CONSTRUCTING CONTEMPORANEITY: SKETCHING THE FUTURE

Educational program in the framework of the international art project
SOFT CONTROL: Art, Science and the Technological Unconscious

Venues for the project:
Koroška galerija likovnih umetnosti (KGLU), Slovenj Gradec, Slovenia,
Portal – Valvazorjeva 40, Maribor, Slovenia and Multimedia Centre KIBLA, Maribor

What do art, scientific inquiry, and technological innovation have to do with each other? What kinds of relationships are possible among them? How might these realms mutually inform each other and change our vision of the future? Studying these and many other questions cannot possibly be done without addressing "science art" – a trend in contemporary art whose representatives use a scientific and technical inventory in their practice. Asking questions about the possibilities and implications of technological innovation and its leading role in contemporary society, science art calls for cultural commentary and artistic attention to technological developments. The participants of the educational program "Constructing Contemporaneity: Sketching the Future" will address different aspects of contemporary art, science and technologies – either information, ethic or aesthetic – in their lectures, presentations and workshops. The educational program will also include video screenings from major international media-art festivals and institutions.