Day 2. Friday, October 7, 11.00-21.10

Splinter Session 02: Naturecultures – “how to live in the damaged world”

11:00–17:40 “Naturecultures” – the thematic session of Day 2 features presentations by newly founded NAIA – Naturally Artificial Intelligence Art center, including its key founders Anett Holzheid, Eva-Maria Lopez, Daria Mille, Rasa Smite, who will also moderate the discussion with 20 online presenters in 4 parallel sessions, examining eco-feminist practices and theories and other new “ecosophies” based on “learning from nature” and “how to live on the damaged Earth”…
18.30 –21:10 Screening Session (online and onsite – at the RIXC gallery).

[Splinter Session 02: Naturecultures] on Day 2 (Fri 7 Oct) – “how to live in the damaged world” – will examine eco-feminist perspectives and other new ecosophies, learning from nature and our relations with it, in a search of new cultural theories and art practices that contribute towards goals of socio-ecological justice.

Day 2 will be hosted by the new Karlsruhe based association – NAIA (Naturally Artificial Intelligence Art association), featuring presentations by Karlsruhe UNESCO Media Art city artists.
Session 02 curators and co-chairs: Anett Holzheid, Eva-Maria Lopez, Daria Mille / NAIA
Topics: NatureCultures, Eco-feminism, More-than-Human, Socio-Ecological Justice, Naturally/Artificial Intelligences…

CONFERENCE PROGRAM
Friday / October 7, 2022
Day 2: NATURECULTURES / NAIA – Naturally Artificial Intelligences Art

10:00 –11:00 Coffee and Registration

11:00–12:40 Naturecultures: THEMATIC KEYNOTE PANEL / NAIA – NATURALLY ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE ART
Anett HOLZHEID / Eva-Maria LOPEZ / Rasa SMITE / Blanca GIMÉNEZ / Daria MILLE / Gerardo NOLASCO-RÓZSÁS
Moderator: Anett HOLZHEID // Location: RIXC Gallery / Zoom

11:00 Anett HOLZHEID: Introducing NAIA – Naturally Artificial Intelligence Art association and Naturecultures Day
11:10 Eva-Maria LOPEZ: Natural Intelligence – Nature & Culture
11:30 Rasa SMITE: Art and Naturally Artificial Intelligences
11:50 Blanca GIMÉNEZ: Presenting Karlsruhe – UNESCO Media art cities network / city of media art visions and projects
12:00 Daria MILLE: SensUs: Augmented Explorations in Karlsruhe – UNESCO Media Art City
Representatives from Karlsruhe UNESCO Creative Cities Network / City of Media Art
12:15 Gerardo NOLASCO-RÓZSÁS: Posteden: From Hominization To Posthumanism

12:40 –13:00 Coffee Break.
Online participants are splitting in two parallel Breakout Rooms A and B

13:00–14:40 (A1) Naturecultures: MORE-THAN-HUMAN (Parallel Session A1)
Beatrice ZAIDENBERG (LIMB) / Ally BISSHOP / Annee MIRON / Theun KARELSE
Moderator: Anett HOLZHEID // Location: Zoom (Breakout Rooms) / RIXC Gallery.
(15 min presentation each + 5 min / 1-2 questions)

Beatrice ZAIDENBERG (LIMB): Hydrograhism – hydroecology as speculative writing
Ally BISSHOP: Mythopoesis, speculation, divination, vibration: artistic methods for human-spider communication.
Annee MIRON: Graslands
Theun KARELSE: Monster Code

13:00–14:40 (B1) Naturecultures: TERRESTRIAL COEXISTENCES (Parallel Session B1)
Christina STADLBAUER / Marjan DE MEY / Leni VAN GOIDSENHOVEN / Maija DEMITERE / Christina VINKE /Juan DUARTE
Moderator: Daria MILLE // Location: Zoom (Breakout Rooms) / RIXC Gallery.
(15 min presentation each + 5 min / 1-2 questions)

Christina STADLBAUER, Marjan DE MEY, Leni VAN GOIDSENHOVEN: BactoHealing – A Novel Interpretation of The Concept of Healing By Interweaving Science, Philosophy and Art
Maija DEMITERE: Food and Art.
Christina VINKE: Homo Deus
Juan DUARTE: Sensing and forecasting atmospheric soundscapes

14:40 –16:00 Lunch Break.

16:00–17:40 (A2) Naturecultures: NEW ECOSOPHIES (Parallel Session A2)
Ricardo DAL FARRA / Maite CAJARAVILLE / Lívia NOLASCO-RÓZSÁS / Marthin ROZO / Juan Felipe SEHUANES / Caroline ELGH
Moderator: Eva-Maria LOPEZ // Location: Zoom (Breakout Rooms) / RIXC Gallery
(15 min presentation each + 5 min / 1-2 questions)

Ricardo DAL FARRA: Balance-Unbalance: Ecology, ArtScience, and Citizenship.
Maite CAJARAVILLE: VEXTRE, Augmenting the Rural Reality
Lívia NOLASCO-RÓZSÁS: Beyond Matter
Marthin ROZO, Juan Felipe SEHUANES: BAT EXPERIENCE Pollination Through Sound
Caroline ELGH: Tracing Environmental Imaginaries in Contemporary Art

16:00–17:40 Naturecultures: ECO-FEMINISM / SOCIO-ECOLOGICAL JUSTICE (Parallel Session B2)
Meghan Moe BEITIKS / Taguhi TOROSYAN / Stefanie WUSCHITZ / Patricia J. REIS / Aurora DEL RIO / Time’s Up
Moderator: Beatrice ZAIDENBERG // Location: Zoom (Breakout Rooms) / RIXC Gallery.
(15 min presentation each + 5 min / 1-2 questions)

Meghan Moe BEITIKS: Performing Resilience for Systemic Pain
Taguhi TOROSYAN, Stefanie WUSCHITZ, Patricia J. REIS: Feminist Hardware: Building Technoecofeminist Circuits As An Artistic Practice
Raphael ARAR: An Ecological Oracle
Aurora DEL RIO: Longing Contaminated Realities
Time’s Up: There is no Author: Co-creation of Intertwined Future Scenarios, Embodied and Experienced.