Digital Weight

The Invisible Environmental Cost of Our Online Lives By Jekaterina Kaizere : : Digital Weight is a research-informed media artwork that renders the so-called immaterial internet into a material, time-based experience. Across 8 minutes a single landscape is regenerated at a fixed cadence. The frame appears almost unchanged, while an [ … ]

Empatia Líquida

By Joana Perfeito : : The artwork Empatia Líquida (Liquid Empathy) proposes an intimate dialogue between human and machine. The user awakens latent emotions within the system, which are revealed through sounds and vibratory patterns on the surface of water. Each gesture triggers a cycle of resonance — a continuous [ … ]

Fav(panopt)icon Project

By Byeongwon Ha : : Fav(panopt)icon Project explores this phenomenon by using favicons, website icons, to symbolize user agreement with cookie policies. The adoption of a panopticon perspective within Fav(panopt)icon Project adds an intriguing layer to the exploration of online privacy and user consent. Traditionally associated with architectural structures designed for constant surveillance, the [ … ]

Hypnagogic Hallucination Machinery

By Berk Yagli : : Hypnagogic Hallucination Machinery is about the 21st-century condition. Living in a hyper-consumer-based world, where everyone happily becomes a commodity to take part in society, the concepts of individuality, freedom, privacy, and humanity once again become crucial to be questioned and discussed. The sea of endless escapism, simultaneously fractured and monotonous people and [ … ]

Minerae

By Arnaud Laffond : : MINERAE is an artistic exploration that seeks to dissolve the boundary between the physical and the digital — between what is tangible and what is invisible. Rooted in the philosophy of animism, the project questions the spiritual essence of matter, proposing that every element of nature, even [ … ]

Mycortex

Exploring Non-Human Symbolic Communication through Art and Bioelectric Signals By Zhiqi Wang : : Mycortex is an interactive audiovisual installation conceived within the theoretical frameworks of posthumanism and ecological philosophy. The work employs the physiological and bioelectrical signals of humans and fungi as its primary medium, translating the internal rhythms [ … ]

Pathological Landscapes

By Ziyao Lin : : Medical institutions are filled with dense crowds, and the air is permeated with a fearful uncertainty. When patients face long waits and cold responses, can general artificial intelligence understand “care” better than humans? “Pathological Landscape” is an art project that explores medical care through video [ … ]

Playing with Joy

By Eduardo da Silva Brito : : This diptych explores, through an immersive art installation, the pursuit of joy in play, discovery, and learning during adulthood. Alongside this optimistic vision of childlike wonder, the work presents a counterpoint: the gritty reality of adult life. The installation invites the audience to [ … ]

Pulsion

By Gabriela Farías Islas : : The artwork “Pulsion” is a small-scale contemporary piece measuring 20 by 20 cm. Its primary structure is created through embroidery on wool. Upon examining the surface, the viewer discovers intriguing textures resulting from the delicate application of biomaterials or biopolymers. These organic components are [ … ]