machines, Making & Make Believe. This non-formal education organisation combines technology, art and design as well as other disciplines and is a fresh holder of Pris Ars Electronica for Digital Communities. Rachel will in her online talk tune us into rethinking technology, society, and self and expand on what does one have to do with the other anyway...

  Local scene will be represented by Mária Júdová, international visual artist who has been investigating the creative potential of technology for over a decade. She is particularly interested in exploring the meeting point of digital and performance arts. Her work spans from (interactive) installations and Virtual Reality experiences to audio-visual performances.

  Language: Rachel Uwa and the discussion - english, Mária Júdová - slovak

   

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• Sensorium × Art & Tech Days
  Tabačka Kulturfabrik

  26. August
  18:00 – 20:00
  Gorkého 2
  Košice

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  26. August
  18:00 – 20:00
  Gorkého 2
  Košice

  Sensorium × Art & Tech Days
  Tabačka Kulturfabrik

  Mini conference on art, design, science and technology in partnership with Art & Tech Days in Košice opens up the theme of New Sensibility - new sense of the post-digital age. Technology changed our life in a way which we are not familiar with. Society is experiencing many symptoms of the digital revolution directly, without warning. Effects of digitalisation and possible technocracy are different than our (missing) visions about them.

  Hyphen Labs (UK) is a London based design studio and an international collective exploring absurdities that emerge at the intersection of technology, art, science, and the future. It uses design to challenge conventions and stimulate conversations, placing planetary needs and collective experiences at the centre of their current evolving narratives. Their creative director Carmen Aguilar y Wedge (USA/MX) and design researcher Romy Gad el Rab (EG/UK) are the main actors of this multicultural female collective. Through their projects, they will take you on a journey through the wildest imaginations about the future in their online talk.

  Local scene will be represented by an artist, essayist and cultural manager Samuel Velebný. In his project Road to Quatar, Samuel thematizes global socio-economic contexts of the so-called “Media sport”, network of relationships on the background of the soccer industry. The involvement of media technology into the world of soccer is not only an augmentation of soccer into the world but also meaning of the world soccer itself - originally a physical game with certain meaning for communities has become a global media commodity and a tool for geopolitical fight. The dessert world championships in Quatar in 2022 are a cruel outfall of this turnover.

  We are happy that MATSUKO, the creator of the holographic communication, will be part of our special event. MATSUKO will present the future of the world’s communication. You will have a unique chance to take part in the development of the technology by capturing your mimics and head movement. As a bonus, you can try special glasses and get lost in the mixed reality, too. Matsuko is the creator of the holographic communication that fills in the missing element in video conferences - our presence. Using just a single camera, it enables you to be anywhere, real-time, real space, no travel needed. This technology brings people closer, improves relationships, thus collaboration while zeroing down the environmental impact.

  Language: Hyphen Labs, discussion - english, Samuel Velebný - slovak

   

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• Sensorium × Fest Anča
  Nová Synagóga

  27. August
  18:30 - 20:30
  J. M. Hurbana 220/11
  Žilina

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  27. August
  18:30 - 20:30
  J. M. Hurbana 220/11
  Žilina

  Sensorium × Fest Anča
  Nová Synagóga

  Mini conference on art, design, science and technology in partnership with The International Festival of Animated Film Fest Anča in Žilina opens up the theme of New Sensibility - new sense of the post-digital age. Technology changed our life in a way which we are not familiar with. Society is experiencing many symptoms of the digital revolution directly, without warning. effects of digitalisation and possible technocracy are different than our (missing) visions about them.

  When it comes to creativity, technology can be an integrated part of an artwork or on the other hand it can be used simply as a tool for creation. Main guests of the mini conference will be Ferdi Alici and Eylul Duranagac from OUCHHH - an award winning independent creative new media studio with cross-discipline expertise in Art - Science - Technology. Ouchhh is considered to be a multidisciplinary creative hub focused on interactive new media platforms, artificial intelligence, data-driven sculptures & paintings, kinetic public arts and immersive experiences. This will be an online talk.

  From the local scene the event will present successful illustrator and author of numerous brand identities, Ivana Palečková. Besides the identity for Fest Anča 2018 she is an author of multiple successful designs for new businesses and projects. Ivana is also an author of multiple photo-publications.

  Talk of Ivana Palečková will be in slovak language. Online talk of OUCHHH and discussion will be in english language.

   

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• Sensorium × SNG
  Berlinka

  28. August
  18:00 – 21:00
  Námestie Ľudovíta Štúra
  Bratislava

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  28. August
  18:00 – 21:00
  Námestie Ľudovíta Štúra
  Bratislava

  Sensorium × SNG
  Berlinka

  Hybrid mini conference on art, design, science and technology in partnership with the Slovak National Gallery opens up the theme of New Sensibility - new sense of the post-digital age. Technology changed our life in a way which we are not familiar with. Society is experiencing many symptoms of the digital revolution directly, without warning. effects of digitalisation and possible technocracy are different than our (missing) visions about them.

  The evening will be opened by introducing New Sensibility in the context of visual arts by Lucia Gregorová Stach, Head Curator of Modern And Contemporary Art at SNG. Freya Murray, Creative Lead at Google Arts & Culture will in her online talk walk us through ideas and visions on mediation of artistic content to future audiences. Digital designer, strategist, and journalist Lukáš Pilka will demonstrate how interaction and communication design, contemporary technologies and new media overlap with the world of fine art. As part of the mini conference we will open up a VR installation of Evelyn Benčičová Artificial Tears in the atrium of SNG. Evelyn as our special guest will also introduce a wider context of her current practice in the field of new media.

  Language: Lucia Stach Gregorová, Evelyn Benčičová - slovak, Lukáš Pilka - czech, Freya Murray and discussion - english

   

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• Sensorium: Beyond the Sound
  

  29. August
  18:00 – 22:00
  Bratislava

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  29. August
  18:00 – 22:00
  
  Bratislava

  Sensorium: Beyond the Sound
  

  Sensorium Festival presents Sensorium – Beyond The Sound, its audiovisual augmentation. Come to the very city center of Bratislava and list to the concert of live crickets interacting with electronic compositions of Saša Spačal.

  They will be accompanied by the virtuoso solo drums of Black Pulse and the vocal meditations of the Line Gate project. Walls of the courtyard will come to life thanks to a special audiovisual projections by Ján Šicko and Pjoni. And all this under the artificial clouds of Lukas Truniger's Ethereal Fleeting installation. On August 29, its guaranteed to be cloudy at Nádvorie Sv. Jána Nepomuckého!

   

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• Aerocene Museo Aerosolar
  

  30. August
  temporarily cancelled
  Bratislava

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  30. August
  temporarily cancelled
  
  Bratislava

  Aerocene Museo Aerosolar
  

  This event is temporarily cancelled due to organisational reasons :(

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  Museo Aero Solar is a participative flying structure constructed out of hundreds of plastic bags collected from local inhabitants. Realised thanks to the activist community of artist Tomás Saraceno called Aerocene devising new modes of sensitivity, reactivating a common imaginary towards an ethical collaboration with the environment and the atmosphere, free from carbon emissions. Bratislava will join 21 locations that will fly a Tetro in order to add our voices to the Aerocene manifesto.

  Help us collect plastic bags by bringing yours to the container in Bratislava and join the build on Sunday 30th August at a special location by subscribing to production@sensorium.is.

   

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Workshops

• Design Ethics Workshop by Tactical Tech
  Goethe-Institut

  20. August
  16:00 – 20:00
  Panenská 682/33
  Bratislava

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  20. August
  16:00 – 20:00
  Panenská 682/33
  Bratislava

  Design Ethics Workshop by Tactical Tech
  Goethe-Institut

  "Design ethics" is a term which often feels quite nebulous and intangible – after all, how can you apply it to your everyday work?

  In this 4-hour workshop, we will explore design ethics with Safa Ghnaim, data Detox Kit lead at Tactical Tech. The workshop will be beneficial especially for UX and UI designers, developers, or other parties working with technology including project managers. We will first evaluate a number of examples of weaponized design. Then, together we will concretely apply and test out tools and methods for critical design thinking on a number of real life app examples. After the workshop, you can take these tools and methods and apply them to your everyday work.

  All you need is a pen, piece of paper and smartphone. The workshop will be held in English. You can attend online as well, tickets are available here.

  The Tactical Technology Collective is an international non-governmental organization based in Berlin that has been working in the field of privacy and personal data since 2003, combining activism, awareness-raising and projects that make complex topics more accessible to the general public.

   

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• Sensible Connections - Sensorium Pro Meet-Up
  Zoom

  20. August
  10:00 - 13:00
  

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  20. August
  10:00 - 13:00
  
  

  Sensible Connections - Sensorium Pro Meet-Up
  Zoom

  A hands-on facilitated workshop gathering professionals from the European digital arts and culture sector, with the goal to generate new concepts and formats for culture mediation in a post-Covid19 world.

   

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• Digital Creativity Learning Meet-Up
  Slovak Technical University, Bratislava + Zoom

  07. September
  10:00 - 16:00
  

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  07. September
  10:00 - 16:00
  
  

  Digital Creativity Learning Meet-Up
  Slovak Technical University, Bratislava + Zoom

  Jointly organised event of Sensorium and MAST to explore the common challenges and future topics in art, design, science and technology. The purpose is to identify relevant and seek new topics and sift through possible collaboration methods and models. After identifying important challenges, will jointly setup new consortia or at least project ideas, responding to the issues at hand -- and the emerging funding opportunities. Invitation only, if interested please contact hello@sensorium.is

   

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Installations

• Kykeon
  Mária Júdová & Constantine Nisidis

  25. August
  to 25. august
  Banská Bystrica

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  25. August
  to 25. august
  
  Banská Bystrica

  Kykeon
  Mária Júdová & Constantine Nisidis

  Kykeon is an immersive virtual reality experience and a collaborative project between visual artist Mária Júdová (SK/CZ) and Constantine Nisidis (GR) exploring shamanism as a way to reimagine our current society. Inspired by ancestral knowledge and wisdom, it invites the audience to take a part in a new ritual. You will have a chance to look into a hidden realm through the eyes of a shaman. Entering the virtual world inhabited by spirit beings, celestial mechanics and forgotten harmonics.

   

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• Artificial Tears
  Evelyn Benčičová

  28. August
  to 30. august
  Slovak National Gallery
  Bratislava

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  28. August
  to 30. august
  Slovak National Gallery
  Bratislava

  Artificial Tears
  Evelyn Benčičová

  This immersive piece from a multi-award winning Slovak visual artist Evelyn Benčičová depicts the moment of uncertainty, an alienation in most ordinary state of performing a stereotypical task. Hosted in the atrium of Slovak National Gallery it is an opportunity to plunge into new realities of your senses.

   

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