The great films that focus on the interplay between man, technology and machine in impressive visual rhythms - such as "Modern Times" (1936) by Charlie Chaplin, "Berlin - The Symphony of the Big City" (1927) by Walter Ruttmann, "Playtime" (1967) by Jacques Tati or "Koyaanisqatsi" (1982) by Godfrey Reggio - are artistic works whose narrative pathos and visual inventiveness seem strange and at the same time strangely familiar to us today. But what would a contemporary equivalent look like? And what would the sound be like?
In the audiovisual performance conceived by artist Boris Petrovsky, YouTube compilations such as "Highly satisfying industrial machines" or image films from the mechanical engineering industry meet the sound of the band "Dystropicania", whose drummer he is - and the sound of the machines themselves.
The interplay creates surprising resonances, interferences and synchronicities that condense into audiovisual, temporary and unrepeatable sculptures and set in motion a psychosensory game between sense and sensuality, between sign processes and physical presence.
In the film sequences shown, systems of artificial intelligence, algorithms, networks and their robotic manifestations appear like micro-urban landscapes - a "Metropolis 4.0" in which digital and physical machines merge into an uncanny hybrid organism. Human presence is often only evidenced by a finger stroking the touchscreen - and in front of the screen: the bodies of the musicians.
An experience for all the senses - hypnotic, surprising, topical!
Ticket reservation: kunstmuseum@singen.de / +49 (0)7731 85271
In the audiovisual performance conceived by artist Boris Petrovsky, YouTube compilations such as "Highly satisfying industrial machines" or image films from the mechanical engineering industry meet the sound of the band "Dystropicania", whose drummer he is - and the sound of the machines themselves.
The interplay creates surprising resonances, interferences and synchronicities that condense into audiovisual, temporary and unrepeatable sculptures and set in motion a psychosensory game between sense and sensuality, between sign processes and physical presence.
In the film sequences shown, systems of artificial intelligence, algorithms, networks and their robotic manifestations appear like micro-urban landscapes - a "Metropolis 4.0" in which digital and physical machines merge into an uncanny hybrid organism. Human presence is often only evidenced by a finger stroking the touchscreen - and in front of the screen: the bodies of the musicians.
An experience for all the senses - hypnotic, surprising, topical!
Ticket reservation: kunstmuseum@singen.de / +49 (0)7731 85271
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