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STUDIO(dys)TOPIA exhibition at Ars Electronica Festival

 

Hosted by:  Ars Electronica

 


Wednesday-Sunday, September 7-11, 2022

Wed Sep 7, 2022, 1:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Thu Sep 8, 2022, 10:00 am - 7:00 pm
Fri Sep 9, 2022, 10:00 am - 7:00 pm
Sat Sep 10, 2022, 10:00 am - 7:00 pm
Sun Sep 11, 2022, 10:00 am - 6:00 pm


KEPLER'S GARDENS,

Science Park 4, First Floor
4040 Linz, Austria


 

The final exhibition of STUDIOTOPIA takes place at the Ars Electronica Festival for Art, Technology and Society from September 7-11 at Johannes Kepler University in Linz. The exhibition takes place within the context of the festival theme Welcome to Planet B: A different life is possible! But how? and is entitled STUDIO(dys)TOPIA – At the Peak of Humankind. 

 

 	 STUDIO(dys)TOPIA exhibition at Ars Electronica Festival     Hosted by:  Ars Electronica     Wednesday-Sunday, September 7-11, 2022  Wed Sep 7, 2022, 1:00 pm - 7:00 pm Thu Sep 8, 2022, 10:00 am - 7:00 pm Fri Sep 9, 2022, 10:00 am - 7:00 pm Sat Sep 10, 2022, 10:00 am - 7:00 pm Sun Sep 11, 2022, 10:00 am - 6:00 pm  KEPLER'S GARDENS,  Science Park 4, First Floor 4040 Linz, Austria     The final exhibition of STUDIOTOPIA takes place at the Ars Electronica Festival for Art, Technology and Society from September 7-11 at Johannes Kepler University in Linz. The exhibition takes place within the context of the festival theme Welcome to Planet B: A different life is possible! But how? and is entitled STUDIO(dys)TOPIA – At the Peak of Humankind.        Methanke Lake – Siobhan McDonald. Photo: Robert Mulvaney 

Methanke Lake – Siobhan McDonald. Photo: Robert Mulvaney


The play on words in the exhibition title does not describe the cynical view of human action but refers to human evolution in order to contrast it directly with technical development. The artistic projects presented in the exhibition refer to the countless advances in the development of humanity itself, which in our self-perception have made us the dominant and sole force on this planet. The exhibition directly juxtaposes this development and its implications in order to deal with the shadow of our fame rather than with our achievements per se. On display are artistic positions that examine human actions and, first and foremost, its resulting dramatic consequences. Consequences that are unsurpassed in their dimension and drama, yet directly and indirectly related to human activity and design.

 

We are talking about effects whose repercussions have profoundly changed our planet; about a "new world" that no longer permits a departure for new shores, whose resources no longer seem infinite but are increasingly depleted. Art-driven collaboration has the power to create real awareness that only the radical transformation of ourselves and our actions can lead to the preservation of our planet.

 

Marine Caves and Benthic Terrazzo - Hypercomf (GR), Markos Digenis (GR). Photo: Ioulios Glabedakis

Marine Caves and Benthic Terrazzo - Hypercomf (GR), Markos Digenis (GR). Photo: Ioulios Glabedakis


Welcome to Planet B describes the need for a Plan B – to recognize but rather to respond to the changes that are increasing within our environment. How can we respond properly, adapt and coexist in the best possible way? The addition “But How?” is not meant as a cynical question in an overall hopeless situation, but as a concrete invitation to responsible action.

 

It is the crucial question about the foundations on which we want to base our future activities, about the economic and ecological values we want to pursue in the process and means of ensuring that they constitute an integral part of our cultural self-image, our cultural identity.


STUDIO(dys)TOPIA explores how humankind can transform sustainable practices into action and serves as a metaphor for our present, in which the concepts of dystopias and utopias find themselves in a changed reality. The exhibition aims to investigate possible outcomes when, through a collaborative process of recalibration between art and science, we approach the essence of the challenges we face by recognizing our own nature, existence, and actions in an effort to render them manageable. The selected works focus on the reality of change and the inherent contradictions, highlighting the convergence of two disciplines – art and science – the character of which is to be contradictory as a means of arriving at possible answers and solutions.

 

This Land is Not Mine – Kat Austen (GB/DE). Photo: Kat Austen

This Land is Not Mine – Kat Austen (GB/DE). Photo: Kat Austen

 

STUDIO(dys)TOPIA offers a space where antithetical states can be experienced, tested and recognized as a virtue and an opportunity, asking what role art should assume in this crucial endeavor.

 

This exhibition is part of the STUDIOTOPIA project and co-funded by the Creative Europe Culture programme of the European Union.

 

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Main image credits: !brute_force: Soft Resilience - Maja Smrekar (SI), Jonas Jørgensen (DK) Photo: Hana Jošić

     
 

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