After being purchased for the collection of the Pinakothek der Moderne in Munich last year, the work 730331879 is now on display as part of the exhibition »Glitch. The Art of Interference«.

The exhibition examines different perspectives on so-called »malfunctions« in technical systems and their potential for different artistic strategies.

As part of my teaching assignment at the Bauhaus University in Weimar, we founded the Tired Machines Orchestra. The Tired Machines Orchestra is a group of students who experiment with discarded electronics and build prototypes for sound machines.

Finally, Trajectories - BouncingBall had its premiere. The work was exhibited during the annual Lab30 festival for media art in Augsburg.

In the context of the exhibition »Metabole« by X Breidenbach at Husslehof in Frankfurt (Main) I made a new sound piece and a performance with no-input mixing techniques.

»Metabole« showcases paintings created with handmade paper that internalize a metabolism of modernism. The space constantly resonates with a sound piece that I developed specifically for the exhibition.

Together with the students of the seminar »Behaviour: measuring, modelling, modulating« at the professorship »Society and Digitalisation« at the Bauhaus University Weimar, I initiated another Artificial Artificial Life Experiment.

The participants were invited to construct simple algorithms for performative movements in space and to execute them together in the group.

»Trajectories - Bouncing Ball« is a kinetic sculpture that simulates the behavior of a ball bouncing between the edges of a frame. Each new simulation process is unique. It results from an ever-changing composition of parameters such as gravity, elasticity and mass that construct the framework of a simulated environment.

As part of the conference »Systems At Play. A Self-Organising Symposium on Self-Organisation« at CLEA in Brussels, I offered the participatory exercise »Artificial Artificial Life«. Participants were invited to invent their own systems for algorithmic body movements in space and to experience and perform them together.

The Center Leo Apostel (CLEA) is a transdisciplinary, interfaculty research center at the Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB). During the conference »Systems At Play«, participating artists and scientists created »embodied models of emergence« in the form of live games, scores, presentations, conversations and small algorithmic performances. 

In the context of the Skulpturenpark Neustadt in Leipzig, where one of the last wastelands of the city district will be revitalized by artistic interventions, I will conduct my first Speculative Sensing Experiment. Over the course of three perceptual exercises, participants will be invited to transform into human light sensors. The experiment will culminate in a collective sound composition.

»Speculative Sensing I – Light Sensor« is part of my ongoing project »RSSA – Research Station for Speculative Atmospheres« and was realized with the support of the Stiftung Kunstfonds.

During the workshop »Sensors & Data Loggers« at KHM – Academy of Media Arts Cologne we evaluated different modes of perception in organic and technological systems. It was part of my current development of participatory formats that explore the entanglement of bodily experiences with electronic sensor technologies.

The workshop took place at exMedia Lab as part of the seminar »Phytotron« by Verena Friedrich and Klaus Fritze.

New animations, renderings and a print edition of the work Replay (pyramid) are included in the group shows »Neue Aussichten« at Goethe Institut in Seoul, Southkorea and »Und/Oder« at Galerie in der Lände, Kressbronn.

The CYTTER.datalab digital headquarters CYTTER.web is now online!

www.cytter-datalab.com

Webdesign and development: Philipp Polder
Founded by: Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and the Media / NEUSTART KULTUR by BBK Bundesverband.

The CYTTER.datalab laboratory report CYTTER.log is now ready for shipment!

It includes an archive of all registered objects, an overview of translation processes, modules and CYTTER.datalab installations, and four contributions from experts in experimental computer science, media studies, philosophy, and arts.

Designed by Bureau Sandra Doeller

Edition of 200
offset print, 320 pages
16,5 cm x 12 cm

Today, the first hybrid installation of CYTTER.datalab has been launched. It is realized together with MATJÖ – Raum für Kunst in Cologne.

Visitors are invited to send a physical object to the lab to have it translated into its digitally altered VERSION. All translation steps are displayed in real time on the lab's website. Processes on site can be followed via a livestream on March 11.

datalab.christiandoeller.de

I'm very happy about a project grant from the BBK - Bundesverband for a digital realization of my artistic research project »CYTTER«.

Together with experts from the fields of web development, graphic design and social media strategies, we will work on an interdisciplinary web platform. More infos coming soon!