Kate Crawford and Vladan Joler received a Silver Lion at La Biennale di Venezia for their work Calculating Empires: A Genealogy of Technology and Power, 1500–2025.

This large-scale visual manifesto explores the relationship between technology and power over a span of five centuries. The work was on view in the Akerk during our exhibition Pixel Perceptions. Did you miss the exhibition? You can also view Calculating Empires online: https://calculatingempires.net/

Congratulations on this well-deserved award! 🥳 🥳

📷: Hanne van der Velde

#LaBiennaleDiVenezia #SilverLion #CalculatingEmpires #KateCrawford #VladanJoler #VisualManifesto #PixelPerceptions #ArtAndTechnology

𝐄𝐍 Work in progress! We’ve set up our Artists-in-Residence 𝐑𝐞𝐛𝐞𝐤𝐤𝐚 𝐉𝐨𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐦 & 𝐀𝐠𝐧𝐞𝐭𝐡𝐚 𝐉𝐚𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐜𝐡 for 𝘣𝘪𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘵𝘳𝘪𝘬𝘢 try-outs in Pilar Box this week.

⚡ Using a real-time data transfer between sensor technologies measuring the biosignals of the performers and the modified control panel of a household knitting machine, the collected biometric data will be knitted into a live-generated pattern. Custom engineering by Ohme Lab. To be continued!

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𝐅𝐑 Travail en cours ! Cette semaine, nos artistes en résidence 𝐑𝐞𝐛𝐞𝐤𝐤𝐚 𝐉𝐨𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐦 et 𝐀𝐠𝐧𝐞𝐭𝐡𝐚 𝐉𝐚𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐜𝐡 sont en try-out pour 𝘣𝘪𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘵𝘳𝘪𝘬𝘢 dans la Pilar Box.

⚡ Grâce à un transfert de données en temps réel entre des capteurs mesurant les biosignaux d’un performeur et un panneau de contrôle modifié d’une machine à tricoter domestique, les données biométriques collectées seront tricotées dans un modèle généré en direct. Conception sur mesure par Ohme Lab. À suivre !
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𝐍𝐋 Work in progress! Deze week doen onze Artists-in-Residence 𝐑𝐞𝐛𝐞𝐤𝐤𝐚 𝐉𝐨𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐦 & 𝐀𝐠𝐧𝐞𝐭𝐡𝐚 𝐉𝐚𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐜𝐡 try-outs voor 𝘣𝘪𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘵𝘳𝘪𝘬𝘢 in de Pilar Box .

⚡ Via real-time datatransfer tussen sensoren die de biosignalen van de performers meten en het bedieningspaneel van een huishoudelijke breimachine wordt een live gegenereerd patroon gebreid dat hun biometrische data reflecteert. Engineering op maat door Ohme Lab. To be continued!




🎥 images by Ophelia Van Campenhout

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#biometrics #machineKnitting #knittingmachine #artistInResidence #ArtAndTechnology #performanceArt

With 𝘣𝘪𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘵𝘳𝘪𝘬𝘢, Ohme, Pilar & FARI join forces for an artist residency exploring the interactions between biometrics, human expression and the arts.
A cultuurculture project,  supported by Communauté française & Vlaamse Gemeenschap.

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Chavis Mármol Dropped a Nine-Ton Olmec Head on a Tesla—Here’s Why

🚗💥🗿 A Tesla Model 3 crushed by a nine-ton Olmec head! Mexican sculptor Chavis Mármol says the piece symbolizes resistance against tech billionaires, calling it a strike against “a sinister figure like Elon Mollusk.”

https://streetartutopia.com/2025/03/16/chavis-marmol-dropped-a-nine-ton-olmec-head-on-a-teslaheres-why/