Date: 27.-31.10.
Room: 6K.04
Abstract
Starting from the collaborative work of the artist Vladan Joler and the researcher Kate Crawford, we investigate the techno-politics of AI long various points in the chain of production, use and disposal. We use the framework of “extractivism” to investigate the conditions and consequences of mining, labour, data, and e-waste. We use both academic research and artistic practice to collaboratively investigate and reflect on the aesthetics of engaging with such planetary processes.
Requirements:
Futher Resources:
Overview over the week
Thinking about the Cloud
Mapping AI: the case of Amazon Echo
Selecting one area for further investigation
Deeper into mapping with Vladan Joler
15:00: Zoom Conversation with Vladan Joler
Research time
Other Approaches to Mapping Techno-politics
Parks, Lisa, and Nicole Starosielski, eds. 2015. Signal Traffic: Critical Studies of Media Infrastructures. The Geopolitics of Information. University of Illinois Press. (read introduction)
Mapping Infrastructures: Cables
Mapping Infrastructures: Datacenters Switzerland
Visit: Lauren Lee McCarthy: AUTO Münsterhof. Münsterhof Zurich
Dammbeck, Lutz, dir. 2004. Das Netz. Documentary. 121 min
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Time for Research
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Outside of module
Stranger than Fiction. Symposium @ Cabaret Voltaire
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18.15 Joseph Vogl: Kapitalismus und Fantasy (Moderation: Christine Lötscher und Sylvia Sasse)
20.15 Total Refusal: Sons and True Sons (Live-Gaming-Lecture-Performance)
Time for Research
Presentation
Film: Dylan Reibing. The End of the Internet. Documentary, 87 Min, 2025