Welcome to FeralAIR
Feral Labs Artist in Residence Program at Schmiede Hallein (AT)FeralAIR 2023
Welcome to Rewilding Culture's residency program at Schmiede Hallein. Please scroll through the documentation to learn more about Rewilding Cultures, FeralAIR and its participants.
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What is FeralAIR?
FeralAIR is the annual Rewilding Cultures' Artist in Residence Program at Schmiede Hallein.
Rewilding Cultures is a European collective of temporary dislocated hubs for research in art, technology and communities. Activities include various Camps, Artist-In-Residence programs (AIR), conferences, workshops and festivals. In September 2023, FeralAIR took place in Hallein, in close cooperation with the international Schmiede Hallein program.
Rewilding Cultures is co-funded by Creative Europe (European Union), which aims to support European projects in the field of cultural production and innovation.
Rewilding Cultures is a European collective of temporary dislocated hubs for research in art, technology and communities. Activities include various Camps, Artist-In-Residence programs (AIR), conferences, workshops and festivals. In September 2023, FeralAIR took place in Hallein, in close cooperation with the international Schmiede Hallein program.
Rewilding Cultures is co-funded by Creative Europe (European Union), which aims to support European projects in the field of cultural production and innovation.
FeralAIR 2023Meet the artists
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Patrícia Chamrazová
Artist portraitPatrícia Chamrazová
Patrícia Chamrazová works across various mediums and materials, audiovisual installations, performance, site-specific art, virtual reality, augmented reality and digital art. In her projects she is taking an always deepening look on what lies between the physical and the digital reality, swirling around the self and the questions it drags into the coming data forests.
https://www.behance.net/patriciach
https://www.behance.net/patriciach
"We need to shift our focus"Patrícia's approach
Away from eternal growth and exploitation, towards the preservation of diversity and habitats. How can we change the way we treat the world? Questions like these concern Patrícia in her artistic work, which is constantly looking for a bridge between digital and analog realities.
Rethinking technology and ecologyThe project
In her augmented reality project “Remains of Tomorrow” Patrícia explores existence at the boundary between the virtual and physical worlds. During her residency in Hallein, she extended her project and created an augmented reality sculpture.
Random encountersThe residency
For Patrícia, residencies like FeralAIR are a great opportunity to get in touch with other artists, exchange ideas and use the chance of random encounters to create something new and unexpected.
Hidéo SNES
Artist portraitHidéo SNES
AI has changed the way we think about machines. It's not just about how they understand our world, but also how they interact with it. Hidéo SNES works with artificial intelligence and artistically explores its potential as well as its racist, misogynistic and queerphobic aspects.
https://www.hideosnes.online/
https://www.hideosnes.online/
"I like watching machines trying to create meaning from flawed data."Hidéo's approach
How do Large Language Models work and what effects do they have on our society? How do errors and biases in the data sets affect and shape the machines when learning? Questions like these inspire Hidéos artistic approach at the intersection of art and science.
"Think of it as a video game without human players"The project
During the residency, Hidéo SNES built a digital twin of Pernerinsel, the island where Schmiede happens. “Deep Histories” explores the opportunities created if artificial intelligence interacts with real culture objects. In the interview, Hidéo explains the idea behind the project.
"In AI, we are always standing on the shoulders of giants"The residency
Hundreds of people are involved in the creation of Large Language Models. For Hidéo, collaboration is a basic requirement for working with artificial intelligence and residencies like FeralAIR offer an ideal opportunity for exchange.
Kasia Chmielinski
Artist portraitKasia Chmielinski
Kasia (they/them) is the co-founder of the Data Nutrition Project and a researcher at the Harvard Kennedy School. They are focused on building responsible data systems across industries, academia, government, and non-profit domains.
https://cyber.harvard.edu/people/kasia-chmielinski
https://cyber.harvard.edu/people/kasia-chmielinski
"I felt an ethical tension about the way we are building technology"Kasia's approach
Kasia entered the field of AI as a professional technologist. After 20 years of work experience, they felt more and more uncomfortable with the idea that many of the products did not work well for a lot of people. In this interview, Kasia talks about their initial interest in the problems that arise from biased data and the idea of an “ideal user.”
"These zombies really should just die"The project
During the residency, Kasia researched the effects of “unsupervised” zombie data sets on the internet. Although these datasets are widely open and accessible beyond their original intended use - and indeed, have shaped today's medical, financial, educational and governmental systems - they really should not be in use anymore. The ideas and inferences they perpetuate are biased, outdated, and sometimes even harmful.
"A residency is a pause from your life"The residency
To Kasia, residencies are a great opportunity to step back from everyday life and develop new ideas. What makes FeralAIR at Schmiede Hallein even more special is the large number of highly skilled people who come together to collaborate and share knowledge.
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Partners & Network
feralAIR is part of Rewilding Cultures. Partners are ART2M / Makery (FR), Bioart Society (FI), Catch (Helsingør Kommune) Centre for Art, Technology and Design (DK), Cultivamos Cultura (PT), Ionian University (GR), Radiona (HR) Schmiede Hallein (AT) und Projekt Atol (SI). The project is co-funded by the Creative Europe programme of the European Union.
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FeralAIR 2023
What is FeralAIR?
Meet the artists
Patrícia Chamrazová
Patrícia's approach
The project
The residency
Hidéo SNES
Hidéo's approach
The project
The residency
Kasia Chmielinski
Kasia's approach
The project
The residency