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Participants:
Katja Aglert (SE), Lars-Gunnar Bodin (SE),
Tyler Coburn (US), C.A.R. (US), Katarina Elvén (SE), Luke
Fischbeck/Lucky Dragons (US), Jacob Gaboury (US), Catharina Gabrielsson
(SE), Jennifer Gonzalez (US), Goodiepal (DK), Hannah Heilmann (DK), Holly
Herndon (US), Natalie Jeremijenko (US), Jeuno Kim (US), Jacob Kirkegaard
(DE), Sanne Krogh Groth (DK), Johan Siri Landgren (SE), Magnus Larsson
(UK), Kristin Lucas (US), Anna Lundh (SE), Julie Martin (US), Astrida
Neimanis (CAN), Laurel Ptak (US), Gry Worre Hallberg (DK), Cecilia
Åsberg (SE) and more
Visions of the Now, an international festival
and congress on the subjects of art and technology, will take place at
Fylkingen in Stockholm on May 24–26, 2013.
New values are
being created as a consequence of the rapid pace of technological progress.
Through the filters of art, technology and the future, we will investigate
where the “now” is situated, while focusing on the impact of
technology on humanity, society and artistic practice.
This
occasion brings together a group of international artists, musicians,
theorists and scientists to perform real-time research on the now, in
lectures, panels and open discussions under the themes of Technology,
Values, Image, Music, Langage and Environment. The festival will also
manifest the interplay between art and technology—at this exact
moment in time—with art and music performances, sound pieces,
installations and screenings.
Visions of the
Now is a reconsideration of the 1966 festival and congress
Visioner av Nuet, initially titled the 'Stockholm Festival for Art
and Technlolgy,' which was initiated by Fylkingen and held at Tekniska
Museet in Stockholm. This updated version takes place nearly half a century
later, in a world that is fully immersed in the technology that in 1966 was
still called 'the new.' What lies in the ‘and’ of art and
technology now? Who is occupied with technology and its role in society?
Which values do we want to maintain, and which ones should we challenge?
Which of the gathering clouds are friendly and fluffy, and which are dark
and menacing? It is time to explore these questions, transposed into 2013,
to see what happens. Could these two precise moments in time, superimposed,
help us better detect the present, and generate new visions for the
future?
Visions of the Now is initiated and organized
by artist Anna Lundh. With support from The Swedish Arts Grants Committee,
City of Stockholm, Statens Musikverk and Fylkingen.
Anna Lundh is a Swedish artist, based in Stockholm and New York.
Lundh's work investigates cultural phenomena and social agreements, time,
language and technology, and takes the form of video, installations,
web-based projects, text and performance. www.annalundh.com
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