Austria – Artificial Intelligence https://ars.electronica.art/ai/en Ars Electronica Festival 2017 Tue, 28 Jun 2022 13:43:24 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.9.6 Schwarze Weg, Weiße Weg https://ars.electronica.art/ai/en/schwarze-weisse-weg/ Mon, 07 Aug 2017 22:21:31 +0000 https://ars.electronica.art/ai/?p=2539

Zukunftswerkstatt 2016 (AT)

The film Schwarze Weg, Weiße Weg (Black Path, White Path) is a tale of two friends who, having fled Afghanistan, arrive together in Austria. In the hope of at last finding safety in Europe, but also with the images of their horrible experiences in their minds, they go in search of a way to become part of the new society.

This short film gives an account of the disorientation of human beings who are newcomers in Austria, but it also shows how to get a grip on your life in order to enable your hopes and dreams to come true in your new country.

Credits

Salman Ahmad, Jafar Alizadah, Dilan Duran, Yasin Abdullahi Hussein, Mohammed Husseini, Milad Khani, Hekmat Mosawi, Berfin Özbabacan

]]> Bird Song Diamond https://ars.electronica.art/ai/en/bird-song-diamond/ Sun, 06 Aug 2017 11:23:25 +0000 https://ars.electronica.art/ai/?p=1999

Victoria Vesna (US), Charles Taylor (US), Takashi Ikegami (JP), Hiroo Iwata (JP), Reiji Suzuki (JP)

Bird Song Diamond is a site- and habitat-specific interactive installation based on long-term research (2011-present), involving multifaceted, interdisciplinary perspectives—uniquely connecting the nodes of evolutionary biology, artificial intelligence and life, spatial sound, mathematics and mechatronics.

The Deep Space 8K version features bird songs from Austria and Japan—reflecting the unique relationship of these two cultures at Ars Electronica. Inspired by the thousand-cranes story, it evolves into a million birds and drones that address the complex relationship of machine, human and animal through multi-dimensional sound, video, and origami-based designs.

Audiences are engaged by attempting to mimic bird songs and participate as a group with male to female vocalizations. The collective behavior influences the flocking, images and sound—all working in real time. The interaction produces three different dimensions or scenarios: looking at what birds find interesting—worms, seeds and nests; influencing the flocking; and witnessing how the birds and drones see us—in collective gatherings such as demonstrations and celebrations.

Credits

Victoria Vesna (artist, UCLA), Charles Taylor (evolutionary biologist, UCLA), Takashi Ikegami (physicist, University of Tokyo), Hiroo Iwata (engineer, University of Tsukuba), Reiji Suzuki (computer science, Nagoya University), Itsuki Doi (PhD candidate, Ikegami lab), John Brumley, Hikaru Hakatori (PhD candidates, Iwata lab), Naoki Chiba (master’s student, Suzuki lab)

www.birdsongdiamond.com

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