Time
18. February 2019, 13.30 - 18.00 hrs
19. February 2019, 10.00 - 18.00 hrs
20. February 2019, 10.00 - 13.00 hrs
Place
Empty Bag, Bertoldstraße 9, 93047 Regensburg
Concept and organisation: Christiane Heibach | Irene Schütze
Description of the
Eine Veranstaltung der Arbeitsgemeinschaft Medien und Kunst/Kunst und Medien der Gesellschaft für Medienwissenschaft
At first glance, ecology and technology seem to belong to two completely different spheres, which refer to the classic contrast between nature and culture. In fact, however, without (media) technologies we can no longer have any concept of nature and certainly cannot take any ecological measures: without technical surveying, mapping, visualisation of nature by means of satellite images, sensor technologies and other medialisations, it is hardly possible today to determine where ecological action is necessary. In the meantime, the arts are also increasingly concerned with the question of how ecological processes can be made perceptible by using various media technologies aesthetically, thus giving new perspective to and reflecting on the relationships between humans, nature and technology. Against this background, the workshop will discuss the various dimensions of the relationship between media and ecology.
Programme
18. – 20. Februar 2019
18. February 2019
13.30 Welcome and introduction
Christiane Heibach | Irene Schütze
14.00 First round table discussion:
- 18.00 Ecology in media aesthetics reflection
Keynote speeches by:
Irene Schütze (Mainz School of Art at the Johannes Gutenberg University)
Digital perspectives on ecosystems: Julian Charrière: "An Invitation To Disappear" (2018), Julius von Bismarck: "Irma To Come In Earnest" (2017)
Henning Engelke (Philipps University Marburg)
Acoustic Spaces
Ania Mauruschat (University of Basel)
Natural Radio: On the aesthetic & media-ecological dimension of cosmic noise
Discussion
19. February 2019
10.00 Second round table discussion: - 13.00 Metaphors of ecology
Keynote speeches by:
Lena Trüper (Goethe University Frankfurt/Main)
"Ask not what's inside your head, but what your head's inside of"
Angela Krewani (Philipps University Marburg)
Metaphors of the ecological in contemporary visual practice
14.30 Third round table discussion: - 18.00 The media-technical creation of nature
Keynote speeches by:
Astrid Schwarz (Brandenburg University of Technology Cottbus-Senftenberg)
Bollard structure
Birk Weiberg (Zurich University of the Arts)
Computer Signals. Art and biology in the age of digital experimentation
20. February 2019
10.00 Fourth round table discussion: - 11.30 Resource intensity of media technologies
Keynote speech by:
Christiane Heibach (University of Regensburg) Highlights of resource consumption:
Figures and statistics
Discussion
11.30 Final discussion
- 13.00