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Alchorisma 18.07.2018
From 2 till 8 December 2018 Alchorisma will take place at Z33, House for Contemporary Art in Hasselt, Belgium. Alchorisma alludes to the relationships between algorithms, charisma, rhythm, alchemy and karma. Alchorisma is a Constant worksession which looks at integrating cosmogenetic views with the charisma surrounding technology. We will look at ways to infect existing […]
The Techno-Galactic Guide to Software Observation: A streaming book launch 16.07.2018
Live from WTC25 and on-line at http://observatory.constantvzw.org/stream Door closes at 18:30. Broadcast: 19:00-20:30 The Techno-Galactic Guide to Software Observation gathers methods from the Techno-Galactic Software Observatory, a worksession that took place in June 2017. It was collectively edited by Carlin Wing, Martino Morandi, Peggy Pierrot, Anita Burato, Christoph Haag, Michael Murtaugh, Femke Snelting, Seda Gürses […]
Networks of Ones Own episode 1: Etherbox 16.07.2018
Networks Of One's Own is a periodic para-nodal publication that is itself collectively written in a network. Each of the episodes is thought of as the 'release' of a software stack, contextualised in its specific practice. The series aims to document a set of tools, experiences, ways of working that are diverse in terms of […]
How to Relate: Appropriation, Mediation, Figuration 25.06.2018
Possible Bodies (Jara Rocha, Femke Snelting) will contribute to the conference How to relate: “How to relate? To each other, to something? Questions about relations are relevant for a knowledge in the arts. For just which knowledge can be produced depends on the success or failure of relations: Knowledge is implicated in power relations in […]
Iterations # 2: Open call for a research and collaborative artistic production residency in Hangar 13.06.2018
Hangar launches an open call to participate in the second iteration of the European project Iterations. The call will select two artists: one artist living in Barcelona and another artist living outside Barcelona. The selected artists will join a group of other four artists and together will develop a collaborative art project during a 15 […]
Naïve Bayes 30.05.2018
In machine learning Naive Bayes is a simple probabilistic classifier that is widely applied for spam filtering and sentiment analysis. During this session we first look at its history, its application in daily life decisions, as well as how this classifier can be used in Python. Next, we will use this technique as a recipe […]
Somatopologies 29.05.2018
Somatopologies screens: from sunset to sunrise! For the summer edition of Constant_V, Possible Bodies feat. Spec presents Somatopologies, materials for a movie-in-the-making. In the vitrine you will find 3D-renderings of diverse densities, wondering about the regimes of truth that converge in volumetric biomedical images. Here, a coalition between tomography and topology is at work to […]
Performance: Zoumana Méïté 28.05.2018
How do ageing bodies keep each other and their technological partners company? What account do they give of their generational specificities? Can we develop ecosystems that transcend time and scale in solidarity? At the closing of the worksession Ageing companions / Geprogrammeerde veroudering / Les cyborgs vieillissants, Zoumana Méïté performs with electromagnetic devices to explore […]
Interfacing the law: XPPL 28.05.2018
Festive launch of XPPL: Xperimental Potential Pirate Library, Xperimental Private-Public Liaison, Xperimental Pretentious Performative Labor, Xperimental Platform for Potential Legality, Xperimental Post-Public Library. "XPPL is a space for potential pirate librarianship aimed at people who are studying the field of media culture, or as we like to call them: knowledge comrades. This library gathers all […]
Pianorama Extra 24.05.2018
Life limited electronics link the life cycle of humans, animals and machines; growing older biologically intersects with the lifespan of pacemakers and defibrillators. How do ageing bodies and their technological partners keep each other company, now and in the future? Film programme within the framework of senior cinema Pianorama. With care robots, digital grandmothers and […]